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VOL. 54, NO. 7
SURVEY PROCEEDS
ON BLOWING ROCK
AND LENOIR ROAD
* Modern Highway May Be Extended
AH the Way To Blowing
Rock at Later Date, It is
Thought; Survey to Require
About Three Months
Lenoir, Aug. 12.?A survey is
now being made by the highway department
at the end of the new
Lenoir-Blowing Rock highway two
and one-half miles above Patterson
with the view toward extending
the new roadway all the way into
Blowing Rock at a later date.
The Lcnoir-Blowing Rock link,
which is expected to be completed
this fall, would eliminate the bad
road and dangerous curves between
the two towns. The link ends just
above Patterson and there connects
with the old Blowing Rock road.
Attaches of the highway office
said that . t was hoped that the newroad
might someday be extended all
the way to Blowing Rock and thus
make the entire roadway to the
summer resort a safe and modern j
highway.
The survey, it was said, would
take about three months to complete.
The survey crew will be kept 011 the
job unless they arc called to defense
work in the eastern part of the
I state. In that event, the survey
would be suspended until a later
date.
FIFTEEN CALLED j
TO ARMY SERVICE
Wntaugans to Report Wednesday
of Next Week; To He Inducted
at Fort Bragg
Fifteen Watauga county men have
br?r>n nntifiwi in ronn? i tn
of the local selective service boa-.d
| in the county office building on
August 20. to be. sent to Fort Bragg
I for induction into the United States
army in accordance with the provii
ions of the selective service act.
\ The men are asked to report at
9:15 a. in., eastern daylight saving
time, and are to leave Boone at
1 10:45
Those called for service at this
time are:
Ray Farthing Brown, Zionville
R. F. D.; Avery Larkin Stanbery,
Boone R. F. D. 1; Paul Edgar Hayes,
Vilas R. F. D.; Carl Stewart Townsend,
Valle Crucis; Arnold Shelton
Pitts, Blowing Rock; Ransom Foster
Smith, Deep Gap R. F. D.; Perry
Kent Ashley, Blowing Rock R. F. D.;
William Woodrow Wilson, Reese: j
Dillard Joe Storie, Shulls Milis R. F.
D. 1; William John Swift, Mabel;
Frederick Luther Moretz, Boone K.
F. D. 2; Everette Norman Pitts,
Blowing Rock; William Lovill
Church, Triplett; Clyde Storie,
Blowing Rock; Adlie Armfield Harrison.
Blowing Rock R. F. D. 1.
On September 16th, it is said,
there will be another call for trainees,
and at that time Watauga is to
supply eleven men. The names of
those who will comprise the September
quota will be announced
later.
County Farm Meetings
Are Held Over State
A state-wide schedule of farm
meetings at which farmers and their
leaders will discuss AAA compliance
in the current year, has been announced
by E. Y. Floyd, state AAA
executive assistant.
The drive is aimed to expand
farmer compliance and help to increase
total payments a million or
more dollars. Nearly a quarter million
North Carolina farmers expect
*1 earn at least $12,500,000 from the
, government farm program this year.
The meetings are to be held in
Watauga county on August 19, it is
stated.
Two Are Jailed
a ?? m
v/it i-&ooauii uiiargcs j
Chester Carrol, Cletus Welch and
Clarence Watson were placed in
jail Sunday morning at about 1
o'clock by Sheriff Edmisten, on
charges of engaging in an affray
at the Log Cabin just outside the
city limits.
Dad Buchanan, the operator of
the Log Cabin, is quoted as stating
that the three men engaged in an
affray with Dean Payne, just outside
his place, and that when he
intervened he was right severely
beaten about the face. Sheriff Ed,
misten happened along at the opportune
time and made the arrests.
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BOONE, \VA
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To Address Alumni ji
Dean Dudley D. Carroll, of the
Universily of Norlh Carolina
School of Commerce, will be lhe
| principal speaker ai a banquet in I
| Sparta, Friday, August 22, of |
j alumni from Alleghany, Ashe, j
| Avery and Watauga counties. Na|
tive of Stokes county. Dean CarI
roll has headed the commerce
school at Chapel Hill since its or|
ganizalion in 1919. He is widely
known as an interesting speaker.
