SKETCHES
j ** LIFE
?(^JjAj)?
C :oncl Pinkney Erastus Baldwin,
Seardcj patriarch who hoi-ds away !n
the upper reaches of Boone's Fork,
railed i>n County Welfarer Marguerite
Miller yesterday. The Colonel,
whose memory einhrares American
history in its entirety,
craved seenthe
.title earned, a
hundred different.
seI^ on a crooked
sycamore staff, the
amber stream of tobaco
in the general direction of a
cuspidor, adjusted his tattered trousers
to full mast, and grinned his famous
grin. "Three hundred and one,
come Old Christmas,'* the Coionel
V irked, with a pre-Revolutionary
accent.
"How old is your wife?" queried,
the welfare officer. "NJjiety-cight
last fail," replied Colonel Baldwin.
"Any children?" Miss Miller continued.
"Six here, six in England.''
droned the aged Baldwin, "and the
oldest brat is a hundred and thirteen."
*1. ;r Miller arched her brows as
i she didn't exactly believe the Colonels
story. "Your wife's ninetyeight,
your son a hundred and thirteen"
. . . the welfare officer was
(low-right worried . . . "do?i?t seem to
make sense." Colonel Baldwin shuffled
his brogans impatiently, spoke a
speech on the inexcusable dumbness
of late generations, and shambled out
of the courthouse.
Colonel Baldwin took a silver offering
along Main street, lent some
primitive philosophies to current
questions, an,! tniarded a lumber
truck Tor his cabin in the hills. There
he impatiently awaits a federal pension
which, if the Colonel's reckoning
is correct, will amount to ninety dollars
per month lor the first hunfired
years, with seventy-five dollars
tfor eacii additional century. And
that ought to fix the Colonel up in
right elegant fashion.
? * *
The spud crop being grown by
colored "guests" at Captain Hardin
Brown's penitentiary is something
. .. to look at. Tubers of the Green
Mountain variety, big as your two
t fists, are being dug, and the skins
are still slipping. A measured
bushel was harvested from a tenfoot
row the other day, just to
show the Sketch Man that Time's
spuds in them thar hiils."
tMr :'" ' \Tt-=s A! Aldridge, rocentlv
retired from an aerial honeymoon
to the Orient, are visitors this week
?>vith the iatter's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Don Isaacs, in the Vaile Crucis
section. Prior to marriage in March,
Miss Jsancs for a pair of years was
hostess with the American Airlines
en the Cleveland-Fort Worth run. A
graduate nurse from Baptist Hospital,
Memphis, tlie Watauga girl
, eo during "high-flying days" looked
IJtac down on more than a quarter-million
* Vw miles of swiftly-moving landscapes
between Lake Erie and her home
port in the Lone Star State . . . she
diapered crying younguns, dished up
bromides for nervous first-trippers,
I introduced cringing passengers,
strapped safety beit3 about thousands
h of abdomens, dimpled and otherwise,
served chocolate, coffee and whatnot
. . . saw to the general welfare
of those in a great big hurry to go
^ places.
Life, full of pictures from covet
t1
to cover, displayed the air-minded
Watauga lass in its March 29th issue,
alongside her brand-new husband
who. quite incidentally, is man
ager ox American ;! airports at f ori
Worth. Nice people, these, and the
Sketch Man wishes for the both oi
them many, many happy landings.
* * *
Chief of Police OUis has heard
of a bootlegger who believes in the
proverbial ounce of prevention. To
forestall Inevitable headaches from
v the taking of "mule," the enterprising
local vendor of spirits fortifies
his potent offerings with
veronol, aspirin tablets, et cetra,
leastwise, that's what the Chief
has been fold.
V * 9
Glimpsed while passing: A fellov
who tries to tell most everybody
that there's nothing wrong witl
Watauga's school system ... A lad;
teacher who's just aching and paininj
to retrieve a twenty-five-dollar of
fcring made to the Democratic cam
paign chest . . . Bill Hodges and A1
Bingham arguing about which is th
best barber . . . Wild flowers of a
feast a hundred different varictie
blooming "around the road" bcyom
Demps Wilcox's laundry . . . Horse
(Continued on page 8.)
