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VOL. 53, NO. 34 JUDGE SINK WILLI HOLD SPRING TERM | SUPERIOR COURT Two Weeks Session Watauga Court Will Convene April 21: Jury is Drawn; About 90 Cases on Criminal Docket; 50 Civil Actions to Be Tried Judge H. Hoyle Sink ot Greensboro. will preside over the spring term of Watauga superior court which convenes April 21, for a two weeks' session, and Austin E. South, clerk of the court, states that there are 90 cases on the criminal docket, with 50 civil actions to come before the court. Operating automobiles under the influence of liquor continues to be the predominating law violation in this county, 35 cases of this nature being on the state docket. Most of the other criminal cases also involve the commission of misdemeanors. The Jury Following is a list of those drawn for jury service: First Week Bald Mountain: W. F. Norris. Ron Davis. Beaver Dam: Perry Farthing, Donley Hagaman, Wiley Perry. Roy Vines. Blowing Rock: II. M. Coffey, Dan Klutz, Itpscuc J. Hartley, John Knight. Blue Ridge Fred Critchcr, Walter Hampton, S. C. Ford. Boone: Albert Bingham, C. M. Critchcr, S. C. Eggers, Barnard D. Dougherty, J. S Lyons, Lloyd Coleman. Cove Creek: J. H. Eggers, B. F. Cole, Dona Farthing, N. M. Church. Elk: Conley Walters, Ward Carroll. Laurel Creek: Sherman Presnell. Lewis Harmon. Meat Camp: Sidney Wilson, Alex South, E. F. Greene. North Fork: Delma Mock, J. R. May, J. D. Wilson, B. F. Laing. Shawneehaw: Will Cook, Custer Wallace, Marshall Farthing. Stony Fork: S. H. Miller, Ralph Morctz, Jason Morctz, H. E. Greene. Watauga: Richard Olsen, Thomas Herman, Hard Thomas, Howard Mast, C. M. Shore. Second Week Herman Greene, Cove Creek; B. H. Gross, Meat Camp; John Beach, Cove Creek; Clyde Tester, Shawneehaw; Dave Hagaman. Beaver Dam; H. P. Cook, Cove Creek; J. G. Johnson, Beaver Dam; Dave Hockeday. North Fork; W. B. Day, Stony VrtvL-- Inhn n Pitiion Mni-th Pnrlr C-. G. Hodges, Meat Camp; J. L. Shull, Laurel Creek; Alfred Thomas, Cove Creek; W. H. Greene, Meat Camp; R. F. Tate, Blowing Rock; A. S. Johnson, Cove Creek: Clarence Newton. Watauga; T. H. Coffey, Jr., Blowing Rock; W. M. llodges, Boone; H. P. Holshouser, Blowing i Rock; S. A. Norris, Boone; C. C. ' Tugman, Meat Camp; J. B. Clawson, Meat Camp; Eugene Lentz, Blowing Rock; Reece Burkett, Meat 1 Camp; E. Y. Edmisten, Shawneehaw. Dramatics Tourney Be Held Here Next Week The fourth district of the Carolina Dramatics Association will hold its annual contest in the college auditorium here on March 15 ( at 8 p. m. The schools participat ing, their plays and directors, are as follows: Dobson high school will present "Ca'line", under the direction of Miss Jenny Martin; Union "'Jit rvrocont "Rinffiritf in thp I ? *U,L ??' *"" ,T--r> --- Groom", under the direction of Mr. Homer M. Kewer; and Appalachian high school will present "Utter Relaxation", under the direction of Mrs. J. Edwin Rivers. The winner of this preliminary contest will go to the Carolina Dramatics Association in Chapel Hill on March 30, to compete with four other county schools for the state trophy. The admission to these performances will be 10c and 25c. Everyone is cordially invited to attend and bring his friends. The Carolina Dramatics Association was organized for the purpose of stimulating and encouraging interest in the field of dramatics in North Carolina.' A yearly contest is sponsored by this organization. Play"writers and play-producers compete in this. Elimination contests are held in each district preceding the state contest, which is held at Chapel Hill, the association headquarters. AIDS RED CROSS Watauga chapter American Red Cross acknowledges a contribution of $10.00 from the Rumple Memorial Presbyterian church at Blowing Rock. IATAI An Independent W BOONE, WAT. Bottle Battle h k Bottles flew as a caie battle f( raged in Sofia. Bulgaria, and U. () S. Minister to Bulgaria George Earle (above) was in the midst of ri it all. A dispute arose between a s Nazi and in the resulting scuffle j the Nazi was injured by a wine | f, 1 1 " " oy me u. t>. clipio- | ;\ mai. | ^ ?. j