ALUMNrfo MEET
IN SPARTA AUG. 22
Dr. D. J. Whitener of Boone, is,
. 1
President of UniversityAlumni
Association
University of North Carolina
alumni in Watauga, Ashe. Alleghany
and Avery counties will meet in
Sparta Friday evening, Aug. 22. at 8
o'clock daylight saving time. for the
annual banquet of the Northwestern
U. N. C. Alumni Club, according
to announcement made by Dr. D. J.
Whitener of Boone, president of the
four-county group. Expected to attend
are former students of the consolidated
University of. .North. Carolina^
including the institutions at
Chapel Hill, State College tit Raleigh.
and Woman's College at
Greensboro.
Dr. D. D. Carroll, a native of
Stokes county, and for the past 23
years dean ol' the School of fom.
merce at Chapel Hill, will be the
speaker.
Former Lieutenant Governor R.
A. Doughton ot Sparta, and Ira T.
Johnston of Jefferson, will occupy
places on the program as university
trustees residing in the four counties.
In addition to Dr. Whitcner, other
officers of the alumni group are
Ed M. Anderson, West Jefferson;
Dr. T. R. Burgess, Sparta, and Dr.
J. A. Brown, Banner Elk. vice-presidents,
and Mrs. Bryan Colluts,
Boone, secretary treasurer.
Last summer the annual meeting
was held at Shatley Springs when
alumni of Ashe county were hosts.
ADDrOXimatplv 50 iirnir<*rcitv drtrltt
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ates attended.
Juniors to Sponsor
Musical Program
Ed Gaylon and Volena, wellknown
radio performers of station
WJHL wiil appear at the courthouse
in Boone Saturday, August 16, at
3:30 and 8:30 p. nr., under the sponsorship
of Daniel Boone Council,
Junior Order United American Mechanics.
The program of fun, singing and
playing will feature Ole Slim Sam,
the crazy comedian: Gate Post, the
five-string banjo king, and Volena,
the singing cowgirl.
The entertainment is described by
its sponsors as being 100 per cent
good, clean, wholesome entertainment,
and the admission charge is
only 15 and 25 cents.
Farm Tour Starts
On Next Wednesday
nyt_ _ -
me county tarm tour will be conducted
on next Wednesday and
Thursday, according to County
Agent Harry M. Hamilton, who insists
that al! farmers of the county
drop their work for one day and r "e
what is being accomplished on the
demonstration farms of the county.
The tour for the western part of
the county will start at 8:30 Wednesday
morning, daylight saving time,
from the Cove Creek school, and for
the eastern section from the county
agent's office on Thursday morning
at 8:30.
Those farms which have been
chosen as the best demonstration
farms in each township will be visited
and the best farmer in the
county selected.
LJGA
ewspaper -Establishes
TAUGA. COUNTY, NORTH CAE
FAiRTOFEATURE ~
FLOWER DISPLAY!
Greatest Flower Show in History
of Fair Expected; the
Premium List
Last week The Democrat carried
I the premium list of the "Farm and
Garden Display" of the Blue Ridge
Fair. This week the department
1 featured is one which should attract
wide interest.
In the past the flower department
of the Watauga County Fair has
been outstanding. Thus year an ,
even greater show can be expected
since both the number of divisions
and the value of the prizes have
been increased.
The flower show will be superin- i
tended by Mrs. Austin E. South, I
with Mrs. S. F. Horton. Mrs. E. G. :
Underdowh and Mrs. A. E. Hamby '
as assistants. The premium list fol- .
lows:
Dahlias
First prize in each division $2.00. |
and second prize $1.00 seed order. ,
1. Arrangement of nine to eleven:
(any color or kind); 2. Largest, most j
perfect stem 13 inches oi ever; 3..
Balls, three to nine blooms; 4. |
Cactus, three to nine blooms; 5.
Singles, three to nine blooms.
Other Flowers
First prize in each division $1.00,
and second prize $1.00 seed order:
6. Giant dahlias, 7. Dwarf zinnias;
8. Annual asters: 9. Hardy asters;
10. Giant marigolds; 11. Gladiolus;
12. Mixed arrangeriient vegetables;
13. Mixed arrangement wild flowers.
Miscellaneous
The following listed flowers will i
be given 50 cents first prize and 25
cents second prize: 14. Dwarf marigolds;
15. Single cosmos; 16. Double
cosmos: 17. Single petunias; 18.
