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VOL. 53. NO. 45
MAY 24 WILL BE j =
POPPY HAY HERE "
" i
Legion Auxiliary Officials Explain
Purpose of Poppy
Day Saturday
I
Plans (or the observance of Poppy'
Day arc being completed by the
Boone unit of the American Legion
Auxiliary tinder the leadership of
Mrs. Chas. Younce and Mr J. E.
Joines. The memorial flowers, made
by disabled war veterans, will be
offered on the streets throughout the
day by the Auxiliary women.
"This year, with the threatening
shadow of a new World War falling
across America, the memorial poppy
has new significance." said Mrs.
Younce. "It shows that America :
still remembers and honors those '
who fell in its defense 23 years ago; j
that Americans still believe that j
America's free way of life is worth ,
any sacrifice, and that the spirit of j
patriotism still burns strongly in i
American hearts."
The poppies which the Auxiliary
will distribute here have been made
by disabled veterans at HI different
hospitals. All Poppy Day workers
will serve as volunteers and all of
the money contributed to thein for
the flowc -s will go into the welfare A
fund of the Auxiliary to carry forward
the Auxiliary's work for the
disabled, their families and the families
of the dead during the year
ahead.
Facts About Poppy Day
First wealing of the poppies in
America took place in New York |
City two days before the signing of
cf the armistice, says Mrs. Fred
Winkler, president of the Boone
unit of the Legion Auxiliary. The
poppy was adopted as the memorial
flower of the American Legion in
1920 and by the American Legion
Auxiliary in 1921.
D,.nn<- II.... II.. -i '
* m Bv-iiui uiiy uusurveu
throughout the nation on Saturday
before Memorial Day. In the British
Empire on Armistice Day, Nov.
11th, is Poppy Day.
The poppies are made by disabled
war veterans in government hospitals
and workrooms. Many veterans
who draw no compensation and
unable to do other work are given
employment during the winter
months. Their annual earnings in
Continued on page eight)
BOOKMOBILE TOUR
DATES ARE GIVEN
al
W
Watauga County People Have
2.500 Books Available in
Traveling Library
The people of Watauga county ?
had made available to them yester- as
day a library of 2,500 books, when ma
the WPA Bookmobile began its H.
rounds, with Nancy Miller as libra- aji
rian. and George Norris, driver. wc,
This collection of books contains Arr
the new titles in both fiction and -j
non-fiction, as well as the old fa- ?
vorites. It is hoped that the people mo
will take advantage of this unusual t;v)
opportunity. The routes as mapped QTy
out will be followed every two the
weeks from the iiiitial trip, at ap- the
proxii ately the same hour each day. "
If any section of the county is not cou
being served by tne traveling 11- son
brary," please contact Mrs. A. R. the
Smith, chairman of the Watauga ..
county library board. crg
Following is the schedule for the uns
Bookmobile: me]
Route I, May 20 m0
Tom Banner's, 9 o'clock; Don
Hagaman's store 10 a. m.; Bethel eri(
school, 10:30 a. m.: Peoria, 1 p. m.; trjl;
Reese. 2:30 p. m.; Forest Grove, 3:30 the
p. m.
Rente 2, May 21 Ma
Lovill, 8:30 a. m.; Vilas, 9 a. m.; cja:
Tom Moody's store, 9:45 a. m.; j-,..,
Amantha, 10:15 a. m.; Mast, 10:45; .jj"
Silverstone, 11:15 a. m.; Zionville,
12:15 p. m.; North Fork, 1:45 p. m.; , '
Mabel, 2:15 p. m.
Route 3, May 22
Miller school, 9:30 a. m.; Green ,q.
Valley, 12 m.; Tamarack, 1:30; Winebarger,
2:15 p. m.; Chestnut Grove,
2:45 p. m.; Sands, 3:45 p. m.
