i v\ An Ii VOL. 54, NO. 34 BAND BOOSTERS CLUB IS FORMED AT MEETING HERE Better Community Support of High School Band is Purpose of Newly-Formed Organization. Which is Headed by Rev. E. F. Troutman In order to encourage better community co-operation with Prof. Gordon Nash and his Appalachian high school band, a Band Boosters Club was formed at a meeting held at the college music building last Thursday. and Rev. Edwin F. Troutman was named president of the organization. Other officers elected were: Mrs. J. C. McConnell, vice-president, and Clyde R. Greene, secretary and treasurer. A finance committee was set up with the following members: W. R. Winkler, chairman; Mrs. D. J. Whitener, Mrs. James Council! and Mrs. Mae Miller. Uniform committee: Mrs. J. C. McConnell, chairman; Mrs. Grady Moretz, Mrs. J. V. Caudill. Mrs. L. T. Tatum, Mrs. W. G. Hartzog. Coordinating committee: Mrs. James Winkler, chairman; Dr. D. J. Whitener and Prof. Chappcll Wilson. The finance committee met Tuesday evening and laid plans for insuring the high school band more adequate financial support in the future than it has had in the past. Some Facts About Band Prof. Gordon Nash came to Boone in 1937, and organized the high school band. The original organization consisted of 15 members, without equipment or uniform. With the co-operation of the parents, and through the untiring work of Prof. Nash the band now numbers 50 members, is equipped with splendid instruments and new uniforms, and is rated along with the best high school bands in the area. Prof. Nash for the past two years has also directed the college band. The present equipment of the band is worth $4,500 and it, together with the uniforms in most instances were provided by parents of the band members. There has been some help from the commuilitv Donation*: thnc far in 1942, however, are $50 from the Parent-Teachers Association through ill's. F. E. Warman. However, an increased support of the band is in prospect witli the formation of the Boosters Club, and with the increasing realization among the citizenry as to how valuable an asset the band is to the town. It deserves unstinted support. The fees charged band members are only 50 cents per month as against the usual rate of $1 per month charged in most high schools. Sergeant M. E. Sims Is Dead at Age 44 Information from Cleveland, Ohio, tells of the recent death in that city of Sergeant Malcom E. Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Sims of Watauga county, at the age of 44 years. He had been ill for nine weeks with a heart ailment,, it was said. Sergeant Sims was first assistant in the bureau of arms at Central Police Station and as an expert had instructed many members of the department in the use of firearms. He was appointed to the department on March 23, 1923, and was promoted to a sergeancy on December 23, 1923. The widow, Mrs. Alice E. Sims, survives. Fellow officers acted as pallbearers and as an escort at the funeral services, which were held in Cleveland. Tires Are Issued By Ration Board Certificates for the purchase of nine truck tires and six tubes were issued by the Watauga county tire i o.:. -i- - lauuii-uig uudiu ulu wwn, it is announced. At the same time the purchase of 21 tires and 20 tubes for obsolete types of automobiles was approved. Those given permission to buy truck tires follow: R. L. Shore, Blowing Rock, hauling coal and fertilizer. John W. Greene, Boone, hauling coal and wood. Ernest C. Hodges, Boone, hauling oil (fuel) and produce. Joseph Presnell, Valle Crucis, hauling produce. J. C. Church, Shulls Mills, hauling produce and extract wood. Roosevelt Presnell, Banner Elk, hauling produce. A. S. T. C., Page Trivett, Boone, hauling coal. /ATA I idependent Weekly N< BOONE, WAT I Zr==r: Band Leader . t Mr. Gordon Nash, under whose direction the Appalachian high school band has made rapid strides. SPEED FACTOR IN DEATH TOLL Governor Broughton Says Speed and Other Traffic Laws Must Be Enforced Following is the text of a letter from Governor Broughton made public by the state highway patrol, relative to the high accident toil on the highways of the state, and pledging co-operation in remedying the situation: To the Members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol: Nearly 1,300 people lost their lives in automobile accidents on the i highways of North Carolina in 1941. Fatalities during the month ( of January, 1942, gave indication , that this will be an equally bloody year, unless something drastic is done. This is a record that is shocking to every North Carolinian; and something must be done about it. As governor of the state I am charged with the duty of executing in general the laws of the state; and as I members of the highway patrol you ' are specifically charged with patroll- ! ing and regulating the traffic on the state highways. I am going to try to do my part of the job in cutting ] down this terrible list of fatalities and serious accidents, and I am calling on you to do well your part. Speed is undoubtedly the major factor in fatal highway accidents. It is possible that the speed limit in c this state is too high, but fact is i that even the speed limit we have is c violated with impunity in every section of the state. This must end if I we are to have a belter record of safety. I have asked the highway ' commission to fix modified speed zones for all military areas, congested traffic zones, hazardous curves, dangerous intersections and other places which in the opinion of the commission require special zoning and marking. They will do this , promptly and will place markers on the highways indicating the permissible speed limit at such places. Any person who drives beyond such indicated speed limits or who in other places exceeds the statutory speed limit should be arrested for violating the law. The primary duty for the enforcement of this law is on the highway patrol, and I expect to back the highway patrol to the limit in the performance of this duty. This law applies to private citizens, officials, the rich and the poor, the high and the low. We do not want any foolish or vexatious administration of the laws, but we do want