FEBRUARY 24, 1938 OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY Ccmic Operetta To Feature Group Dancing; Nautical Set Be First ot" Kind Here The curtain will rise next Friday right on another annual Appalachian Glee Club production, this year the colorful Gilbert and Sullivan operetta -Pinafore." With such outstanding successes as ''The Mikado," Bells of Bojolais" and "Count and the Co-ed" to her record. Miss Virginia Wary luis stated that the twoact comedy of this year shows promise of surpassing all previous produc- ; ttons. A choru3 of thirty voices has been trained to support the cast of principals. This chorus has hepn npr. - t"~ fected not only in vocal rendition but iii the terpsichorean art as well. Some of the most attractive dances will bo the "Bell Trio" by Louise Cress, T. B. Honeycutt and Leonard Bury; "Gaily Tripping" by a chorus of young women, and numbers from the two finales. Mrs. William Matheson .who is widely known for her skill in direction of the dance, has created and directed all dance numbers i:i the operetta. Although scores of plays and operettas have been given here, "Pinafore" will bring something new in the line of scenery. Professor Antonakos, who In addition to direct- j, ing the dramatics, is supervising f scenery construction, has made pub- p iic his plan for a nautical stage set; p this set will be the deck of Her '* auijesiy s isnip finaotre. Professor a .Ajitonakos and Miss Kathertno Har- c well originally designed the set. y Since the operetta has its setting ^ in the Victorian period, the entire cast will be costumed by the HookerRowe Theatrical house in Havcrhil, , Mass. It will be remembered that n costumes used in 'Tlic Mikado" and j, South in Sonora" were from this n this house. v An added attraction to the musical n phase of "Pinafore" wlil be orches- ? trai renditlona of the overture and ^ finale choruses. Mr. Gordon Nash, c member of the Boone High School '' faculty, is director of the college symphony chorus. Appearing In the ranks of the ^ chorus this year will be: Lillian Abr&ms, Lalla Clay, Ruth Epps, y Martha Garner, Bessie Jaynes, Lucy a Little, Daisy WSlliams, Annette Blan- hi ton, Margaret Agle, Helen Gragg, di Lucille Hartley, Porter Stiles, Eu- s< genie Vernon, Kate Stroup, Ethel f< Whlsnant, David Black, Wayne 0 Church, Glenn Trout, C. L. Williams, John Elam, Edwin Carter, Blaine Gibfce, Frank Yoder, Bob Spratt and v) Chavlcs Wright. a] AIR MAIL WEEK u j. Second Assistant Postmaster Gen- q, eral Harlee Branch announces that iI(1 the postoffice department will cele- e< brate the 20th anniversai-y of the in- p auguration of regular air mail serv- ^ ice by observing the first National OJ Air Mall IWeek from May 15 to 21, y 1938. Postmaster General James A . Farley will be honorary national w chairman, of the committee which j will arrange for fitting observation. | Paul R. Younts, a director of the Ma- j ^ tional Association of Postmasters, i and postmaster at Charlotte, will be J ^ active chairman of the campaign. An official cachet will be authoriz ed at Kitty Hawk, N. C., the birthplace of aviation, to honor the Wright ^ (brothers. Every other postoffice in a| the United States, of which there are ^ over 45,000, will be authorized to arrange for its own local cachet. Thousands of privately licensed pilots will be given the opportunity of be- 1 coming air mail pilots for a day to w fly the mall from Interior offices to d air mail stop points. '' b ~= tl v BOONE DRUG CO. % The BEXALL Store ^ RELIABLE o PRESCRIPTION SERVICE I We meet all locally advertised h ding prices. a h j G. K. MOOSE, Manager j v ~ ~ F n NEW RIVER DAIRY I t GRADE A I PURE RAW MILK ??? ?? ?? v ii Phone 130-J Boone * e Spring Sailor NEW YORK CITY . . . The piqrxam ivpA of sailor Is quaintly trimmed. Dusty pink and navy blue reversible ribbon makes the perky bows and streamers on this blue gray toyo. It Is worn with a blue gray ensemble of soft diagonal weave. mWmgton /?.-? n m ^1? ^ouw\c\?sy. UNITED STATES SENATOR ?Mwn?? in Before congress adjourns, a dccis>11 must be made us regards future cdcral policies on expenditures for ublic roads. The decision will be of rime importance to North Carolina rhich has counted heavily on federal id. For example, the state now reeives approximately $4,750,000 a ear as its share of federal particiation in building main highways, scondarv roads and the elimination t" grade crossings. Obviously, if this fund is eliminated . will vitally affect construction of ends in North Carolina. It would erhaps fall heaviest on rural comlunities off the state trunk lines. It ould also delay the building of luch-needed farm-to-market roads f great importance to the farmer. iTiatever else may be said of farm onditions, members of oongress are \ agreement that improved higlimys have adaed to farm values and ettered the status of agriculture. TlUa oib.eU J? "r ' ? x ac OJ.cuU.Lll.iIl