K i VOL. 52, N6. T7 MURAL DESIGN i IS SELECTED FOR BOONE POSTOFFICE I Alan Tompkins, Noted Artist of Stratford, Conn.. Will Execute Work for Local Government Building;; Design to Be Exhibited at Corcoran Gallery. The winner of a contest for a mural design to be placed in the ??v,- postoffice in Boone, was announced on Tuesday by Federal Works Administrator John M. Car wody in Washington. Ainu Tompkins. 32-year-old artist. >f Stratford, Conn., was awarded the local work. He lias already executed murals for post offices in Martinsville and North Manchester, ind.. and for the roof garden of the Columbia University Club in New YorF, uty. He has also been a painting instructor at the New York City and Indianapolis. Ind., art schools. Tompkins' design, which is to be placed on the walls of the Boone federal building in December, will ne exhibited to the public for the first nme at the Corcoran Art Gallery Washington, 011 November 2. H depicts two tobacco farmers at work in a field, alongside a wagon >oaded with the leaf. The background shows a series of curing bams Th-. c?mjjipt dinn just, closed was tnc largest ever held in the country, ind winning designs were selected by a jury of nationally-known artists. Seventy-four murals for federal r nldings throughout the nation v\ ere approved. Rev, Townsend Returns To Local M. E. Church j Hev Paul Townsend. for the past three years the popular pastor of the j Boone Methodist Church, was reiurned to the local congregation on \ Monday by Bishop Clare Buret 1!. at1, ihr close of the Western North Car- I ollna Ci r:K-rciuv- tr. Cltveiisnn,-... The return of Mr. Townsend moots with i the unanimous approval of his eon- : gTPgatjon, and because of lliis fact it was not seriously believed that a change wouifi be made. Rev J. W. Farkei returns to the Ul.l.,iR. ' " ..u>uu6u SBUcuit, wmuu *.\cy. W. W. Hagcr goes to the Todd chni Rev. \V. A. Stanbury. a native ot Boone whose ministerial carcci has been waiched with interest by his friends here, goes to the pastorate of the Central Methodist Church at Aslievillt. Rev J. S. Hiatt is the district superintendent for the Elkin District, in which the Boone church is included. Halloween Dance To Be Given Saturday) Under the auspices of the Tuesday Night Ciub. a benefit dance and Halloween carnival will be given at the county office building Saturday evening starting at 8:30 and continuing until 12, the purpose of the event being to raise funds for the j hospitalization and other care of j certain needy children of the coun- | ty. ' I A colored hand from North Wilkesboro will produce the syncopation for the dance, refreshments will be served, bridge and setback games will lit- engaged in and a good time is in prospect for those attending. The ladies responsible for the car- i nival bespeak the cb-operatidn of i the people in this connection, in order that helpless children may receive the aid to which they are entitled. $52,000 Allocated To Caldwell Mutual Corp. Allotment of a final $59. Ofift f a barometer to record the attendince. Coach Flucie Stewart's hard-hiting Mountaineer football team will 'eature the day's events against the ting College eleven on the local jridiron, beginning at 2 p. m. The iomccoming program will be comileted with a banquet in the college ratetcria Saturday night at 7:30. VIERCHANTS ASKED TO DECORATE THEIR WINDOWS Mr. Clyde It. Greene-, president of lie Merchants Association, suggests liat the members co-operate in decanting their windows for Homecomng Day and sounding a note of welome to the visiting throngs. The business interr sts of the town ill go theii full length this year in xtending welcome. to visitors and caking them feci at heme in tile .nan.unity when they leave the colege campus. improvements Being Made At Hardware The Farmers Hardware and Supily Company' has lei a contract' to lie Hibbard, Spencer. Hnrtlett Comiany of Chicago, for the complete reinishing and re-arranging of the tore rooms, and Mr. J. T. Lewis tarted the work Monday morning. The shelving is being rebuilt, new isplay tables ore to be installed, the .