the public to know that the speed laws and other traffic regulations in North Carolina must be obeyed. The officials of the department of motor vehicles, with whom I have conferred, are in hearty accord with this policy. We shall confer from time to time to see how the enforcement program is proceeding. I have the fullest confidence that the highway patrol will do its duty. J. M. BROUGHTON. Governor. State Income Tax Man Here Next Week Joe Sink, deputy commissioner of revenue, will be at the office of the clerk of the superior court in Boone on February 25, March 4 and 11 for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing their state income and intangible tax returns. Miss Melba Jean Haynes, student j nurse at Hamlet, N. C., returned last Sunday after spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haynes. jga : zwspaper -Established fAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CARC STUDENTS WILL ENTER CLOTHING CONTEST HERE Appalachian High School Association Home Economics Teachers to Have Contestants in Clothing Contest Here on March ill Miss Lucy Brock, head of the department of home economics, Appalachian Coliege, has addressed a letter to the home economics teachers rf the Appalachian High School Association, asking them to enter contestants in the clothing contest to t>e held on the college campus Tuesday, March 31, at 2 o'clock. The entries are to be made under the following groupings: 1. Freshman problem ? cotton dresses, house coats or pajamas, or cotton underwear or gowns. 2. Upperclass groups ? Wool dresses or suits (accessories demanded); silk (accessories demanded); linen without accessories; rayon, without accessories. This group will be judged with accessories worn with them, except with linen and rayon. 3. Children's clothes. Any group or garment may be modeled on ~ hangers of cardboard if not convenient to have child along to model. Home economics teachers are requested to eliminate contestants so as to have freedom to enter between 5 and 10 persons from each school. Each person may make more than one entry or may have an entry in each group. Judges will consider both general appearance and construction in all entries. Miss Brock asks that she be notified by March 25, how many people will enter from each school. Information as to names of students and entries to be shown by each person should be given. Refreshments will be served to ail contestants after the fashion show and the judges will announce the winners- from- the stage. All inquiries as to the clothing contest together with names and entries proposed should be forwarded to Miss Lucy Brock, home economics buildinc, Appalachian College, Boone, N. C. Rev. Mr. Leach Takes Episcopal Pastorate Rev. Wilbur C. Leach and Mrs. | Leach recently moved to Valle Cruris, where he will serve the Valle Cruris school and St. Luke's Episcopal church in Boone as rector. Rev. Mr. Leach was graduated from the University of North Carolino 1O10 1 I'll" ill ii/uu anu 11 Hill HIV VJCUVlui Theological Seminary in New York City in 1941. He was appointed missionary to the Philippine Islands but was prevented from going by the war. Since graduation he has ] been minister in charge of St. John's Episcopal church in Dover, N. J., and was an assistant in a New York parish while a student at the seminary. Catawba Game To Be Played Friday The Appalachian College basketball aggregation will meet Catawba College on the floor of the local gymnasium Friday evening at 8 o'clock, it was announced Wednesday, the game having originally been scheduled for Saturday evening. Coach R. W. Watkins, in announcing the change in dates, states that ; members of all high school basketballs teams in the county are especially invited to attend. 1 NOTICE TO S In order to conserve paper needed in the war effort, as we] ly increasd costs of production, it necsesary to effect a drastic 1 Pending the receipt of sul ALL subscribers are notified th must be paid and renewals pro will be discontinued. This announcement is made lisher. Daily newspapers, as we since advanced the subscriptior the emergency. The local nefcvs this action immediately, but h< pi advances cannot be foreseen, paid subscriptions must be canc is the date yocr subscription cx sure not to miss a single copy. DEM< in the Year Eighteei )LINA, THURSDAY, FEBRU/ $60,000,000 Liner Nc ' ' ' " " "4 ifeii J gSfe.. j ^: fe,:.: ; ': An aerial view of the 560,001 recently re-named the U. S. S. L out from its interior at her berti poured tons of water into the 1 sized. There were 300 sailors. 4 men aboard when the fire broke mandie last December 16 for co World-Wide Day i Observed in Un Friday, February 20 will Day of Prayer, and in this c center about services to be h morial Presbyterian church, town, as well as laymen, are The business houses of their doors between the hours engaged may participate in held in every Christian secti The first session will be i 10 to 11 o'clock, followed cl( which Dr. McLarty will give Ministers who will pac{ic elude Dr. E. K. McLarty, Rev. man, Rev. W. L. Trivette, Re\ I. Rhea, Rev. Wilbur C. Lead Canipe, it was said, will be u Those who have arrangei World Day of Prayer insist I chaos, despair and suffering, their usual duties next Friday union prayer services. URGES FARMERS TO GROW BURLE\ Tobacco Raisers Should Suppl; Own Plants and Raise Full Quota This Year Mr. S. C. Eggers, of the Mountaii Burley Warehouses, stated the firs >f the week that it is the opinion o warehousemen and others connects vith the tobacco industry that farm ;rs this year should see to it tha .heir full quota is planted in burlej [t is also suggested that farmers ge lut their plant beds on time, am nake an especial effort to suppl; heir own plants. It is further pointed out that i is not against the law to raise to aacco, even though a farmer doe lot have a "base." However, tobac :o thus planted, will be subject t i ioc per pound penalty. Even a this, it is further stated, gooi jrades of tobacco will yield th grower a handsome profit, eve; ifter the tax is paid. Musico: Either that, or I'm gel ting used to it. 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