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"It WAR %/1 ?omds y } STAMPS H|l' VOL. 54, NO. 51 Dies Monday Edgar H. Tufts, Banner Elk educator, who succumbed Monday morning. USERS CANNING SUGAR REGISTER Registrations of Householders Continues Through Next Week, Says Board Large numbers of home canners are registering this week for allotments of sugar with which to take care of their fruits and vegetables during the current canning season, present allowances under the ration plan being one pound of sugar for each four quarts of finished food. An additional one pound of sugar per year will be allotted each person for preserves and jellies. Juding by the number of applications for sugar, ration board officials believe that a record amount of home canning will be done this vpar Registrations were conducted at Cove Creek school on Monday, Mabel Tuesday, Bethel Wednesday, while today users are being registered at Valle Crucis school. Friday, Deep Gap consolidated school, and Saturday, Green Valley school. On Monday and Tuesday, one may register at the Boone demonstration school; Wednesday, V. D. Ward's store, Laurel Creek township; Thursday, Shulls Mills, Harbin's store; Friday, Rich Mountain< schoolhouse, and Saturday, Bamboo school. The local ration board is making plans for the registration of motorists on July 1, 2 and 3, for gasoline allowances under the permanent rationing plan. All motorists, it is said, will be given "A" cards, and will make applications for supplements between the 1st and 15th. The basis of registration will be the government auto use stamps, which are required to be purchased by July 1. Tlie county superintendent of schools will have general charge of the new gas registration and further information will be given next week. RATION BOARD MOVES OFFICE The office of the ration board has been moved from the bank building to the county office building, and will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. with one hour out for lunch. The office will be closed each Thursday afternoon. MRS. ABERNETHY FATALLY INJURED Mother of Mrs. J. D. Rankin of Boone Dies Tuesday in Gastonia Hospital Mrs. Julia Abernethy, mother of Mrs. J. D. Rankin of Boone, was fatally injured Monday morning, when the car in which she was riding, and which was driven by a daughter, Mrs. Mc. G. Anders, collided with a bus at a street intersection in Gastonia. Mrs. Anders died Tuesday in a Gastonia hospital, probably from the two severe scalp wounds suffered. According to the report on the accident received at Gastonia police headquarters, the car driven by Mrs. Anders had almost cleared the intersection when the bus caught the rear end of the automobile. The vehicle overturned, pinning Mrs. Abernethy underneath. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from the Abernethy Memorial Methodist church at Rutherford College. /ATA1 idependent Weekly A BOONE, Wi LAST RITES FOR EDGAR TUFTS ARE HELD ON TUESDAY Banner Elk Educator and Leader Succumbs Monday Morning; Was President of Edgar Tufts Memorial Association, WTiich Includes Lees-McRac College Banner Elk, June 16?Funeral services for Edgar H. Tufts, head of the foundation which operates Lees-McRae junior college, Grace hospital and the Grandfather Home for children, all of Banner Elk, who died in the hospital early Monday, was conducted Tuesday afternoon in the Rannpr F.llr PrncHvfnrinrr r>V>n??V. Officiating were the Rev. Koswell C. Long of Greenwood, S. C., and the Rev. T. B. Southall of Banner Elk. Death carne to the 42-year-old educator at 12:32 a. m, Monday, after a month's illness. His condition had been critical for a week. The exact cause of his death remained obscure, it was said at the hospital. Since the formation of the Edgar Tufts Foundation, Inc., named in honor of his father who was a pioneer missionary in the North Carolina mountains, Mr. Tufts had served as its president. All three of the institutions opeI rated by the foundation showed marked growth under Mr. Tufts' direction. Lees-McRae institute became a recognized junior college; the home for children had expanded into a handsome fire-proof institution with a capacity for 90 from its earlier beginnings in makeshift wooden buildings, and Grace hospital, instead of a 20-bed plant, became a 60-bed hospital caring for 8,000 patients a year. Mr. Tufts was born here on October 25, 1899. He attended Lees-McRae institute, founded by his father, the Rev. Edgar