-alls are to be redecorated, and the tore departmentalized. When the cork is finished the store will be horoughly modern, and will be aplointcd in line with the newest hought in mercantile arrangement tbout three weeks will bo required <> finish the work. VIrs. Hugh Hagaman Dies In Virginia Mis. Hugh Hagaman. aged 67 ears, mother ot Dr. J. Q. Hagaman f this city, died at the home in .vnehburg, Va., last "Wednesday, 'uneral services were conducted rom the late residence and burial .'as at Victoria. Surviving are four sons: Dr. J. B. lagaman, Boone; Harley Hagarnan, itaunton. Va.; Robert Hagaman, Victoria. Va. One brother also surives, Mr. Ed Martin. Wellvillc, Va. Mrs. Hagaman was the former -aura Jane Martin, daughter of the ate D. Y. and Mrs. Martin of Ashe ounty. and the widow of Hugh lagaman, who had a wide conneeion in this county. The family had esided 111 Virginia for many years, iut Mrs. Hagaman had many friends n this section, where she had visted at the home of Dr. Hagaman on lifferent occasions. faterTDlllake is being built nrst Steps in Huge Development on Scenic Mountain Is Being Made. Lake Contract Let. A contract for the construction of lake covering from five to seven cres of land on the Tater Hill proprty has been let by 8. C. Eggers, ocal realtor, to the Perry M. Alexnder Construction Company of tsheville, and a crew of men starled /londay clearing away the timber ind underbrush from the lakesite. A team shovel will be moved to the roperty the latter part of the week nd will start moving the necessary lirt the first of next week. Mr. Eggers, who is in charge of ,-hat will eventually be one of this ection's largest tourist developnents, states that during the winter ome camp cottages will be erected, nd that the first step io the develpment will cost about $25,000. The steam shovel, while on the roperty, will grade a road leading pom the highway of standard width, nd bridle trails have already been lid out covering about six miles on tie mountain. DEM< ablished in the Year Eigh H_CAROIJNA.~ THURSDAY" C [ TO SPEAK AT TEF I 4 A "t: | Hon L. A. Martin of Lexington, i j ber 29, to assist in the field day for 1 i at the Boone Baptist Church at 11 ; tist Church at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Martin is an able lawyer an i Firsi Baptist Church ci Lexington. ! teacher tor thirty years and is new ! his city. He was educated at Oak E Noxlh Carolina. He is chairman o was the leader of Ih* dry forces ir five sessions of the Stale Legislatui member of the House in 1927. Slat served in two extra sessions of the He will have the latest informal this State and in the Nation. You a ! sages Sunday. I nAnmrn nn * r-.*? in run i tit fitvun is | DEAD AT AGE 81 I Well-Kuown Resident of Cove Creek Township Succumbs to Week's Illness. I I Wiiiard Porter Beach, aged 81 ' years, an admirable citizen of Cove I Creek Township, died at the home 1 early Monday morning from an illi ness which had been coi\sidered serious for only about a week. Uremia was given as the immediate cause of his demise. Funeral services were conducted i from Henson's Chapel Methodist Church on Tuesday morning. Rev. J. W. Parker being in charge, and interment followed in the nearby cemetery. Active pulibearers included nephews of the deceased. Survivors include three sons and one daughter: Charles and Bradford Beach of Cove Creek; John Beach of Clinchcave, Va.: Mrs. Jason Miller of Moat Camp Township. Mrs. Beach, the former Miss Elizabeth Henson, died eleven years ago. Mr. Beach, who was reared in Watauga County, was a citizen of the very finest qualities and was held in the highest regard by all of his acquaintances. For 69 years he had been a member of Henson's Cbapel Church, and always manifested great concern over the religious life of his community. He was a farmer by occupation. ; Burley