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WAI
An li
j VOL. XLIX, NO. 3
| NEW POWER LINE !
READY TO SERVE
False Rumor Spreads About
Plant Breakdown; No Cause
For Trouble Now
(The Blowing Rocket)
Mp.ny false rumors have spread (
through the village about the break- \
down in the lighting- plant last week- |
cud.
The trouble was caused by the I
i
breakdown of the auxiliary Diesel i
plant, which is used when the water j
i is low at the hydro plant. At the !
; time of the accident the water at the |
t hydro plant was exhausted.
I jror x.nree months linemen of the
i Northwest Carolina Utilities com;
pany have been at work on a new
j line to Boone, which might be used
i to make interconnection with the
' New River Right and Power e.om:pany
there An agreement was made j
[.sometime ago whereby there would I
; be exchange of power between Blow- j
jing Rock and Boone in case ofj1
j breakdown. This line would have j
] been completed Tuesday after the i
i Trouble Saturday.
The new line is now complete, linemen
from Blowing Rock and surrounding
towns having worked until '
2 o'clock Sunday lr.crr.ing to finish
the job The Diesel plant has also !
been repaired. There is no cause <
now for an interruption in power j
service.
The Boone plant, has installed at |.
j Appalachian college a new steam :
j generator to be used in supplying'
Blowing Itock in case of breakdown.
According to the p.nver company's
interruption records, last week's ,
breakdown was the first to occur ill j;
the summer season in seven years.
BLAZE THREATENS
NOVELTY PLANT
Fire Department Subdues Flame [
?n Miavin? Koum of Local
Manufacturing Concern 1
Quick action on the part of the
fire department prevented what
might have been a serious conflngra- ,
tion Monday evening, when fire, presumably
originating in the boiler
room set fire to a huge pile of shavings
at the Woodcraft Novelty Company.
Mr. W. H. Ciragg, one of the owners
of the manufactory, states that
when the blaze was cpiencked it had
jnct yet reached the main portion of
I the factory, and that the iors was
| held down to something UUe seven or[
| eight hundred dollars.
| "WEEK OK RELIGIOUS
! nuroiiAOTO" Ann ui rtmnwr' i
ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH
"A Week or Religious Emphasis"
a series ot inspiring exercises, will
he held at the Blowing Rock Baptist
churci, beginning August S and continuing
throughout the week.
Dr. C. Li. Bowden of the First Baptist
church of Elizabethton, Tenn.,
will be the guest speaker. The sessions
will be held each evening at 8
o'clock.
The Rev. Phillip Fletcher, pastor
: of the church, has devoted much time
, to working out the program and
. hopes that it will prove to be most
! profitable and enjoyable,
i Music will be the main feature of
the program. It will be directed byi
. Mrs. Bowden and Mrs. Fletcher, both
I of whom are graduates of the Conservatory
of Music in Cincinnati. Mrs.
Fletcher received her master of arts
degree at Carson-Newman.
Mr. Center Stephens, director of
] music at the First Baptist church in
, Greensboro, will be here to direct the
choir. Special numbers, both vocal
and instrumental, will be rendered
throughout the week.
Miss Mable Starnes, associate director
of the Baptist Training Union,
will be in charge of the young peo
pies' work.
The public is urged to attend these
services as they will be most inspiring
and uplifting.
A. & P. STORE MOVES
The A. & P. store is now occupying
new and modern quarters in the
7 Hamby and Winkler building next
r door to the Belk-White store. The
i business had formerly been conduct1r
e-d two doors down the street in the
X Boone Drug Company building.
23 LICENSES REVOKED
i> Raleigh, July 26?Twenty-three
e convictions for drunken driving tot
day brought to 11,651 the number of
s driving licenses lost by automobile
J operators in North Carolina. Most
- of the revocations have been for
drunken driving.
AUG,
^dependent Weekly News
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT
Mail Via Aquaplane
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HERMOSA BEACH, Cai John
Campbell, postman entered in the
coming cross-channel - aquaplane
race here soon, shown delivering
the first mail ever made on an
aquaplane; an invitation to tba
mayor of Avalon.