ill W tLSIlLU^lOII I-S rlcfly as follows: Up to the presnt, federal-aid funds have been aurorized two years In advance of ctual appropriation of money. This us been done so that state highway apartments might plan ahead and > that legislatures might arrange ir the federal funds to be matched, nder this plan, there has been desloped a great system of Interstate Ighways criss-crossing the country. Last November, president Rooseslt recommended to congress that iithorizatlons already made for the sea! year 1930 be cjiceHed and that dera! road funds for the fiscal year MO and 1941 be limited to 5125,. X>,000. This amount is approxilately one-half of the total authorizi for the fiscal year 1939. The resident'3 recommendation is still ifore congress, although allotment t the 1S39 funds has been made to le states. Secondary roads or farm>-market roads are involved along ith all other federal-aid highway rejects. In the face of this unsettled situaon, proposals are now made for the avernment to use Its credit in spon>ring the building of transcontirienl1 and north and south super-high, ays, to be financed by tolls and rofits from excess right-of-way. here is general agreement that jper-highways are desirable. But few important questions are preinted. These are: Can the government afford at this ime to issue new billions of high . ay bonds? Would super-highways raw sufficient traffic and sufficient oils to pay Interest and retire the onds ? What would be the effect on he federal-aid system and state highways? Would the federal highway onds affect state highway bonds? Ian motorists, now paying more tian a billion dollars in special taxes, ear a new 'burden of half a billion r more a year in tolls? To get answers to these questions nd help determine federal policies with reference to road expenditures, earings will be held by congress km 1 committees and will be followed with interest by everyone concerned with the development and mainten. lice of adequate highways. It may also -be anticipated that the Resident will make further statements as regards his thoughts on the ubject As governor of New York, c had am Die onnortunltv to pain irst-hand Information on the importnee of federal-aid to the states, loreover, he has long been a highway enthusiast. Whatever may finally result in the /ay of new federal road policies, it 3 evident that highway progress is itally linked with the welfare of the lation and there is agreement that iverything possible must he done to :eep' it moving on a sound ba3is. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY improved iil""" uniform international Qur.it,*;; ] i wch^ci^esson i; Br REV. HAKOL.D L. LUNDQUIST. Dcah of th- M :,iy Bible Institute I - of CbiSn^S "j Western Newstetper Union. a ^ \ Le sscn for February 27 !% r MEASURING A MAN'S WORTH S LKS50K TEXT- -Mar!: 5 -1-17. f GOLDEN TT.XT?How much then Is a . nan ol more value than a sheep!?Matthew 12:12. PRIMARY TOPIC?A Man Who Went J I Home Well. JUNIOR TOPIC?What Is a Man Worth* c intermediate and senior topic r ?What Am I Worth? c YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC? Pulling People Before ProSt. Awful is the scone that meets us c as we go with our Lord across the sea of Galilee and draw up to the shore of the country of the Gadarer.es. Distressing beyond ? words is the plight of the man who is under the power of a legion of 1 the demons of Satan; inspiring is the 1 assurance that Christ is victor over I the devil and his hosts; soul-search- c ing is the disappointing picture of ; the men as they evaluate their c brother's spiritual need over against ; personal gain. The same mighty conflict between the two great spiritual kingdoms, t of good and evil, God and Satan, , goes on in our day. Jesus Christ | is stiil "greater . . . than he that I' is in the world" (I John 4:4). Equal- | j lv true is it that we must each one ; or us choose what is to be our attitude toward the conflict, and especially toward the Christ. I. The Power of Satan (vv. 1-5). Foolish men sometimes speak boldly about Satan as though he were only a weakling, or perchance but a creature of legend. The devil, who is but one being, operates through many evil spirits, or demons. They are everywhere active, and it appears from Scripture that they seek a physical body through which tney may function. Demon-possession, which was so common in our Lord's day, still exists, especially on the mission field. There are some who believe i that the almost unbelievable cunj ning and b-azen wickedness of modern gangsters is an expression of ! demoniacal control. ! The text graphically portrays what becomes of a poor soul who ! has gotten into the clutches of Satan. It is a dark and terrifying picture known to us even in this year of 1938. But, thank God, there is a way of deliverance. If. The Victory of Christ (w. 6 13). The command of Jesus (v. 8) evidently preceded the cry of