MRS. J. L. WINKLER" DIES ON THURSDAY 1 Well Known Resident of the n Town Succumbs to Long 111- JV ness; Kites Friday h, si Mrs. James L.. Winkler, well- hi known resident of this city, died at ai the home last Thursday after a pro- 1" longed illness. She was 74 years old. U Funeral services were conducted " Friday afternoon from the Methodist 01 church by the pastor. Rev. James McLarty, who was assisted in the ^ rites by Dr. J. D. Rankin, and in- ^ torment was in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Walter p Winkler, Ralph Winkler. Stewart Winkler, Fred Winkler, Jeff Stanbury, Jim Councill, Rob Rivers. Honorary: Dr. H. B. Perry, R. L. c.' Bingham, E. N. Hahn, Ed Farthing, W. O. Hartzog, Grady Farthing, ' Kenneth Linney, G. K. Moose, T. M. Greer. The impressive floral offering was in charge of the following 8 friends: Mesdames R. L. Clay, Paul Coffey, Jim Councill. Belle Wink- ^ ler, Zeb Farthing, Alice Councill .. Robbins, Grady Farthing, Ronda ' Hardin, J. D. Rankin, W. G. Hart- . zog. Frank Payne, Herman Eggers, " E. E. Garbee, Miss Mildred Farth- c' ing. ? Despite the inclemency of the w weather many friends gathered for the rites. Among those com'ng from (| a distance were: Kate Wilson, Shel- t; by; Z. B. Stuart, R. B. Fitzgerald, u C. C. Staley, L. B. Walsh. O. D. Bentley, C. P. Miller, M. B. Clarke, jr W C. Hall, Gwyn Eiler, R. F. Bau- v guess, Ed Beshears, North Wilkes- y boro; G. A. Leeper and C. G. Ashley, b Elkin; C. F. Whiting, Daylo; Mr. and y Mrs. Frank Councill and Mrs. Rich- b( ard DeVault, Bristol. L Native of New Bern k Mrs. Winkler, who was the dnueh , 0, tor of the late A. V. and Mrs. Ben- p nett, was bom in New Bern, but n was reared in Statesville and ^ Mooresville. She had resided in u Boone since her marriage to James L. Winkler more than fifty years y ago. She was a member of the Q Methodist church and until she be- c, came ill, was one of the most active n ii 'nvl-nro in fVm raticfi/Mic I i f <-? rvf Vin community. Mrs. Winkler was ^ widely known, and numbered her ,A friends by her acquaintances. The a death of this Christian woman has Q brought genuine sorrow to this sec- t( tion. fl Surviving are three sons and two ,j daughters: Cloy Winker, North Wil kesboro; James Winkler, Boone; Frank Winkler, Nashville, Tenn.; _ Mrs. George Thomson, Hickory, and ^ Miss Anita Winkler, Boone. There are six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Elma Rowland, Gaithersburg, Md. a McCRARY NAMED ACTING A HEAD OF HIGHWAY BOARD h e Raleigh, March 5.?Governor J. M. o Broughton yesterday appointed D. B. McCrary of Asheboro, acting chair- o man of the state highway and pub- fi he works commission until May 1, fi and then, lacking a judge, adminis- o tered the oath to McCrary himself. APPALACHIAN GIRL i w i,n i L.n own t ?>o i Miss Judith Joyner of Tabor City, a junior at Appalachian college, q will represent the local school in a the annual Peace oratorical contest jj to he held simultaneously with, and 7 apart from the South Atlantic tour- fc nament in Hickory March 6, 7, S. f, JGA eekly Newspaper?Esta AUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI a? atkinsImes if heart attack; sites on monday /ell Known Local Business Man Succumbs to Four Weeks Illness; Was World War Veteran and Decorated for Valor; Many Attend Funeral Services Samuel Atkins, aged 52 years, one f the owners of the Watauga Mo>r Company here, and prominent irmer and" lumberman, died sud. C..J -1, " - " uiijr oaiuraay morning at (lis Vilas o:ne from what was believed to ave been a heart attack. Mr. Atins had been confined to his bed >r more than four weeks, but was lought to have been well on the Dad to recovery when fatally Iricken. Funeral services were conducted rom the Willowdale Baptist church Ionday morning at 10 o'clock, with cv. D. M. Edmisten in charge. Rev. L. Painter and Rev. G. W. Trivit also took part in the rites. Burial liich was in charge of Watauga dst. American I.cgion. was in the lowell cemetery at Vilas. The church auditorium was filled nth those who came to pay their ispects at the bier of the popular