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VOL. 53, NO. 35 AHSA BASKETBALL| TOURNAMENT ISi FEATURE OF WEEK; ????? Ashe. Avery and Watauga Counties Represented in Fifth Annual Contest; Thirty Teams Will Compete Beginning this (Wednesday^ afternoon at one o'clock in the college gymnasium the annual Appalachian High School Association basketball tournament will get under way, wim mi* prospect mat greater interest will be shown by the public in the competitions than in any for rncr event of the kind. The contest continues for four days, the finals being Saturday evening. There will be eight boys' games the first day, beginning at one and continuing until eight o'clock. On Thursday there will be six, Friday the semi-finals, and the finals Saturday night. This same schedule will also be observed liy the sixteen girls' teams, with their games being played in the girls' gym and the boys' games in the boys' gym. All told, there will be thirty gamesplayed during the process of elimination. There will be representatives from the sixteen high schools of Ashe. Watauga and Avery counties attending the tourney. This is the fifth year for the event which grows larger and more efficiently planned each year. At the present time no definite parings have been made for the first round of play. As has been tbe practice in past tournaments all officials will be selected from the student body. Appalachian students have been calling all high school games scheduled in the above mentioned counties during the past season. Those officials selected for the tourney are: Girls?Alice Karr Hemlrix, Margaret Greene and Elsie Lee Brake; boys? Erancis Hoover, Andre Nadeau and Gametk' Clark. These will :.ie rMtie, with two referceing eacli game. As in the past campus students will be admitted to the games on their athletic tickels. Last year boys were admitted all nights with me girls unending the semi-final and final games. No announcement lias been made by Ibe administration yet but it is supposed that the same procedure will be followed this year. During the halves of the night games of the tourney, demonstrations will be given by students of the physical education department. Mrs. Simpson Gets NYA Appointment Mrs. Clara P. Simpson, NYA supervisor for Watauga county, has received notification from State Administrator John A. Lang, that she was an appointee of the National Youth Administration and had been placed on annual salary, under benefits accruing to regular governmental employees. Mrs. Simpson has also been given a full-time assistant for the NYA office, in addition to the present office helpers. Miss Doris Walker of Boone, has been named assistant. Information has been received to the effect that over a thousand dollars worth of furnishings for the girls' work shops will be shipped soon. Electric and oil cook stoves, refrigerators, dining room sets, chairs, rugs, etc. .are included. About 300 youths are in training throughout the county on various training programs, sponsored by the board of education. State Teachers College, Red Cross, Lions Club, Masons, Parent-Teacher Associations ana oiner organizations. Members Board of Elections Named Recommendations to the state board of elections for the members of the Watauga county board have been forwarded to Raleigh. Democratic County Chairman E. B. Mast has recommended the appointment of Grady Greer and J. C. McConnell as the Democratic members, while T. E. Bingham, Republican county chairman, has submitted the names of Russell D. Hodges, J. E. Holshouser and Thos. Miller. One Republican member will be appointed from the three names. TO INCOME TAXPAYERS Mr. Joe Sink, deputy commissioner of revenue, will be in the office of the clerk of the superior court of Watauga county on February 29 and on March 7, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing thc-ir state income tax returns. There is no charge for this service and those required to file returns are urged to see Mr. Sink on erne of these days. 