Middle Fork church, 9:30 a. m.; _ _
Aho, 10 a. m.; Whiting, 11 a. m.; 1W
Grandfather. 12 m.: Foscoe. 1:00 D.
m.; Shulls Mills, 1:30 p. m.; Poplar |
Grove, 2:30 p. m; Hodges Gap, 3:45 |
p. m. I
Route 5. May 28 the
Bamboo, 10 a. m.; Fish Hatchery, of ^
10:45 a. m.; Rutherwood, 11:15 a. m.; R '
Triplett, 12 nr.; Laxon, 1:30 p. m.; an
Deep Gap, 2:15 p. m.; Stony Fork, ser
3 p. m. hor
Route 6, May 29 o'cl
Adums, 8:45 a. m.: Baird's Creek F
church. 9:30 a. m.; Will Mast's anc
store, 10 a. m.; Clark's Creek, 10:30 wil
a. m.; Dutch Creek, 11:15 a. m.;
Clyde Tester's store, 12 m.; Cool 1
Springs, 1:30 p. m.; Romir.ger, 2:45 pla
p. m.; Sugar Grove, 3:30 p. m. pla
ATA1
zpendent Weekly Nt
BOONE, WA
Aliens Rounded Uj
^:4a?<i" *~rs6T"i?T" '^y- 2
A few of the aliens, mostly 13
migration inspectors are shown b<
The men were taken from fashion
were employed as waiters. All arc
permits to remain in the United 5
ittorney T. Edgar E
Wednesday 1
H
Dies Suddenly
ilS? |
\ WHflHB
T. E. Bingham, prominent Boone |
torney, who succumbed last
ednesday from a sudden illness.
A Proclamation
By the Mayor
Saturday May 24 was proclaimed
Poppy Day in Boont- in proclation
issued today by Mayor W.
Gragg. The Mayor called upon
citizens to observe the day by
iring the memorial poppy of the
T 1 *
u?vwi uv^iun diiu nuAiilui>.
'he proclamation stated:
Whereas the wearing of the merial
poppy is a fitting and effec?
way of keeping bright the rnem
of those young men who gave
ir lives in America's service in
World War, and
Whereas, the men of Watauga
inty served gallantly in that war,
ne being called upon to sacrifice
ir lives in that service, and
Whereas, the present national em
ency requires the same type of
elfish patriotism displayed by the
a and symbolizzed by their merial
flower, and
Whereas, the women of the Am;an
Legion Auxiliary will dislute
veteran- made poppies in the
city on Saturday May 24,
Now, therefore I. W. H. Gragg,
yor of the city of Boone, do pro:m
Saturday May 24 to be Poppy
; in the city of Poone and urge
citizens to observe the day by
iring the memorial poppy of the
lerican Legion and American Len
Auxiliary in honor of the men
o died for America in the war of
i una i3io.
W. H. GRAGG,
Mayor of Boone.
rs. R. T. McGhee
Dies This Morning
'ress time information tells of
death this (Wednesday) morning
Mrs. Josephine McGhee, wife of
r. McGhee, which occurred after
illness of one week. Funeral
inces will be conducted at the
ne Friday afternoon at three
ock.
'urther details concerning the life
1 funeral of the estimable lady
1 be published next week.
Jnder present conditions, the light
ine industry can produce 12,000
ines annually.
UGA
iwspaper -Established
TAUGA COUNTY. NORTH CAI
) By U. S. Officials
talians, rounded up by federal imping
questioned by police officials,
able hotels in the east where they
i charged with overstaying their
States.
lingham Dies
Prom Sudden Illness
Kites for Prominent Citizen Held
at Hcnson's Chape!: Had Practiced
Law in Boone Since 11)12
Thomas Edgar Bingham, local
attorney and member of one of
Watauga county's most prominent
families, died at the Hagaman
clinic last Wednesday, afternoon.
from what was said to
have been a heart attark
Mr. Bingham had been in his office
most of the day hut in the afternoon
stated that he was not feeling
well and entered the clinic
where he died within about an hour.
He would have been 55 years old
should he have lived until the following
day.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Henson's Chapel Methodist
church by Rev. M. A. Osborne and
burial was in the Hine cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, the former
Miss Pearl Leonard of High
Point; two sons and six daughters:
Thomas and Edgar Bingham, Boone;
Misses Mabel. Mary and Addie
Bingham, Boone; Mrs. Fred McDaniel,
Durham; Mrs. William Norris,
Morganton, and Mrs. W. J. Haynes,
Plainfield, Ohio.
Mr. Bingham was reared in Watauga
county, and was the son of the
late Thomas Bingham and Mrs.
Bingham. He was a graduate of the
Appalachian Training School and
studied law at Wake Forest College.
TTo Ttnccor? V> ie Lo*. 1 4;- ? 5
, .. mo 1/01 EAaiiUlldUUIl dllU
received his license in 1912, since
which time he has practiced his
profession successfully in this city.