tizen, all standing room was utized and many stood outside the uilding during the course of the rvioes. A large number of Boone usiness men and public officials id others attended together with ople from various other sections. Surviving are the widow and iree children: Russell, Ruby and oberl, of Sugar Grove; five brothrs, Kelsey, Will, Silas and Neal Atins of Johnson City; Grover Atkins, ontiac, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. fheelstonc. Mrs. Esther Bogus and Irs. Amanda Johnson, all of John>n City, and Mrs. Lula Bunton, ontiac. Mich. Native of Yancey Mr. Atkins was born in Yancey ounty, a son of the late John and Irs. Atkins, and at the outbreak f the World War was- employsd at etroit, Mich. He was a member of le 81st division, 318th machine un battalion, and was in the thick f the fight at Verdun, where he 'as wounded and taken prisoner by le Gennan army. After the armiscc was signed, he remained in a emian prison camp, but succeeded 1 escaping before other American aptives were released by the Gerlan high command. Arriving in le United States March 8, 1919, he 'as discharged at Camp Jackson, S. ., and was awarded the medal of le Purple Heart, a military decoraon given wounded soldiers for unsual bravery in action. Mr. Atkins established his home i Watauga county following the ,'orld War and for a number of ears engaged in the automobile usiness in Boone. Later for several ears he was in the wholesale lumer business and succeeded well, ast fall he returned to the automoile field and became half owner i me waiauga Motor Uo, Jocal lymouth-Chrysler agency. He was i charge of this enterprise when e became ill the latter part of Janary. Mr. Atkins was a member of the /lllowdale Baptist church, and one f the leading contributors to the a use of religious activity in his eighborhood. He had served on le school committee in Cove Creek istrict for a number of years, and -as interested in the well-being of 11 the people of his county. A man f happy disposition and charitable mdencies, Sam Atkins readily made -iends, and was unusually popular troughout this region. He was a ist, honorable and upright citizen. /Iany Attend Jr. Order Gathering Three new members were initited into the Junior Order United jmerican Mechanics at a meeting eld Monday evening, a visiting deree team from North Wilkesboro fficiating. The hall was filled with members f the organization, many coming pom other lodges in the area. Roreshments were served at the close f the meeting. )ean Harnelson To Appear Before Forum Dean J. W. Harrelson of State College, will be the visiting speaker t the meeting of the public forum l the high school library on March at 8 p. m. "Education and Naional Defense" will be the subject or discussion. DEM< Lblished in the Year Eight* MOLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6 World War Ace t Photo shows wreckage of the which crashed to earth near Allan juring nine. "Smiling Eddie" Ri< War flying ace, and president of t riding, was among the injured. C land, was killed. boone HIGH boys i win in tourney; Local Basketeers Enter WinstonSalem This Week; Healing Springs Girls Win The Appalachian High Schol Association tournament closed here Saturday night with Appalachian high boys and Healing Springs girls walking off with the winners' trophies. The Boone boys, who had waded through the five other teams enter cd froir. Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties, had little trouble with the Bethel quint to win the crown, 42 to 23. Coffey, overwhelming choice for ttje. allctoyney team, led ..the Scoring with 15 points. In the girls' game, Healing Springs barely nosed out Nathan's Creek for the title, 15-14. Pierce, with 10 points, was top scorer for the contest. The powerful Boone team, which is gunning for the Journal nnd Sentinel crown, starting this week, placed three of their men on the alltourney team selected after the met. The all-tourney teams are: Boys: Beach and Coffey of Boone, forwards: Woodruff, Nathan's Creek, center; Ira Bingham. Boone, and Reece, Bethel, guards. Girls: Gambill, Nathan's