Growers To Have Grading School Burley tobacco grading demonI strations are to be held in Watauga on Oetpber 31, 1 to 4 o'clock, at the I,. A. Henson farm, Vilas; and on November 1, 9 to 12 o'clock, at Niley Church's, Mabel. Mr. W. P. Mcdrick of the state department of agriculture; W. S. Covert of the U. S. department of agriculture. and Mr. L. T. Weeks, extension tobacco specialist of Raleigh. will be in the county and assist with the demonstrations. A CORRECTION Information coming from Patterson's Flowers, Shelby. N. C.. indicates that a story carried in The Democrat last week concerning the loss of hydrangeas in a recent freeze at the Boone growing plant, was erroneous, and we are glad to state that more than half of the plants had been stored at Shelby and a large number of the plants on the ground are still good. The firm will fill orders for these plants just as formerly. Whatever of misinformation was published in this connection is regretted. teen Eighty-Lig?f? >Cr7 ~26, l? jF ?? ai TTl ; ; in ' * i u who comes here next Sunday, Ocio I c? he United Dry Forces. He v/ill speak j sl a. m. and ai ihe Blowing Rock Bap- th fa id is a member and Deacon of ihe He has served as a Sunday School rn teacher of the Men's Bible Class of s?j tidge Institute and the University of m .f the citv board of Lexington. end E. i the 1.837 Senate. He has served in V) re and is an able speaker. He was a ar e Senete in 192S and 1937. and has Legislature. at ion on the temperance situation in re urged to hear his important mes- ct Li TOBACCO HOUSE TO 1 BE FINISHED SOON!:: j 01 \ With Continued Fair Weather i IT1 Warehouse May Be Finished j >r by End of Next Week j Work on the construction of the L Mountain Buricy Warehouse is being pushed during the splendid nu| tumn weather. Wednesday morning I a large ixirtion of the roof structure had been erected and by the end of Y the week it is though! likely the ^ building will be ready for the roof- j. ers. Barring the interference of rain a' or hindrance in the delivery of ina- ^ tennis the warehouse should be almost if not entirely completed by p ; the end of next week. s. From fifty to seventy-five men D have uecn employed as carpenters t! ! on the huge frame structure and Mr. w Niley Cook, who is furnishing the G half million feet of lumber, has had L trucks busy delivering the limber to J the site. ci Tobacco companies who are to furnish buyers for the new market ! will be notified when the building 6 is ready, and sales are to open on C December 6. BLOWING ROCK MAN! IS KILLED IN CRASH ; I a i Grant Baldwin Dies from Inju- j p . irl ? ITD- ! **" i iva ou3i?inii."n tf m"ii V/iil nus Bus at Asheford, N. C. ! J Grant Baldwin, 30, of the Blowing Rock section of Watauga, is dead, and several other persons of the Hickory area arc in a Marion, N. C. jj hospital with injuries, as the^ result qof an automobile-bus collision near g Marion. a The crash occurred at Asheford. 16 at miles from Marion, early Saturday yi night. Baldwin was a passenger in an M automobile with Hubert Teague, his i C sister. Miss Dorothy Teague, and P : their two younger sisters. All ot' the G Teagues were taken to Marion GenI eral Hospital. Miss Dorothy Teague's tc I condition was considered serious yes- ri terday. Tale Kincaid, of Morganton, one of H ; several passengers on the bus, was v also taken to the hospital for treat- [ H 'menl of fractured ribs and internal j, I injuries. Investigators said Clifton ' McCoy. 