'ATA I An Independent BOONE. WATAUGA C Elected President , . r : Paris ? Franco.?lynance Jan Paaerewski, world famous pianist, who was unanimously elected president of Poland's national council?the parliament of the Polish governinent-in-exile?here recently, is shown with Wladysiaw Raizkiewicz (left). It is Paderewski's first return to politics since he resiqned as premier of Poland in 1919. SPORTSMEN WILE MEET ON MARCH 2 Ways and Means of Preserving Wild Game to Be Discussed at Meeting Here On next Saturday night. March 2. at 7:30 o'clock, sportsmen of the town and county are asked to gat tier at the Junior halt in Boone for the purpose of discussing the present condition of mountain game and to devise wavs and means i>r m-e serving it. Many reports have been circulated to the effect that during the long cold winter, nearly all the quail have frozen or starved, and it is fell that unless something is done to replenish them, the number for the coming year is bound to be small. Among the things that are spoken of for discussion at the meeting are .the following: 1. Ask for a number of pairs of quail to be liberated in the county, and that hunting seasons for all game birds open and close at the same time-. . 2. To agree not to hunt out of season. 3. To agree not to take more than tile hag limit. 1. Counsel together on the advisability of forming a game club. With these and other subjects to come up for discussion, it is hoped that all the sportsmen of the town and county will attend the meeting Saturday evening. Appalachian Wins North State Title Win Tuesday Night Over Elon is 12th Straight for Mountaineers; To Enter National Cage Tourney Appalachian State Teachers College clinched the North State conference basketball title here Tuesday night by defeating Elon. GO to 41. The Mountaineers won 12 consecutive victories in the loop this season. Elon won 10 and lost three. Coach Flucie Stewart's lads took an early 10-poiut lead and stayed that far ahead until the last few minutes when they spurted again. Appalachian will represent the Carolinas at the national intercollegiate tournament at Kansas City March 11-16. Next Monday night the Mountaineers play the New York Celtics at Asheville. 95 Boys Enrolled in 4-H Clubs of County There are 95 boys enrolled in seven 4-H Clubs in Watauga county. These 4-H Clubs are located in the following communities: Deep Gap, Hutherwood, Green Valley. Valle Crucis, Cove Creek, Mabel and Bethel. Most of these boys have selected their projects and are busy at work on trying to make a good 4-H Club record. The different projects that are being carried by these boys are: Corn, tobacco, cabbage, potatoes, beans, garden, poultry, pig, baby beef and sheep. The 4-H Club boys and girls hold joint meetings once a month at which time programs are given and projects discussed. INTERESTING PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN AT MABEL. SCHOOL There will be a program at Mabel sonooi on rnday night, March 1st, at 7:30 o'clock, consisting of a womanless wedding, a negro play with added features of jokes, singing .etc., to which the public is invited. This program is given by local talent and the proceeds are to he used for books and materials lor the school library. Admission will b? 10 and 15 cents. Come and bring a friend for an evening of fun and enjoyment. JGA Weekly Newspaper?lis OUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. DISTRICT fi. OP. MEET ARRANGED Chairman Clyde R. Greene An nounces Republican District Convention for April 16 7vli. Clyde R. Greene, chairman o the Republican organization in tbi ninth district, today issued the cal for the congressional convention o his part}*, which will be held a 1 o'clock, April 16. at the court house in Taylorsville. At this time, says Mr. Greene, tvvt delegates rind two alternates will b named to the Republican nationa convention which meets in Phila delphia June 24. At the same tim two presidential electors will b nominated. The several county chairmen o the district are asked to call thei wuui.jr ctmviaiuuris ueiore /\pru iwhich is the deadline for filing fo county offices and seats in the gen era) assembly. Since the Republi cans are using the state primary this year, no candidate for congres will be nominated at the di'stric convention. Mr. Greene points out that anvom desiring to enter the primary as . Republican candidate for congress ii the ninth district this year, shouh file and pay the required fee to thi state board of elections by sundowi on March 16. 