Mr. Bingham was a leader in the
public and religious life of his community
and county. He was a member
of the Henson's Chapel Methodist
church, where he taught in the
Sunday school for a number of
years. He took an active interest
in political affairs and was chairman
of the Watauga county Republican
executive committee. He was
also a member of the ninth district
congressional committee.
Six To Go To Army
w_J?J?
v?? ?? cuiiouay
The following named men have
been selected for induction into the
army by the local draft board and
will report at the offices of the
board at 8:15 a. m. on May 28, to
be sent to Fort Bragg, N.: C.
William Stewart Scott, Boone;
John Vernon Idol, Boone; Troy DowWard,
Sugar Grove; Grady William
Wall, Boone; Asa Jack Holman,
Todd; Johnny Martin Harmon,
Beech Creek.
A CORRECTION
The story which was carried in
The Democrat last week regarding
the fire in the Beech Mountain section,
was in error in that it was
stated that the conflagration started
on the farm of Ed Chappel, near the
A,,o?~r I: '' CO 1 ,
*.vv~t jr wuinjr miu. iVII. \_,Iiappei
slates that the forest fire started a
distance of a quarter of a mile from
his farm. The information The
Democrat gathered was published in
good faith and the error is regretted.
In England, more babies are born
in the month of March than in any 1
other month.
DEM
(in the Year Eighteen
IOUNA, THURSDAY, MAY 2:
LOCALPIPEPLANT
ADDS NIGHT SHIFT
|l). & P. Pipe Works Unable t
I Fill Orders: Pipe Publicized
H> Leading Retailer
The D. & P. Pipe Works, Boone"
only manufacturing enterprise, ha
Iagain added a night shift in an of
Ifort to keep up with the large nurn
|ber of orders being received fo
their ivy and rhododendron pip
blocks. The output of the factory 1
|still oversold, and the demand fo
the local product continues to in
crease.
The local industry was recentl;
given a new boost when Wall;!
Frank. Ltd.. New York, the mos
widely known retailer of smokin
pipes in ihe country, announced in
full page ad in their house orgar
the world premiere of "the swed
Carolina Rhododendron briar roc
nine." which hcinu ?rvlri
positive money-back guarantee.
Tiie advertisement stated:
"After many months of diligerJ
research, v.e take great pride ii
making the world premiere presen
tation of the Wally Frank sweeCarolina
Rliododeudron briar roe
pipe.
"It has taken much study, experi
mcnl and care to produce this mas
terpiece of plpedom. Tlic giant an
cicnt rliododeudron burls from thi
Carolina hill country have yielde<
us a beautiful mellow, sweet-smok
itig pipe with a piquant flavor tha
is entirely different from anythinj
else you have ever tasted. We woul<
ramble on about this pipe for page
and pages telling you aboftl thi
unusual chain-link swirl (trainings
the beautiful sunbursts, about tin
patented curing process that guar
antees melow sweetness from tin
first time you tamp a load of you
favorite blend in the bowl . . . am
on and 011 about the careful selectioi
(over SOC- are actually discarded U
find the exclusive mellow Smokin;
quulily we know you'll like) am
further still about the remarkabh
enthusiasm of our veteran pipe
tasters. We arc so enthusiast!
about the Wally Frank Rhododen
dron that we are backing it with tin
most liberal guarantee we have eve
offered on any pipe."
The local pipe blocks are bcinj
manufactured in eleven differen
shapes of pipes, each of which car
ries a positive money-back guaran
lee.
N. Y. A. Sets Up an
Area Office at Lenoii
Establishment of an area office a
Lenoir and the appointment of D. C
Hunter of Burlington as area direc
tor to co-ordinate the activities an
program of the national youth ad
ministration in 13 counties in thi
section composing area seven wa
announced here last week by Stat
Administrator John A. Lang.
The area office, which will serv
Watauga. Caldwell, Burke, McDow
ell, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Ash;
Alleghany, Wilkes, Alexander. Ir*
dell and Catawba counties, will li
located in the Union National Ban
building in Lenoir.
Mr. Hunter will organize and su
pervise the entire NYA program c
established with four principal de
activity in the area, which will b
partments in the same manner as th
state NYA office, including wor!
projects, youth personnel, studer
work and finance departments.