22 was driving the bus. M la ATTENDS RED CROSS MEET w Mrs. James H. Councill, chairman C of Watauga Chapter, American Red ai Cross, was in Winston-Salem Tues- M day, where she attended a meeting m of State Red Cross leaders at the w Robert E. Lec Hotel. hi lARRETSTORAGE LANT LIKELY TO ;E ERECTED SOON [eeting of Chamber of Commerce Tuesday Evening Centers About Possibility of Creating Market and Refrigeration Facilities for Section. About forty business men of the ty and visitors attended the meetlg of the Chamber of Commerce uesday evening, when the proposion of the establishment of a prolice market and refrigeration nlant ere, came in for the most of the iscussion. Mr. C. W. Sheffield, marketing Decialist with the state department f agriculture, was present and disjssed the advantages to be derived *em the newest civic venture, /'bile refrigeration facilities are in se over eastern North Carolina, he lid. this is the first attempt in this action to use the facilities of the EA in connection with the refrigeition. Mr. G. F. Messick of the Caldwell lutuaJ Corporation, and one of the irectors of the corporation. Mr. rice of Ashe county, were present id the former described the libral terms under which REA funds light be available for the rofrigeraon plant. Mr. Mcssick explained latif 2U0 people could be interest" 1 in the use of the plant, the KfciA ould build and supervise a reigeralion unit here, costing from 15.000 to $50,000. Wednesday moniig a number of subscribers to the mtlire had already hncn gwfiml id it is thought likely the 200 will ve indicated their willingness (o i-operate within the next few days, ndrr the plan, meats, vegetables, !gs, etc., could he stored during the nnnier and removed at will, and c advantages thus accruing to the rniers ore obviously great. K. D. I'odges was named chair an of a committee to carry on the iicition of meniheiship. the other embers ol the group being Wade Brown, Iiarry Hamilton, C. M. avson, C.lvdc Perry. I- A. Henson id W. M. Thomas. Mr. Christenbury. tile county tent for Ashe, was also preser.tNear the close of the meeting a uiimitlee was appointed to go to 3\v Gap today to confer with Convssnian Dougliton, Highway Comissioncr Hackett and others, relave to getting work under way on ic construction of the Laurel Creek ghway. Information is that Tenissee has failed to make nrrangeents to meet North Carolina build's at ihe slate line, and it is now lought special federal legislation iay be secured which would result i the construction of the road, reirdless of the former handicap. -ocal Red Cross Leaders Gather at Appalachian The executive committee of the fatauga County Chapter of tl. .merienn Red Cross held its reguir annual meeting on October 18. t the Administration Building of .. S. T. C, Mrs. J. H. Councill. chairman. resided. The treasurer's report was jbmitted by Miss Bernice Gragg. r. J. D. Rankin, vice-chairman, and te following eommitlee chairmen 'ere present: Home Service. A. J. reone: First Aid, Eugene Garbee: ife Saving, Mrs. W. M. Matheson; unior Red Cross, Miss Maude Cathirt. The following Roll Call chairmen rere appointed: Mrs. Herman Egers. Boone; Miss Constance Shoun, ove Creek; Mrs. Wade Wagner, alio Crucis: Mrs. H. C. Hayes, (lowing Rock, and Mrs. Dale Norris, (caver Dam. It was deeided to continue the disribution of yeast to pellagra parents in the county, to furnish first id supplies to all schools having a acher who has had Red Cross first id training, and to assist the Counv Welfare Office with its nutrition rogram. drs. Martha Hodges, 81, Passes on Sunday Mrs. Martha Hodges, 81 years old. fe-long resident of Meat Camp ownship, died at her home in the ands neighborhood Sunday, from long illness. Mrs. Hodges had been i invalid for the past several cars. Funeral services were conducted [onday afternoon from the Meat amn Rautict nhtirgh v?xr pd tit r ayne, and interment was in the ragg Cemetery near the old home. Dr. F. E. Warman and Rev. Tipin Greene also participated in the tes. Mrs. Hodges, whose husband, L. P. edges, died 45 years ago. is surived by two sons, Mr. Charles G. odges, of Boone R. F. D. 2, and Dr. E. Hodges of Maiden. Mrs. Hodges was before marriage liss Martha Miller, daughter of the ite Jonathan and Mrs. Miller, and as born and reared in Watauga ounty. Throughout most of her iult life she' was a member of the [eat Camp Baptist Chinch. She had lany friends in this county, who ill share the sorrow occasioned by ;r death.