1940. BUS HOUSES BEING BUILT AT BETHEI Model Home Being Constructed Other Bethel News by Our Kegular Correspondent The NYA forces are busy on tw projects on the Bethel school cam pus. One crew of boys, under tlv supervision of Mr. John V/. Ward, i constructing u large number of bu houses, which are to be distribute throughout the county to be used b: school children who have to wait fo buses. A number of these building are now being painted and will b removed to the ous routes soon, Another group of workers is erect ing what is to be called a mode home near the school. The excavnt ing has been done. The pouring o the concrete for the foundation wil start soon when the weather per mits. This building is to be a dc monstration of the ability of th? NYA to do constructive work alor.j useful lines. Since all furnishings including furniture, draperies, etc, are to be made by the boys and girl; who belong to the NYA, this projec will ntiturally give them valuabh training which thev can capital? upon in later life. Mr. Wiiey Perr; is foreman over the boys who art constructing the building. Bethel Girls Win Bethel girl's basketball team woi the championship of the Avery Watauga division in the A. H. S. A by defeating Cove Creek in thci last conference game. The girl came through with a good record losing two games, one by a forfei to Blowing Rock, and tieing one Bethel lost the conference chain pionship game to Jefferson Friday night. The score was 23 to 13. The boys' and girls' teams gc ti Boone Wednesday, where they an to take part m the A.R.S.A. basket ball tournament. In t.he first gam of the meet. Bethel boys are set t< go against West Jefferson, while th< girls play Lansing at 3 o'clock. Boti teams hope to come out victorious Use of Lime and Phosphate Givei At this time of year a number o farmers are engaged in spreadin lime and phosphate, therefore, it i important that the correct amour of this material be used per acre say the county agents. In order to get the most eeono mical results from lime, farmer should use from one to two tons pe acre rather than four or five as i often used. In applying triple phosphate oi pasture or meadow, from one. to tw hundred pounds per acre is recom mended. It will be better to cover mor land with these materials and us them more often than to apply to much at one time. IMMEDIATE FARM BENEFIT FUNDS APPROVED BY HOUS1 Washington, Feb. 26?In respons ^ Or...,.;/? ..r^ IV U lauivglcuil 11V1I1 -t 1COIUCU Roosevelt, the house, voted today t make $60,000,000 of next year' agriculture fund available immedi ately to keep crop control check flowing to farmers. Men\bers of the house appropria tions committee reported that th President had a^-roved the trans action in order to replenish the rcg ular $500,000,000 benefit paymer fund which has been depleted b increased farmer compliance wit crop control plans. The measur is now before the senate. PIE SUPPER There will be a pie supper at th VaXjp Crucis public school Saturda evening, March 2, at 7 o'clock. Th public is cordially invited to attenc Is? i (sSSf&i DEMC tablished in the Year Eighte< THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 19? i Where Tornado St}! ' y Albany. Ga.?Scenes in Ibis city the devastating tornado which swe] resort and industrial city, killing at ; with an estimated damage of more 1 I Please Stop Ad! { Mrs. L. R. Hommell of Wil- j e minglon, N. C.. recently inserted j i an ad in the Watauga Democrat j seeking domestic help, and now I she is deluged with ai-?olicaT)is. j and wants relief. Mrs. Hummell i says: | "Please do not run the ad brought in there by Mrs. Sherrill for me any further. I am 1 swamped with applicams ... I have never seen such response from an ad in my life." Whether you want household 1 help, or desire to dispose of any kind of merchandise. Democrat j advertising brings the buyer and seller together quickly and ecoa nomicaily. J i DISTRICT JUNIOR i : MEETING MARCH 4 ! - District Fraternal Gathering in \ Boone; To Elect Orphans i , I r Homo Trustee I A special district meeting ot the i > Junior Order, United American Mo- i j chanics, will be held at the hall ol'j. , the organization in Bcone <111 the ? evening of March 4. at 7:30 p. m., I 5 pursuant to the call ot Wallace t Gentry, district councilor. This gathering, which takes the ; place of the regular spring meeting ' r for the district, is called primarily 1 i tor the purpose of electing a trustee ; for tlie Orphans Home at Lexing- 1 ton from this district Clyde R. Greene of Boone, a prominent figure ! 1 in Junior Order circles, is reported 1 to huve strong support for the posi" tion of trustee. r Mr. Richard E. Keiley, recording 5 secretary of the Juniors, who made the announcement of the meeting lo- 1 ' cally, earnestly requests every mem- 1 ber of Daniel Boone, Council to be , " present. r ^ j Mrs. George Austin ! Succumbs on Tuesday e ^ Pross-time information tell.