Memorial Services
To Be Held On Sunda;
Watauga Post, American Legior
is sponsoring the annual memoric
service for Watauga county veteran
of the World War, Civil War an;
Spanish-American War, at O a ]
Grove Baptist church near Boont
Sunday morning. May 25, at 10:3'
o'clock. Rev. G. A. Hamby will de
liver the sermon.
A cross for each war beginninj
with 1812 will be erected in thi
churchyard as a part of the service
and each cross decorated. A firinj
squad will be present and tap;
sounded by the post bugler.
Thf* VPtftranc rvf : xrTowe- nnr
the general public is cordially in
vited to attend.
CHURCHES ANNOUNCE
CHANGE IN HOUR OF
MORNING SERVICES
Beginning with the first Sundaj
in June the churches of Boone wil
follow a uniform hour for the morn
ing worship services. At a meetinj
of the local ministers held Monda;
morning at the First Baptist church
it was suggested that eleven o'clocl
be adopted. After discussion thi
hour was unanimously agreed upon
i Hue re(* and Eightj
l, 19
II atauga County Ft
fc Held In Boone T
Clubs To Consic
To Speak Here
;
sl
1 I
I I Hon. Virgil D. Guire of Lenoir
j who will address the joint banj
quel session of the Chamber o3
j Commerce, the Lions Club and the
j Merchants Association here nexi
Tuesday evening.
; PARKWAY NKARS
| BLOWING ROC I
' 140-Mile Stretch Between Ac
ncy Gap. Va., and Deep Gap
Open to Traffic
* That portion of the Blue Rids!
1 Parkway from Adncy Gap nea
, Roanoke, Va., to Deep Gap?a di:
t tance of 140 miles?now is con'
J pleted and open to traffic, Directc
" Newton B. Drury of the Nation;
i-arx service, announced in wasr
, ington last week.
r The Parkway when complete
will connect Shenandoah Nations
Park in Virginia with Great Smok
* National Park in North Carolin
and Tennessee. It will extend 48
miles along the crest of the Blu
Ridge mountains at an average alt
tude of 3,000 feet.
Along the completed section i
the parkway, areas of scenic into
est have been reserved so that trai
r elers may take foot trails into tk
more remote beauty spots.
t The park service will establis
, picnic areas, comfort stations an
drinking water supplies near tt
.j parkway. Four sucli areas will I
opened this year at Smart View an
~ Rocky Knob in Virginia, and Cun
berland Knob and The Bluffs i
North Carolina. At The Bluffs ar.
Rocky Knob there also are tent an
trailer camping areas.
e Construction on unfinished so
tions of the parkway continues ;
various stages. Work now is und<
way on a 54-mile unit between Roc
- Fish Gap. Va., and where the pari
k way crosses U. S. Route 60; a 3
mile section south of the Janii
River in Virginia; the stretch b
,t- tween U. S. Route 421 and Thundi
Hill Gap, near Blowing Rock;
e miles near Mount Mitchell in Nor
e Carolina; a section southwest
l< Asheville, near Mount Pisgah, ai
j a six-mile section near Soco Gap.
It is planned that these sectioi
be completed between August, 194
inf? MocTrimKrie 1 OdO A ? ??- J - ? ?
..v.wRDCXi J v^luuiug
finished, the units will be open<
to traffic on a "drive at your ov
' risk" basis.
Grading of the 13-mile sectii
>, near Mount Mitchell will comple
il a 70-mile unit from Grandfatb
s Mountain to Asheville. Paving of
i portion of this unit now is undi
k way.
9 Eggers Makes Large
Real Estate Des
T
?
s S. G. Eggers, local realtor, hi
'' probably transacted the largest de
" in real estate thus far to be handle
by any local firm or individual,
j having disposed of 2,500 acres ?
land belonging to the Yonahlossi
Land Co. Mr. Eggers states that tl
land was sold to a corporation f<
pnch Kut V?A4 J '
. me coi
sidcration.
More Openings at
! C. C' C. Camp
; Miss Marguerite Miller, counl
, welfare officer, states that there ai
. yet some openings in the C. C. (
c camps, aid that those desiring
s go with the contingent on May 2
. should" report to her office at one
VT
v'-Eight
S1.50 A YEAR
iir Will Likefy Be
'his Aulumn; Civic
ler Proposal Tuesday
Hon. Virgil I). Guirc lo Bo Pres_|j
cut at Banquet Session of Civic
Chilis of the Town, at Which
Time the I'air Will Be Further
Discussed
| The Watauga County Fair, which
j was organized in t he Cove Creek
i community several years ago. is to
be moved to Boone, according to
i tentative plans worked out by a
' group of local business men. The
people of Cove Creek say the fair
has outgrown their community, and
' asked that it bo hold here this year.