Tufts, and later went to McCaUie school at Chattanooga and Davidson college, graduating irtnn i?wiu wuc lakici m When his father died -in 1923, young iSx. Tufts took over direction of the institutions and later created the foundation in memory of the elder Tufts. Mr. Tufts is survived by the widow, the former Miss Eugenia Stinson of Banner Elk, and two children, Anna Lois, 15, and Edgar Tufts, third, 12. The active pallbearers were Leo K. Pritchett, B. L. Baucom, J. M. Shoemaker, John M. Mackorell and , S. W. Voncannon, all of Banner Elk; Dr. Robert King, Johnson City, Tenn., and Howard Holshouser of Blowing Rock. HEAVY RAINS DO LARGE DAMAGE Rainfall Thursday and Friday Brings Fear of Repetition of 1940 Flood An unusually heavy rainfall of several days' duration reached its crest in this area last Thursday and Friday afternoons, when practically as much rain fell in the immediate environs of Boone as was the case in the devastating flood of 1940. The i sireeis 01 me town were again tlooaed and considerable damage was done to property. The crest stores suffered a loss of from $500 to $1,000 when water from the street ran into the store. The damage was likely greatest in the basement, where the storage rooms are located. Boone creek was out of its banks, two or three bridges were damaged, and hay and other crops suffered serious injury. County roads suffered principally from closed ditch lines, it is said, while a few small bridges were damaged. Farms throughout the county were injured, small grain and meadows coming in for a large share of the damage. The rain abated, however, over the week-end, and clearing skies the first of the week gave evidence of respite from the unusually heavy downpours. C. H. Trotter Takes Over Statesville Shows Mr. C. H. Trotter, of the Appalachian Theatre, will leave here next Monday for Statesville, where he will operate the State and Crescent Theatres, member show-houses of the Sams theatre chain. Mr. E. L. Carter will operate the local theatres temporarily, and will be succeeded about July 1, by Mr. W. B. Sams, recently of Scotland Neck. Mr. Trottr's transfer comes in the nature of a promotion, his friends here will be glad to know. UGA : Newspaper -Established LTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CARO Fair Secretary K ' ?iB?5 a H ? ^9^1 HBt i, lagfc Hf SSf ! ' ' ; V-Vrfti z. c< Paul A. Coffey, local hardware ^ merchant, who was recently elect- jj ed secretary of 2he Blue Ridge ^ Agricultural Fair. p, SUPERIOR COURT i TO END FRIDAY ? dt Divorces Granted, Highway Damage Case Settled in b( Special Civil Term ai The special June term of Watauga T: superior court, being presided over ln by Judge Clarence Blackstock of tr Asheville, is scheduled to end Friday afternoon, with the disposal of 111 about a third of the docket of 40 pt cases. Four divorces have been granted t,' during the term as follows: Robert 'j Miller from Nina Miller; Dave Mody el from Bertha Moody, Arlie Brown tc from Mrs. Brown, and J. A. Foster from Nellie Foster. te Theodore L. Moretz, suing the b; state highvray commission for* dam- ci age3 sustained by the building of the 0I Parkway near Deep Gap, won a jury Ct verdict of $2,850. in A suit brought by T. B. Moore of Boone, against the state highway tl commision for damages in connec- tr tion with the building of 421, was bi compromised for the sum of $1,200. H James H. Bryan vs. Mrs. Cora la Councill. Plaintiff called and failed. S< Non-suit granted. Clyde R. Greene vs. W. D. Jones, y Plaintiff awarded $72.76 for damages in auto accident. Cascade Rubber, Inc., vs. A. E. Hodges. Judgment in favor of plaintiff for $401.00. K Herbert Morctz vs. Mrs. Winnie q Greer. Non-suited. jj. PHOS. TESTERLS 1 KILLED IN CRASH i ce ki Falle Cruris Man Fatally Injured as Auto Leaves Road; 01 ' ai Cecil Bumgarner Hurt w Thomas Glenn Tester, 21 years ri old, met almost instant death early Sunday morning when a car in "J which he was riding and which was driven by Cecil Bumgarner of Boone eI plunged from highway 194, near 01 Elk Park. Tester's neck was broken el and he died shortly after the acci- ^ dent. Bumgarner was taken to the ? Banner Elk hospital, where his condition is said to be critical. He suf- _ fered internal injuries, cuts and L bruises, but his recovery is considered likely. The men were on their way to Boone from Elk Park, and it is pre- _ sumed the car, a commercial vehide, went out of control. The ve- sl hide caught on fire after it crashed ?' from the roadway and was com- ]r pletely burned. Funeral services- for the deceased were conducted at 3 o'clock Monday from the Willow Valley Baptist sl church, with Rev. W. C. Payne in c( charge, and interment was in the C( Harmon family cemetery. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and F Mrs. Art Tester of Sugar Grove; five brothers and two sisters: Ben, Ronda, Clay, Claud and Ralph Tester, all of Sugar Grove; Mrs. Clint Wyatt of Knottingham, Pa., and ir Mrs. Earl Main, Sugar Grove. g tl NAVY RECRUITERS TO c< BE HERE ON MONDAY tl o A recruiting officer of the U. S. navy will be at the postoffice in ii 1 Boone on June 22. It is suggested sl i that all men interested in this branch n of the service see him at that time, ir DEMi in the Year Eighteei LIN A, THURSDAY, JUNE li 'AUL COFFEY IS MADE SECRETARY BLUE RIDGE FAH tnnual Agricultural Exhibitioi to Start on September 16, Sa; Directors; Work of Preparinj Enlarged Premium List i Started At a recent meeting of the direc >rs of the Blue Ridge Fair Associa on, Paul A. Coffey, local hardwari lerchant and life insurance agent fas named secretary of the organi atiori and the dates for the secon< )ir were fixed at September 16, 17 B and 19. Mr. Coffey immediately startei rork on the fair premium list, ant ; encouraged by the fact that thi usiness men of th^> cnuntu ^ lan glad to co-operate with the ad ertising space in the book, and tha > far the response has been 100 pei nit. He is making a strong cffor > have every business enterprise it le county represented, and solicit; 10 continued co-operation of thi eople as his work progresses. Initial plans of the directors cal >r a fair this year of enlarged pro ortions. A number of new depart icnts are to be added and a super itendent is to be named later b; te president and secretary for cacl apartment. As was the case las ;ar the purebred beef cattle indus y will be prominently featurec ith in the enlarged premium lis id at the fair itself. President Harry Hamilton anc reasurcr Clyde R. Greene are mak g arrangements for the midway at actions this year, and more anc :tter entertainment features are beg planned for the large crows exacted. Because of the automobile tire sitition and the gas rationing, which lis year will preclude county peoe from making long trips into oth sections, it is believed that atndance at the fair will be ever eater than last year, when- the en-rprise set up a sort of new record r paying the stockholders a ten pel 1 mi? -- * mi uiviuciiu. ioe general nistory ' couftty fairs is "that until they beime more firmly established they variably lose money. Harry Hamilton is president ol te association, Clyde R. Greene easurer, while the remainder of the lard of directors is made up of W . Gragg, S. C. Eggers, Ernest Hilrd, A. E. South and Dr. Orby luthard. onahlossee Camp is Filled For Season Dr. A. P. Kephart, who with Mrs ephart, operates the Yonahlossee amp for Girls near Blowing Rock is already enrolled a capacity oup for the regular summer campg season, this being the earliest implete enrollment in the history the camp. One hundred and fouren have definitely registered, anc j further applications are being reived, other than a few which arc aown to be in the mails. The regular camping season wilt >en on June 27, says Dr. Kephart id the regular staff of the camp ill arrive on the 23rd. A special two weeks' camping peod for the county's school childrer ill end next Saturday, which is the itial venture of the kind for Yonllossee. Fifty-seven children are irolled, under the care of an espeally selected staff, and are greatly ljoying the vacation camping peri 1. Last Sunday 75 parents of the lildren and others were visitors a amp Yonahlossee. )ave Henson Injured In Affray With Sor Mr. Dave Henson, resident o herwood, is in Banner Elk hospital iffering from cerebral injuries ant srhaps a fractured skull, sufferec i an affray Sunday evening witl son, Burl Henson. News from the injured man is t< to effect that while Mr. Hensoi iffered a slight skull fracture, hi indition is favorable, and his re ivery expected. ederal Auto Stamps On Sale at Postoffic* The federal auto use stamps, cost ig $5.00 and good for one year be inning June 30, are now on sale a le postoffices throughout thi junty, and motorists are notifiet rat their cars must bear their li :nse stickers beginning July 1. Postmaster Hartzog states that it i nportant that