Double petunias; 19. Nasturtiums;
20. Scarlet sage: 21. Agcratum; 22.
Specimen rose; 23. Arrangement of
berries; 24. Mixed arrangement of
garden flowers: 25. Delphinium; 26.
Summer chrysanthemum; 27. Snapdragon;
28. Verbena; 29. Calendula;
30. Straw flowers; 31. Gallardia; 32.
Phlox; 33. Sweet peas; 34. Most
unique arrangement ef flowers; 35.
Hlocjning potted plants. 36. Nonblooming
potted plant: 37. Most
outstanding single entry.
The individual winning the most
blue ribbons will receive a nursery
hoe and 50 cents worth of assorted I
flower seeds. No individual may '
make duplicate entries.
Rites For Mrs. Davis
Are Conducted Monday
Last rites were held at Todd Methodist
church Monday afternoon at
2:30 for Mrs. Laura Ann Davis, 65. ,
who died in Boone Saturday evening
at the home of a daughter. Mrs. Joe
Winkler, Jr. Mrs. Davis had been
ill for a long period of time.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Mr. Jessup and Rev. J. T.
Houck. Interment was in the Todd
cemetery, with Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Surviving are five sons and three
daughters: Hillary Davis. Oak Hill,
W. Va.; Wilford Davis. Washington,
D. C.; Joseph and Glenn Davis,
Akron, Ohio; Robert Davis, West
Jefferson; Mrs. G. M. Scott, Todd;
Mrs. Joe Winkler. Boone: Mrs.
Ralph Gillespie, Reidsville. Also
surviving is one sister, Mrs. Felix
Houck of Fleetwood.
All the sons and daughters residing
at distant points arrived in
Boone before their mother's death.
Mrs. Davis, who was reared in
Ashe county, lived in Boone for a
number of years, where she was
well known and held in high regard.
LICENSE REVOCATIONS
TOTAL 4,465 FOR YEAR
A total of 599 North Carolina
motorists lost their driving licenses
in July, bringing total revocations
to 4,465 this year, the state highway
safety division has announced.
July revocations represented a 40
per cent increase over the 429 licenses
revoked in July, 1940, the division
reported, adding that the
year's increase thus far is 39 per
cent.
Of last month's revocations, 575
involved drunken drivers. Forsyth
county led with 52 revocations, followed
by 35 in Mecklenburg. 30 in
Wake. 24 in Guilford, 23 in Cumberland
and 20 in Robeson.
The census bureau says that almost
twice as many people die
from motor-vehicle accidents as
irom the following causes of death
put together: Typhoid and paratyphoid
fever, measles, scarlet fever,
whooping cough, diphtheria, epidemic
cerebrospinal meningitis, and malaria.
DEM'
I in the Year Eighteer
OLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUS
STOCKING UP
rwrHnMHMf'iqK' ^XM|VaB0"jj|nBC
When the government issued J
able silk supplies for defense, mi
ed lo "stock up on stockings." H
York department store as women
cotton stockings be their fate.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN SEPT. 1
AH Schools to Observe Saturday
Holiday This Year With Exception
of Boone
Watauga county's elementary and
high schools are to open the 1911-42
term on Monday, September 1. it
has been announced by W. Howard
Walker, county superintendent.
There are twenty-eight elementary
and eight high schools in Watauga.
All schools are to operate, it is
said, from Monday through Friday,
with the exception of Appalachian
high, which will observe Monday as
a holiday rather than Saturday.
Late War Bulletins
Marshal Pctain committed the
Vichy French government last night
Lo lull collaboration with Germanv
and pat himself morally on the
Nazis' side against the Russians in
perhaps the most profound development
of his policy since the French
surrender. Potain turned over control
of the whole Vichy military establishment
to the bitterly antiBritish
vice-admiral Jean Darlan.