?.?-? VJJ fto-Uivi
d here and Mr. Virgil D. Guire,
I member of the state highway com!
mission is to come to Boone next
Tuesday evening. May 27, to speak
; to tiic Merchants Association, the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Boone Lions C!ul>. The meeting
will be held at the Daniel Boone
! hotel at 7:30. at which time the
plans for the fair will be discussed
5 | further.
, The proposed organisation will be
t known as the Blue Ridge Fair Association,
and plans are underway to
enlarge the territory previously
served to include possibly three
counties. The fair will not only
provide a complete display of baby
7 beeves and other livestock, but will
Y have farm and garden displays together
with the usual midway attractions.
I- If the plans materialize the tobacco
warehouse buildings will be used
lor the livestock showings and the
displays of agricultural products,
and Queen street north of the ware-i
e houses will be temporarily roped off
r to take care of the midway attractions.
in vuiiimtrtiiiiig upon lvir. uuires
l~ visit, Wade K. Brown, secretary of
r the Chamber of Commerce, says:
il We consider it a great honor to
have Mr. Gulre speak to us, as he
is one of Caldwell county's most outstanding
citizens, a member of the
. highway commission and chairman
1 _ of the board of trustees of Appalachian
College."
r All those desiring to attend are
o asked to communicate with Mr.
. Brown or with Mr. H. W. Wilcox
immediately to insure getting a seat
at the banquet table.
L?_ Mr. Brown further states that a
membership drive is in progress for
ie the Chamber of Commerce, and all
business and professional men are
^ urged to join this week. They
^ should see either Mr. J. O. Cook or
ie Mr. C. B. Price.
>e ~
Last Rites For Perry
n Moody Held Saturday
id
Last rites for Perry Moody, 30, of
Sugar Grove, were held last Saturc_
day afternoon from the Cove Creek
Baptist church by the Rev. H. K.
yuoiui, ?vmi ivaa ctaaiaitu.
'k by the Rev. M. A. Osborne, pastor of
Henson's Chapel Methodist church.
Mr. Moody died in Duke hospital
0S on May 14. He had been taking
fc~ treatment there for several years
cr for a rare disease which could not
be treated successfully.
1 Surviving are the father, L. E.
Moody, Sugar Grove; two sisters,
Mrs. J. D. Horton, Sugar Grove, and
Mrs. W. D. Wilson, Cleveland, Ohio;
and two brothers, C. D. Moody, Cle.
veland, and Hardy D. Moody, Camp
Forest, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Deceased was a graduate of Cove
Creek high school and a member of
the Cove Creek Baptist church.
te Prior to his illness, he was employed
er as timekeeper in the construction of
a the Cove Creek high school building.
cr Active pallbearers were Clint
Mast. Tom Lawrence, Cecil Glenn,
Ronda Buchanan, Edward Mast,
Gerd Henson, John Horton, Smith
Mast, Paul Walsh, Orville Hagaman
J and Albert Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers were W. F.
Sherwood, Odes Wilson, E. F. Sheras
wood, O. J. Harmon. W. H. Mast, S.
al v xj -t. ^ ' -
? ix". xxortoii, vjoraon v>nerwood, Chas.
!d Hartley, J. B. Horton. Andy Greer
m and Charles Mast.
Flower girls, who were in charge
-c of Mrs. S. F. Horton, were Kate
>e Henson. Lois Greene, Marjorie Baird.
)r Jamie Harmon, Ruby Mast. Ruth
1_ Henson, Mrs. Dana Farthing, Mrs.
Paul Walsh, Mrs. Carl Henson, Mrs.
Clint Mast. Mrs. John Sherwood,
Mrs. Albert Wilson and Mrs. Orville
Hagaman.
IS
WOOL HIGHER
ty Farmers now marketing their 1941
-e wool clips are receiving higher
Z. prices, generally, than at any time
to since the early months of 1929, re8,
ports the IT. S. bureau of agriculture
al economics.