VETERANS LOAN ~
FUND AVAILABLE
Amounts up io 83,1)00 Mnv Bej
Iiad For Purchase of Homes
or Farms
The following eatyerpt" from a
etter from Graham K. Hobbs. com- j
misi;OT\er of the World War Veterans
Loan Fur..;, to Cieve Gross, commamkr
of the Watauga t.egfqn post:
will be of interest to veterans;
"'Hie World War Veterans Loan
Fund is again in condition and iVksition
io assist Veterans in purchasing"
ami acquiring homes?either town or
farms by malting loans in accordance
with law and prescribed regulations.
Now is the time and opportunity
for veterans who do not own.
Homes to acquire them
"Wc nave approximately one-half
million dollars in the hank to ho
loaned to honorably discharged veterans
who were citizens <?f TCortht
Carolina at dale of entry in, thie scry-*
ice and who otherwise meet and
comply with the requirements of law
and regulations. Six per cent is the
rate and three thousand dollars for
12 years is the maximum amount
and time of loan. However, at present
no loan is made in excess of bO
per cent of our appraised value of
the security offered and must he repaid
in monthly or semi-annual installments.
Wc require first mortgages.
Loans may bo made to construct
new homes. Speculative or investment
loans: for the purpose of
making money can not he made. The
applicant must be n good moral and
financial risk and the. security of cored
be definitely planned and 5r.tontied
as his homo antjf acceptable to the
board for such loan as Uwy deem
1% IOC cv?
SOCIAL SECURITY !
I BENEFITS CITED
Slate Welfare Commissioner
Estimates $5,300,000 to Be
Paid First Year
Raleigh, July 27.?Mrs. W. T.
Bost, state welfare commissioner, estimated
today that a total of $5,300.000
would be paid for old age and
dependent children aid in the state's
security progTam during the next
year.
Appearing before the first day's
session of a conference of the field
staff of the state board of charities
and public welfare, Mrs. Bost said
$3,S00.000 would go for old age assistance
and $1,500,000 for aid to dependent
children.
She said administration costs
wouid be about 0.74 per cent of
benefits paid.
PRESIDENT PLANNING
ROANOKE ISLAND TRIP
Washington, July 26.?President
Roosevelt announced today that he
hopes to be able to participate in
the exercises at Roanoke Island. N.
C., August IS, commemorating the
350th anniversary of the establishment
of the Knglish colony by Sir
Walter Raleigh and also the anniversary
of the birth of Virginia
Dare, the first white child bom on
this continent.
GLADYS IRENE ISAACS
Gladys Irene Isaacs, aged two
years, died last Thursday at the
home at Vilas. Funeral services and
interment was at Doeville, Tcnn., on
the 23rd, Rev. J. O. Jones being in
charge.
Surviving arc the parents, Mr. and
Mrs Boone Isaacs, and one brother,
Fred, of Vilas.
A. DE
paper?Established in th
Y, NORTH CAROLINA, THURS
HARTLEY HURT J
IN AUTO CRA|
Son ot Mr. and Mrs. iisti-s Hartley
Severely Injured as Car
Strikes Tree
Robert Hartley, son of Mr. ant!
Mrs Esles Hartley, formerly of
Eoone. Is reported as being in a serious
condition in the Vfllkes hospital
as a result of Injuries received
In an automobile crash near North
Wilkesbort) Saturday evening.
Hartley, it is said, was a passen
ger in a Ford car which was driven
?v "5,j iliiicr it 2 sn2Cd wHmatfiH
at more than 80 miles per hour. The
car left the highway, it is indicated,
ran over the hank of the road, cut
down a white pirie tree, ran across .a
ditch, left the ground, knocked
branches from an apple tree and
finallj' stopped when It hit the third
tree.
Press dispatches indicate that both
?^Ti?ler and Hartley arc in a serious
condition.
R. F. D. Extension Is
To Serve 200 People
The extension o* Rural Route No.