On the Russian fighting front il
seemed clear last night that the
whole of the southern Soviet wing
was in imminent peril. Moreover
in the Baltic theatre a thousand
miles to the north, twin drives intended
to engulf Leningrad wen
reactivated, the one operating above
the city some 75 miles in the vi
cinity of Kakisalmi and the othei
120 miles below in the region ol
sol til.
The Red armies were fightinf
with a desperation that had beconn
habitual and were unquest ior.ablj
striking down the invaders in enor
mous numbers, but word yesterday
from Moscow was more grim thar
confident. It was the blackest period
in many days for Russian armies.
The militarist Tokyo newspapei
Kokumin, restating Japan's determination
to go on peacefully but
undeterred in the creation of hei
greater sphere in Asia said thai
Britain and particularly the United
States had been warned that furthci
pressure on the Japanese would
"bring nothing but the worst situation."
In the air war of the westerr
front, the British bombed Cologne ir
the heaviest daylight assault ye
made on Germany and attacked th<
German-occupied coast of Franci
from dawn to dusk.
Baptist Association
To Hold 101st Sessior
Tkn TKroo "ITV^T-W Acc/wo
tion will hold its 101st annual session
at the Mount Pleasant church
at Silverstone on August 26 and 27
according to information given oui
by Clyde R. Greene, clerk to the
association.
The program for the gathering ii
now being worked out and the complete
details of the sessions wil ap
pear in this newspaper's next edi
tion.
The trend in the death rate fron
respiratory diseases is steadily de
clining, based on census figures.
OCR^
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i H undred art: Eighty
T 14. 1941
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ON STOCF 4GS
H
the order calling for the use of availlady
iook it seriously and atiempilere
is a .scene in a downtown New
rushed to lay by a good supply lest
Talumiunm drive
nets 850 pounds
- Large Shipment of Defense Metal
is Taken to Assembly
Place at Ashcville
? ?I
| Watauga county's most recent
i contribution to national defense, .150
pounds of scrap aluminum, was
[ taken from Boone Monday, through
jthe courtesy of the State Highway
: Commission trucks, to a central
1 storage place in Ashevilfc. from <
i where it will be snipped to the de
fense industries which are needing
vast quantities of the metal.
Wade E. Blown, chairman of tire
council for civil defense, which or
;SUUU,UMU)I a^UIIMUL-U lilt: COIIUUUUU I
i of the 'aluminum, expresses deep!
iappreciation to the people of the)
j town and county for their fine re-1
isponse in this connection. Among |
j those who worked faithfully in the j
I collection of the metal, he especially I
.mentions Mrs, Klutta of Blowing!
IRoek. under whose leadership an I
| outstanding collection came front j
I the neighboring town.
| House Votes 18 Months
Longer Army Service
Washington, Aug. 12.?By the
i breath-taking margin of a single
vote, the house tonight passed the
j army service extension.
| With the chamber tense and
[ hushed, Speaker Raybourn anttounc.
ed the result as 203 to 202 for the
. j measure. Representative Short. Re,
| publican of Missouri, from the Re-j
. I publican committee table, inunedi.
j ately demanded a recapitulation,
f i which Rayburn granted. The re]
capitulation, a form or recount,
'showed the same result
, In its final form, the bill called
' for an 18-month extension of the
, service of draftees, national guards.
men, reservists and army enlisted
, personnel.
, It also would grant a 510 bonus
[ for each month spent in the army
beyond 1?. In addition it removed
the limitation of 900,000 upon the
number of draftees who may be
: simultaneously in the army. All
' these provisions were included in
the bill passed by th^ senate last
: week.
t
| Manley Greene Dies
1 Saturday at Age 87
Manley Greene, aged 87, resident
j of Meat Camp township, died at the
v home Saturday, following an exl
tended illness.
Funeral services were conducted
, from the Meat Camp Baptist church
Sunday, with Rev. Vilas Minton in
charge. Assisting in the rites were
Rev. R. C. Eggers, Rev. E. C. Hodges,
Rev. N. M. Greene and Rev. Arthur
Wilson. Interment was in the Jont
1 Brown cemetery. Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home had charge of the de
. tans.
A large concourse of friends from
i over this section attended the rites
. for the well-known citizen,
t Surviving are one daughter. Mrs.