-. oi: 'diet c death on Tuesday evening o{ Mrs. i George Austin, well-known resident of the Winkler's Creek section. Mrs. Austin, who was 52 years of age, had almost recovered from a second illness with pneumonia, when she 1 suffered a heart attack. She lived only a few minutes. ,f The exact time of the funeral has g not been set, pending the receipt of s messages from relatives who reside t at distant points. However, it is said that Rev. R. C. Eggers, Baptist minister, will conduct the rites and " that interment will be in the Winks ler cemetery. r The husband, loeether with the 3 following sons and daughters survive: Mrs. Lizzie Setzer. James and 3 Frank Austin of Shulls Mills; Sam? uel Austin. Sugar Grove; Henry and * Jack Austin of Boone; Misses Bessie and Nora Austin, Mack and John \ e Austin of Shulls Mills. Four broth- ' e ers, Tom, Frank, Harvey and Grady 0 Moody survive, and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Haynes. Mrs. Jim Simmons and Miss Dora Moody, all of Watauffa ermntv. E Mrs. Austin was before her marriage. Miss Lillie Moody, daughter i e ol Mr. and Mrs. George Moody, and 1 t was bom and reared in this county. ! o She was esteemed in her home 1 s neighborhood and held in high rc- < - gard throughout the county, whete J s she was well known and had a large ' family connection. ' e RAMSEY TO BE KEYNOTER AT i- DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION d D. Hiden Ramsey, general raanay ger of the Asheville Citizen-Times h company, will deliver the keynote e speech at the state Democratic convention in Raleigh May 17, Governor-Hoey announced Monday. Hoey said he had been informed e of Ramsey's designation by R. Gregg y I Cherry, state Democratic chairman, e | Ramsey will also serve as temporary L! chairman. Mil ill! )CRA ^ ^ iighty-Eight r ' - ~i :k With Full Force I which received the full effect of ! pi through this southwest winter least 21 persons and injuring 500 than S5.000.000. HAMMED/1!? DAIW L VHllllLlltli !>Ul/1 JOINS IN TOURNEY Chamber Commerce and P.-T. A. Organize Basketball Tourney For Coming Month The Boone Chamber of Commerce rail Parent-Teacher Association haw joined in arranging for a basketball ourney, which is to be held at the Appalachian high school building, reginning March 7. Four teams will participate in the ourney, the following organizaion.s having supplied players and nanagers as indicated: Boone bions Club. M. I. Clark; Boone Merchants Association, Ralph Winkler: Chamber of Commerce. W. II. Wilms: and P.-T. A? Prof Orby Southard. The first three teams will repesent business and professional nen of tlic town and the P.-T. A. earn will include momKnrs ,\f tl,,. acuity of tilr- high and demnnstro- : lion schools. The schedule is as follows: March 7:30 m.?Faculty vs. Merchants association: Lions vs. Chamber of "ommeree. March 14: Facultv vs. Lions: Mel'. Oi.'mts Association vs. Chamber of 'Jommtrce. March 21: Faculty vs. Chamber ot ^ome.ioreo; Lions vs. Merchants Association. The round robin system will be jsed, which will take three weeks vii h a double-header once a week lad the two leading teams will play iho finals. All players are asked to be at the ligh school to practice Friday night it 7:30 and each Tuesday night thereafter. Wilcox Makes Statement In announcing tile tourney, H. W. it'ilcox states: "Did you ever stop to consider just what our P.-T. A. is doing for our children? They have given many a meal to some child which otherwise would have had to go without it; they have .enabled many nnforVunare ones to go to school. This organization has furnished good warm clothing re many children going to school that hardly had sufficient clothes on their bodies to keep them from freezing. These ,ii\' uniy a ie\v uiin^ ine i'.-1. /v. has done foe those less fortunate. "Would you not like to have a part in helping these little ones? Out of them will come some of the future leaders. It. is an investment that will pay dividends as long as eternity lasts. You can help by backing this tournament, and coming out to support it. We. too, would like to know just what you think of your commerce body. Arc- you willing to co-operate with it in worthwhile endeavors? We know you are, and will. We are sure you will do your best for4 both of these organizations. 'It has been decided to charge each person 10 cents admission to the first three double-headers Every cent cf this will go to some Worthwhile cause. You will have a lot of fun watching your husband, friend or sweetheart play this clean game." Preachers, Deacons To Meet on Monday A preachers' and deacons' meeting is to be held Monday afternoon, March 4. at 2 o'clock at the Bcone Baptist church, at which time the topic for discussion will be the eighth chapter of Romans. Rev. N. M. Greene will conduct the devotional and following is the "remainder of the program: 1. D. M. Edmisten?Rom. 8:1-4. 2. W. J. Cook?Rom. 8:5-13. 3. A. G. Hamby?Rom. 8:14-17. 4. W. D. Ashley?Rom. 8:18-25. 