3t by way of Gait Grove and Hedges
Gap is to be in effect on the 16th,
according to Postmaster W. G. Hartzog,
who stater, that something like
200 people will be served by the
change.
Mr. Ilartzog also states that the
village delivery service is to be extended
so as to take in Howard
street and that service will be given
ui this area as soon as street signs
are posted and the houses numbered.
The delivery is now serving about
150 families in addition to the college,
or an estimated total of 1,700
people.
ni?l T\TAT TT7\irp ITU V
1 I HA
LIST BEING MADE
Property of Those Who Haven't
Paid Their County Taxes Will
Be Sold in Sojttuuibcf
County Tax Collector A.. t>. Wilson
states that iie is now preparing a
list of the delinquent taxpayers for
the year 1!1S;>, and that the property
involved will he sold on tile first
Monday In September, after having
been advertised during August in
the county newspaper.
Mr. Wilson states that the copy
will he delivered to the printer on
Saturday, August 7th. and urgently
asks that those in arrears make arrangements
to pay before that time,
and save the cost of advertising and
saie.
Fish Fry Will Be
Held By Lions Club
A fish fry will be he la at tlu
' Rather wood fish hatchery Tuesday
August 3, at 7:30. under the sponj
sorship of the local Lions Club. Tickets
i-ife iiu'w on feixie at the Carcluis
I Pharmacy and the proceeds will b*
j used for the benefit of the lccal atl
| vertising fund.
"N. A. PRESNELL DIES
AT LAUREL. CREEK HOMI
Mr. A. N. Prcsnell. aged 73 years
died on the 19th at his home in Lau
I re I Creel: township, after an illnes,
whicli extended over a period o
about two yeags.
Funeral services were conducted
cn the 25th from the graveside in th>
family cemetery, by Reverends Ca!
vin Guy and Monroe Prcsnell.
Mr. Presneli was a son of the lat
j Eli Presneii, was a farmer and j
consistent member of the Baptis
church. He was a good and substar:
tial citizen.
Surviving are three children. Cor;
It*. u?uli.u<v j. t couch ami wan
iel Presnell, all of the home neigh
borhood.
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1-H CLUB MEMBERS
AT RALEIGH MEETINt
H. M. Hamilton, assistant count;
agent and sponsor of the 4-H Club
of Watauga county, took the follow
ing outstanding club members to th
4-H Club short course at Raleig'
this week: MJiss Margaret Perr;
and Asa Reese of the Bethel clut
I and Council! Henson of Vilas.
Many interesting an instructiv
j classes and entertainments are plan
ned for these outstanding 4-H Clu
members representing almost ever
county in the state. The snort cours
started Juiv 26 and lasts until th
31st.
The real significance of the shor
I course program and its real wortl
I will be reflected by the informa'th)
| ar.d inspiration brought back to th
' other club members in the county b;
j these three leaders.
MOC
e ^ ipr Eighteen Eighty-Ei
FsJT.JULY 29, 1937
f- ~ rrn
I Esc^^Jn^^ ury ^
| ROCHESTER, Minn. . Dr. Jean
J Plceard, giving final instructions
: beforo his take-off in liewly de!
vised" Stratosphere balloon. Six
hours later, 110 miles away, his
fiUI.I r, < <.. ,.
uigui L?ri uiuiaicu iu u uauuuvi-o
tree-top landing.
farmwomen:s
; meet in august
AH Those Interested In Attend|
log State College Session
Should See County Agent
The North Carolina Farmers' and
{Farm Women's Convention will be
; held at N. C. State College, Raleigh,
i August 2 to <3. This year nn effort
j is bcinpr made to get farmers and
! farm women from every county in
| North Carolina to attend this convention.
A plan lias been worked out whereby
the farmers and farm women of
Watauga county can go to the conjvention
in a group, by truck, -it very
little, expense. The expense of this
! five-day trip to the farmers* convcnj
tion wilt he less than ?8.00 for each
1 person.
The extension division of State College
has worked cut a very fine program
of instruction and entertainment
for those who attend this convention.