; .W E. Setzer of Boone, and one
brother, Jack Greene, of Glade
; Springs, Va.
Mr. Greene, who spent his long
- life in Watauga county, was one of
- this section's best citizens, and actively
associated himself with religious
and other activities for the
i betterment of his community and
- county. He was held in the highest
esteem by all his acquaintances.
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-Eight
SI.50 A YEAR
JTi korsoiosen"
FOR FALL TERM
| SUPERIOR COURT
j More Than 100 Criminal Cases
Arc Expected to Be Called for
Trial Ouriim One Week Term:
Judge J. II. Clement Will Pre
The fall term of Watauga superior
\ court will convene on September 15,
! with Judge J. H. Clement of Win|ston-Saiem.
presiding, and since the
i term is called tor only one week, it
j is not expected that many, if any,
: civil cases will come up for trial.
Clerk of the Court Austin F..
South stales that more than 100
criminal cases are docketed for trial,
most of them involving the commission
of misdemeanors.
Those citizens drawn for jury
service are as follows:
Bald Mountain: E. F. Greer. T. J.
Greer, D. C. Howell,
i Beaver Dam: Floyd Warren,
Clark Greene. M. H. Edroisten, S M.
Dugger, Evorette Winebarger.
Blowing Rock: Wade Hartley, E.
G. Underdown. E. G. Pitts.
Blue Ridge: R. C. Greene, George
Hayes. Hal Shore.
Boone: J. B. Cannon, B. F. Hodges,
W. C. Norris, J. C. Hodges.
Cove Creek: L. E. Moody, Tom
[Banner, John Henson, Arant Greer,
I A. N. Mast.
Elk: Don Hayes.
Laurel Creek: Henry Hagamau, J.
V. Walker. Leonard Presnell, Roby
Presneli, Lee Harmon.
Meat Camp: A. W. Greene, Stewart
Brown. Dayton Winebarger, W.
L. Brown, Hubert Norris.
North Fork: Glenn South.
Snawneehaw: Greene Michael,
Hosea Greer, Martin Yates.
Stony Fork: Walter Brown, C. D.
McNeil, Russell Wellborn.
Watauga; Fled Yates. R. A. Farthing.
J. E. Harbin. Clias. McKaraher.
FAIR CONCESSION
TO HIGH BIDDER
Civic or Other Organizations
May Offer Bids on Lunch
Stand at County Fait
The Riue Ridge Fair Association,
when drawing up the contract with
the Crescent Amusement Company,
reserved the right; to sponsor one
lunch stand. Several religious and
civic organizations have mentioned
operating this concession on a ilat
late or percentage basis Since
there is only one stand to be operated,
it has been decided to let it
to the highest bidder on a flat rate
basis, to be paid for 011 Friday beiore
the close of the fair on Saturday.
Space for the stand may lie
had either on the grounds or in live
exhibit building.
Any civic or religious organiza|
tion wishing to submit bids may do
so by presenting same to Roy Ellison,
secretary of the fair at Boone,
on or before Monday, August 18.
All bids must be sealed.
| The fair association reserves the
| right to accept the highest bid or to
reject all bids.
; Contributions To
OIJ M??.L Ci-i- c- 1
ViU A 1UI Lit >JiaLC A UIIU
Only two new contributions have
been made to the Old North State
fund within the past few days, the
status of the fund now being as follows:
Previously reported $42.40
J. O. Cook 1.00
Bernard Dougherty 1.00
Total $44.40
Rob Rivers, chairman of the fund
for Watauga county, insists that ail
those interested in aiding in the
purchase of an ambulance airplane
to relieve some of the suffering
among the peoples of Britain, make
their contributions at once. The
quota for Watauga county is only
$100, and the committee is anxious
that we be among the first counties
in the state to make our full contribution
to this humanitarian cause.
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I 4 IGI krci l ?f cy A U UC
i Appalachian Principal
Prof. Herbert Wey, member of the
faculty of Appalachian high school,
will serve as principal during the
1941-42 term, replacing E. S. Christenbury,
resigned.
Mr. Christenbury is now dean of
education at the college, and it is
said the o Jties he has there prevents
jhis continuing as high school prmlcipal.