Creek, Hamby, Boone, and Cox, Healing j Springs, forwards; Francis, Healing Springs. Osborne, Nathan's Creek, and G. Bing'nam, Cove Creek, guards. Valle Crucis FamilyLoses Home in Fire John Davis of Valle Crucis, sustained the loss of his home and its entire contents in a fire of undetermined origin last Friday morning. The new six-room house was a total loss, together with furnishings, clothing, etc., it is said, and the eldest son in the family lost $70 in money which he had saved from his labors. The local Red Cross chapter is asking for aid for the distressed family, particularly clothing to bridge them over the emergency. Anyone interested in aiding in this connection should notify Mrs. E. E. Garbee, chairman, who explains that the father and eldest son wear size 18 clothes, the mother 20, one boy size 12, and a girl size 4. Tom Beach Passes West Point Tests i Thomas Stuart Beach passed his pnysical examination ana preliminary mental tests at Fort Bragg Tuesday preparatory to entering the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., next June. Young Mr. Beach recived the appointment through the courtesy of Congressman R. L. Doughton. Mr. Doughton has also appointed Blaine Coffey, Jr., of Shulls Mills, to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Young Mr. Coffey is expected to go 1 to Annapolis in June. A speed ranging between 30 and 40 miles an hour is reported to be : the most economical by automotive authorities. 3CRA ;en Eighty-Eijgsc l, 1941 $ mg? lurt in Air rash f Eastern Airlines sleeper plane ita. Ga.. killing seven persons, inrkenbacker (insert), famed World he airline on whose plane he was longressman Wm. Byron of MaryHUGE SHIPMENT [ OF PIPE BLOCKS Local Manufacturing Concern Breaks All Records in This Week's Output of Briurwood The D & P Pipe Works of Boone, which is being deluged with orders for their processed and patented briarwood smoking pipe blocks, will break all records this week when they ship 39,600 blocks to eastern pipe manufacturing concerns. At the same time it is announced that the capacity of the plant must be practically doubled to meet orders now on hand and new machinery for ex jjciuonm i:> xiuw til iuuw lrum ixcvv York. The local plant is now producing 7,500 blocks per day frotjt the ivy and rhododendron burls frhich are purchased from farmers of the territory, and many of the manufacturers are demanding the product even before the drying process is completely finished. Thirty-nine men are now employed at good wages working in two eight-hour shifts, and Mr. Lavietes says that when the new machinery arrives other workers now on the waiting list will be placed on his payroll. Within the past two weeks the processing and drying capacity of the plant has been doubled and the expansion is continuing daily. No briarwood is now coming irom across me waters, ana tne aemand is unusually heavy for the local product. Because of the processing and fireproofing patents of the local concern their product is especially favored, and it is the purpose of the company to convert Boone into the pipe-making center of the country. Complete finishing of the pipes is envisioned by Mr. Lavietes. State Income Tax Collector is Coming Mr. Joe Sink, deputy commissioner of internal revenue, will be in the office of the clerk of the court at Boone on March 6 and 13 for the purpose of assisting state income I taxpayers in filing their returns, j which must be done on or before ! March 16. | Any unmarried man or woman having an income of $1,000 or more during the year 1940 and any married man having an income of $2,000 or more must file an income tax return. Business Men Make Donations To Band Mr. W. H. Gragg, loyal supporter and friend of the Appalachian High School Band, again proved his interest in the band when he requested and collected from interested business and Drofessional men of Boone contributions totaling $58.00. This sum was presented to the band Monday evening and responses of giatitude were made by Principal A. Frank Hamrick and Director Gordon Nash. Those supporting the band in this way are: Rob Rivers, D & P Pipe Works, Farmers Hardware, Northwestern Bank, Roscoe Coleman, Dr. W. M. Matheson, John Conway, Belk-White Co., Reins-Sturdivant, ; Appalachian Soda Shop, Guy Hunt, Boone Drug Co., Boone Steam Laun|dry, Joe Pearson. ;r $1.50 A YEAR NARROW GUAGE IS TO ABANDON LINE FROM CRANBERRY Interstate Commerce Commission Grants Linvillc River Railway Right to Discontinue Rail Service and Abandon Lines Cranberry to Boone Herman W. Wilcox, president of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, and station agent for the Linville River Railway here for many years, has been informed by officials of the company that thev have been given the right hv tlio inforcLoIft " , v.n, mt^ioi/aic vuuuiiaLC UUII1" mission to permanently discontinue rail service from Cranberry to Boone and to salvage the rails and other physical properties. The narrow gunge line had been operated into Boone since 1918, but no train has reached Boone since August 13. when the flood destroyed the roadbed for many miles and marooned the train bound from Johnson City to Boone at Elk Park. The company immediately filed application with the commerce commission for privilege of abandoning the tines and a hearing was held in Johnson City, at which time many business and professional men of Boone protested the scrapping of the road. Figures presented by the company indicated that the reveues of the road were failing off every year and that there was a constantly increasing operating deficit. The commission ruled with the company and it is presumed that salvage operations will begin shortly, as authority was granted to scrap the line at any time after February 27th, Mr. Wilcox says. Mrs. Virgil Hall Dies in Detroit Mrs. Virgil Hall, 37, daughter of Mrs. Lillian Hopkins of Boone, died in Detroit, Mich., Thursday, after an illness of five weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church at Independence, Va., Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by Rev. J. C. Ball, and interment was there. Among those attending the services were Mrs. Frank Miller, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Miller, Todd; Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, Todd; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Miller. Boone; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hodges, John W. Ilodges, John W. Hodges, Jr., Councill Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pearson, North Wilkesboro: Mr. and Mrs. Wade Miller, Hickory. Survivors are the husband, two sons, Edward and James, two sisters, Mrs. Earl Preston of Dc-troit, and Mrs. Edgar Cooke of Boone. The mother, Mrs. Lillian Hopkins of Boone, also survives. 1 TI?11 _ -1 i- J <- *? jian vv<i5 a uuugiuer 01 u 1Llate Dr. J. S. Hopkins and Mrs. [Hopkins and was reared at Independence, Va. She frequently visited with her mother here after the famI ily moved to Boone and was held in | high regard among a wide circle of friends in this vicinity. Fire At Sugar Grove Destroys 2 Buildings A fire which incurred an estimated loss of $4,000, broke out in Bart Bryan's cafe at Sugar Grove at 2 o'clock Thursday morning, completely destroying the cafe and razing the home of George Henson, Cove Creek livestock and produce man. Definite origin of the conflagration is unknown, but it presumably began in or near the kitchen of the cafe. When first noticed by Mrs. Bryan, the roof was almost entirely covered by the flames. The Boone fire department arrivnW ATt thrt .rv* Wit OVtllC U1 UiC JLUC JUOV JLil time to save Lawrence Moody's home which was already burning from flames reaching it from the Henson dwelling. Only slight damages were incurred. The home of Dana Farthing, which is located a few feet below the cafe, was in danger of being destroyed also, but efforrts of firemen and neighbors succeeded in saving it. Also destroyed in the fire was a bam and a few out-buildings of small value. COVE CREEK P.-T. A. The Parent-Teacher Association of Cove Creek school will meet at the school Thursday evening, March 13, at 3 o'clock.
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