The people going from Watauga
county will-l?*avc from '"tirt ' coOYt1
house in Boone on Monday, Augmst 2,
9:00 a. in., and will return on Fri
j day, August 6, at 6:00 p. m. Anyone
desiring to make this trip should
notify W. 13. Collins, county agent.
| on or before Saturday. July 31. in
! order that accommodations may lie
arranged.
Hodges Tire Company
Under New Ownership
i a!:-, "x p.. Laudis of WaynesyilU
I aJUl Mr. L. .J. DixOi. *jy TTiekoi jy t'clecntly
purchased the Hodges Tin
| Company business, nr.-.i Mr. A. E
1 .Hpclges, the formdr owner, \vi'l tie.
i vote hi.s tui: tithe U) the inanageineni
pi the II. & H. Oil Company's whole;
Isale plant.
" i Messrs. Land is and Dixon ha ve ha.
cor.sirlora.ble experience in the tin
and uccesi-orv business and feel for
curate to have secured a connectsqi
' in this city. The business, which was
' established in 1929, has always heei
one of tlie town's most pro^iossiv.
establishments .and the new owner
report a most satisfactory business.
'' Glenn Morris Is To
Appear At College
f i Olenn L. Morris will appear at Ar
paiachian State. Teachers Colleg
a j next. Saturday evening at ,S:13 in
a i program of popularized science do
. ! monst.rat.ions avhich are said to b
i as fascinating as magic, and scion
e; tificaliy accurate,
a j The model earlh-incdut-tor com
t i pass, the marvelous electric eye. th
intricate radio controlled mcehar
isr.ts, the transmission of clectricit;
a without wires- a stageful of odd an.
. interesting equipment and not a trie:
- j in a truekload.
| There will be no admission charge
j and the public is invited. Appalach
I ian feels most fortunate in being abl
i to present this program which ha
been werl received in about 3.50
v. schools and colleges throughout th
s ! country.
* Belk's Sale Most
v Successful Evei
Mr. John Conway, manager of th
e Be'.k store, says that the company'
i- mid-summer clearance sale, whic
b started last week, is the most sue
y cessful sales event in the history o
e the establishment, and further state
e that the liberal use of Democrat ad
vertising space was a prime facto
t in bringing the huge crowds to hi
h store.
n Mr. Conway states that a grea
e many values still remain at sale
y prices and that daiy business is stil
most gratifying.
iMsKsSrsIS!^?' 'V'-i'f- v ' 5j?Sc*" '^3^5^-^S?SiTJ
RAT
ght
SI .50 PER YEAR
LUTHERAN BIBLE
SCHOOLSATURDAY
Near Ono Thousand Children to
Take Part in Program; Notables
Arc to Appear
Students of the ten Vacation Bible
schools conducted by the Lutheran
denomination during* the month of
July throughout Watauga county,
[ will assemble aGra.ee church. Boone.
Saturday afternoon, 2 o'clock, for
closing exercises. Near one thousand
children who have participated in
the summer training course are expected
to take part ir. the program.
Rev. X .A. Youht, Rev; II A. Kistler
and Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat
have directed the schools for the past
j five years. Assisting them this summer
in supervising the classes arc
Mrs. Sydney P. Kepner, Pottstown,
Pa.: Miss Bertha Ziehartn, Frankfort,
Ind.; Misses Violet and Sadie 1-ester,
Prosperity, S. C.: Miss Margaret
Fisher, Landis, N. C., and Miss Reba
Jcffeoat, of Burlington.
Schools have been in progress at
Mt Pleasant. Old Mt. Pleasant. Mt
Zion on Meat Camp, Deep Gap, St.
Mark's at Bailey's Camp, Grace
church in Boone, Holy Communion oil
Clark's Creek, Hanging Rock Chapel
at Banner Elk, and White Rock
Chapel in the Pigeon Roost, community.
Teachers of the ten schools included
Rev. Yount, Rev. Kistler, Miss
j-Ieffcoal, Mrs. Kistler, Miss Blanche
. Kistler, Job Kistler, Miss Cynthia
Morctg, Miss Louisa Lookabili, Miss
Lucille More 12. Miss Nellie Lookabili,
-Miss Annie Bell Coffey, Mrs.