the demons (v. 7). Notice that the demons who hated our Lord had no doubts about His being the Son of God. They knew Him. How strange it is that many voices that deny His deity come from the pulpit, the professor's chair, or over the radio, in the name of Christianity I The demons knew His power, also, for though they adjured Hiir, not to torment them, they realized that they must obey His command to "come out of the man." They askad permission to enter the swine. ill. The Perversity of Man (w. 14-17). The keepers of the sv/ine fled to tell the owners. They and others came to see what had happened. They saw the demoniac seated, clothed and in his right mind, "and they greatly rejoiced and magnified the name of the Lord." Did they? No, indeed! "They were afraid" (v. 15), "and they began to pray him to depart" (v. 17). Why were they afrrid? Two reasons are suggested. In the first place iney wanieu no spiritual activity that would interfere with their business. Swine were of more value in their sight than the liberation of demon-possessed men. They have their successors in our day. Such are the men who rent their buildings for taverns and dance halls because they want money. Akin to them are those who counsel against the expenditure of money to keep the church open, the Sunday school operating, and for the sending of missionaries into fields white unto harvest. A tract entitled "'Suppose" asks . the pertinent and searching question, "Suppose I were offered $10,000 for every soul I led to Christ; would that impel me to do more than I now .do because of the constraining love of Christ?" Another reason for their fear was that they did not want to be disturbed in their state of spiritual somnolence. Someone has said that 1 the reason the church of our day does not have a revival is be- . cause it doesn t want it. II revival fires began to burn crooked things would have to be made straight, worldliness would have to be put away, the pursuit of money would have to be set aside while men sought souls. Careful Planning Just the difference in the way the two men use their heads makes the difference, in the way they conduct their business. Misdirected, systemless work will make any business management ineffective,, : while career I r-'anning, simple, effective system, will aid even mod; erate ability to accomplish vast re. suits. | Repentance Te grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.?Robertson. THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. THE SPOKEN WORD M A quarter century ago. when Lord hyce was the British ambassador to h united States, he remarked, aft.akirg a tour .cf Uie counUy, that hc ie had visited but two places where . , English was speken?southern Cliio _< r.J eastern Virginia. I wonder what Sh us lordship would think should he isit our country today and note how UI! auch farther our language has de-jjn re-aerated into a slanguage. It is j A u.d i hat out of a lexicon of nearly bu 'fly thousand words, the conversa-! -,r ional vocabulary o f the average j * liner ican is confined to some fivejon undred words, while our best writrs and speakers have command of a q are two thousand. Thus necessarily br alls for much reiteration and vain jc ^petition, to say nothing of a vj, 'overly of expression that borders ar] n the moronic. One poor word that is sadly over- to corked is "streamlined " We have j or treanrllr.ed ships, trains, autoino- m dies, neckties, suspenders, smoking ch apes, modes of advertising, and jo -hot have you ? I have been watch- w. ng tile papers carefully for a notice de if the birth of a streamlined baby. _ Is soon as it arrives, it will, of! :curse have tr, v... i - , uit-wiiuic?vin:u, ' mother much abused expression. Nov about the "slanguage." some j S .ears ago. all and sundry were using I he expression '"ish-ka-bibble," which B K>me cheerful idiot decided was "I B .hould worry" in Hebrew. Having a I eadiug acquaintance with the He- H >rew tongue T can say that it is noth- B ng of the kind. It is a bastard ex- B ireasion, without any legitimate jarentage. Now we have such term3 is, "Nerts," "And how." "Are you eliing me ?" and the most idiotic of ill, 'I'll lay you an egg.-' I will admit that these are very >opular in our everyday speech, and X) is the word "Damn," in fact it is ised by our most cultured (?) lalies. For every effect there must be a pause, and I will trail along with tome of our college presidents and ay it at the door of our modern school system, that indulges in too nuch athletics and too little educator.. If we know only five hundred words, let's use theni, and not murler the King's English to any greater Jxtent than splitting an occasional nfinitive or dropping our final ?'s. Remember the English drop heir h's, which sounds like 'el! to ;s, but X wonder what our "slanpjagc" sounds like to them. DAVID P. ADDISON. 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