5. G. M. Watson?Rom. 8:26-27. 6. R. C. Eggers?Rom. 8:26-27. 7. J. C. Canipe?Rom. 8:35-39. Messrs. Grady and Vilas Minton. who compose the program committee, issue the following statement: 'We as your committee expect you to bring an exposition on these Scriptures. You have ten minutes each to discuss them. Come and let us have fellowship together." T SI.50 A YEAR SCHOOL BUILDING AT COVE CREEK TO BE STARTED SOON :Iugc Stone Structure Will Cost About $73,000: Two Stories High With Basement: Is First Unit of High Kthool Plant By WHEELER FARTHING Construction of the new Cove Creek high school building wul begin on Morch 11. it was announced here today by Howard Walker. Watauga county superintendent of public schools. The building, which will be constructed through the co operation cf the federal Works Progress administration, will be situated on the spacious lot between the residences of A. B. Harmon and ttie Bingham heirs and will be almost parallel with the c.ld public highway. Land for the location was recently purchased, by county officials from Principal S. F. Horton, T. J. Moody and A. B Harmon. These grounds, which extend for several rods on all sides and front of the building site, afford ample room for playgrounds, parking places for school buses and athletic fields. The main athletic field, it is learned, will be laid off in the field just to the rear of Mr. Horton's residence. The structure, as drawn by Architects Clarence F. Coffey and Bernard Olson of Lenoir, will be built of native stone ar.d will measure 224 by 57 feet. It will be two stories high and will be heated by a steam heating gystem to ho located in the basement. The architects' blueprint indicates that the first floor will contain two teachers' offices, six class rooms, a cafeteria room and two toilets. On the second fioor there will be eight class rooms, a large science room, the library and reading room combined. and two toilets. These floors will be connected by modern, fireproof stairways. According to Mr. Walker, the federal government has contributed to the county the sunt of .$52,000, about ?10.000 of which wilt tin nooa frtf the purchase of building materials. For its part, the county has borrowed from the state library fund Ihe sum of $25,000. From these last mentioned funds came the money expended in the purchase of the school site. Other building materials are to be bought with the amount remaining. Unless present schedules are unduiy interferred with, the structure will he completed in a period of ten months, and judging from the schedule. it will be ready fcr use by the tali of 1941. Construction was scheduled formerly to begin on February 27, but because of the inclement weather of this section it was thought by authorities that the dale given above would be the belter time. The project as explained here does not include the entire plans lor the new high school, for there still remains the construction of three additional wings in which will be housed the home economics deparlmen, gymnasium, auditorium and various departments of vocational agriculture classes. Dance To Be Held Saturday Evening A leap year benefit dance is to be held at the county office building Saturday evening, starting at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Tuesday Night Club. George G. Farthing's well-known dance orchestra will provide the music for the dancers and a nickleodeon will be used on occasions to provide a brief rest for the musicians. The proceeds from an adnu-^ion charge of 35 cents per person will he used to take care of the hospital expenses of a needy citizen of the county. Monroe Adams Will Run For Congress Monroe Adams of Statesville. told the Statesville Record Monday that he had filed his candidacy with the state board of elections for congress in the ninth district subject, to the action of the Republican primary. Mr. Adams, who was a candidate fnr rnnffrpcc on T?AnnKl ir?r?n tirlr. et in the last election, will likely be unopposed in the primary, it is rumored locally. Boone Contractor Gets Power Award Melvin F. Burgess of Boone, has been awarded a contract of $149,619 for building the entire power system, consisting of 239 miles of line for the Community Electric co-operative at Norfolk, Va., it was announced Monday by the Rural Electrification Administration in WashingtonTheodore Roosevelt was the first Fresident of the United States to leave the legal boundaries of his country while in office, to visit another country. In 1906 he sailed to the Panama Canal Zone and visited the city of Panama.
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