Lclia Coffey, Mrs. A. G. Greene, Mrs.
Grady Moretz, Miss Alice Walcins,
Mrs. Ernest Bolich. Miss Leona
Townsend, Miss Garment Towriscnd,
Miss Grace Boiich, Miss Ruth Bolteh
and Mrs. William Jeffcoat.
Saturdays closing exercises, to
which the public is cordially invited,
have been well planned and are expected
by sponsors to be most heip!
ful and constructive.
The complete program follows::
Opening: remarks, Mpss .Teffcoat;
Hymn, Faith of Our Fathers; School,
"i&nter into His Gates with thanks,
giving- and into Hjs Courts with
praise;-.hymn, "This Is God's Hoiise";
Hymn, "Assembled in Our School
Once More;" Scripture, Isaiah 55;
Opening prayer: remarks by Pastor
Yount and Pastor Kistler; Psalm
91; Prayer, Pastor Yount.
School theme, motto, memory
hymn, Scripture; Hymn, "Beautiful
Words:;" Grace church. Boone, in
charge of Mrs. Grady Moretz; Old
Mt. Pleasant young people, hymn.
Have Thine Own Way. Lord,*' in
, charge of Miss Louisa l.ookabiil;
White Rock Chapel, hvmn, "Around
the Throne of God in Heaven,'' in
charge of Miss Zieharth
Beginners and primary children
-:oili .in .-i v.i.i-i.-. "i raise Ilini," in
charge .-.f Miss Z:ebar;h; Mi. Pleasi
ant voiir.g people, in charge of MVs.
| 'Kistier; St. Mark's children, in
charge 01' Miss Lester: Banner Elk
, j children, in charge of Miss Joffcoat:
, i Holy Communion girls, hymn, "Blessing
an! Honor;" Mt. Zion and Mt
. Pleasant Juniors, in charge of Miss
s f\vn 1 hia Moretz; ltcrmodiates from
^ all schools, Commandments, the
, Lord's Prayer, in charge of Rev. Mr.
' Kistier.
School, Books of the Bible; Adults
from five schools. "Abide With Me,"
i in charge of Mrs. Kemper; Deep Gap
I young people, with other young peo^'
pie, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee."
" i in charge of Mrs Kistier; Remarks,
i Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat; offering:
" | Closing thoughts, Mrs Sydney lv.
e: Iyepner; Hynui, "Day is Dying in the
tl I West;" Closing hymn. "For All the.
" I Good Things;" Closing prayer; Benee
; diction hymn; Doxology; School pray"
j er, "Ijord increase Our Faith."
MRS. NANCY BELL
e ! LAWRENCE. 57. PASSES
j Mrs. Nancy Boli Lawrence died at
i her home at Zioiiyife on the 26th at
: the acre of 57 venrs
! Funeral services were conducted
!from the Fleasant Grove church on
the afternoon of the 27th. with Rev.
,R C. Fggers in charge, and internment
was in the family cemetery.
s i Mrs. Lawrence is survived by one
0 son and seven daughters: Burl Lawe
rence, Zionville: Mrs. General Richards,
Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Iva Wilson,
Zionville: Mrs. B. L. Elrod,
Boone: Mrs. Claude Wilson, Lynchburg:
Mrs. Boyd Wilson, Zionville;
T Mrs. Albert Smith, Zionville; Miss
Lucy Lawrence, Zionville. Also sure
viving are four brothers and three
s si~*ers: A M. Hodges, John Hodges,
h Boone; B. C. Hodges, Blowing Rock;
- J. F. Hodges, Mountain City, Term.;
f Mrs. Fannie Davis, Zionville: Mrs.
s Claude Greene, Blowing' Rock; Mrs.
- Carl Brown, Lenoir.
r
s HODGES INFANT
An infant daughter of Mr. and
t Mrs. Ted Hodges of Boone, died July
s 22, and interment was in the Hines
11 cemetery. Surviving are the parents
and one sister, Peggy.