motorists buy thesi amps at once, so that the numbe eeded for sale in the county cai lore easily be determined. OCRA 1 Hunt f i and Eighty - - ? }, 1942 * ; nquet Speaker ( I mm > A mmm 2 Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, former candidate for governor of North J t Carolina, and faculty member of j ( r Appalachian Colleae durina sum- I . t mer school, who will speak to the t * joint banquet session of the Mer- * s chants Association and Chamber t 2 of Commerce Thursday evening of x next week. r : dr.m:donaldwill ; I SPEAK AT BANQUET \ 1 Merchants Association to Hold 6 Annual Meeting With p 1 Chamber of Commerce b z: ' Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, one of the state's most gifted speakers, and at present a member of the faculty at Appalachian College, will deliver ' an address at a joint meeting of the .. Boone Merchants Association and the Chamber of Commerce to be held at Hotel Watauga Thursday evening, June 25th, at 7:30. Dr. u McDonald has not announced the subject from which he will speak. [ The program for the banquet has ^ . not been worked out in detail, but 1,1 , will be available within the next ? . few days. 1 , Following the banquet both the merchants group and the Chamber ? f of Commerce will hold brief business sessions, and the former will r . name officers for the ensuing year. t 432! REGISTERE D } AT APPALACHIAN ; r ' Summer Term Gets Under Way c S1 With Much Larger Enroll- t , ment Than Anticipated R c Information from Appalachian . College Wednesday is to the effect 1 1 that registrations for the first sum' mer term have reached the total of 432, and quite a few more teachers L are still to be enrolled. In view of the conditions trace- s ! able to the war, which have inter- r fered so seriously with educational d ' institutions generally, officials are p > more than pleased with the show- t ' ing made at the local college. The p enrollment is considerably in excess r of expectations, and the students e 1 have settled down to work, highly y ' pleased with the college and its en- n virons. It is believed that a final e : check-up will reveal that the stu- i: dents represent a wider area of the ' south than ever before. 1 \ ; Prospects For Quail [ This Season Are Good v a Mr. Walter Edmisten, county , I game warden, states that the pros- | pects for a good supply of quail and * grouse during next fall's hunting season are exceptionally good at this time. During the heavy snows of J March, it was feared that the game . birds perished in large numbers. 1 Warden Edmisten states that it is most noticeable that on farms where 5 birds were fed during the extreme 1 weather, the carry-over is excep5 tionally large. . ^ Driver's License to Be * Secured at W. Jefferson r a " Information from Mr. Myles Jones, a state highway patrolman, is to the t effect that under a new ruling pa- 1 - trolmen can no longer issue driver's i t licenses. Mr. L. J. Dagenhart of the t 2 bureau of motor vehicles, is to be in 1 West Jefferson every Thursday aft- < - ernoon until further notice to assist t in securing licenses, under the more t s strict examinations now being re- \ e quired. < r Mr. Jones states that he and other ? a patrolmen are still allowed to issue 1 learner's permits. , . Eight $1.50 A YEAR MLECTION OF SCRAP RUBBER IS UNDER WAY HERE County Agent and Filling Stations Co-operate in Assembling Vital War Material; Every Kind of Used Rubber Being Taken for War Effort In accordance with Presidential irders the campaign for the collecion of scrap rubber got under way n Watauga county Monday mornng and will continue until June 30. n an effort to assemble every poslible ounce of the material urgently reeded for both military and civilian use. Mr. H. M. Hamilton, Jr., county igricultural agent, is directing the Ocal effort. nnH unnn 1 >f the effort throughout the nation tinges the fate of many automoriles, determining whether or not hey must be parked for the duraion or whether some scrap rubber vil! be available for recapping pur>oscs on cars which are really leeded. Filling stations are receiving loints for the scrap rubber which is iaid for at the uniform price of one ent per pound. Oil company trucks /ill haul the scrap to central points /here it will be turned over to a overnment agency and any receipts t excess of the actual purchase rice paid the people will be divided etween the United Service organiation, Army, Navy relief, and the ,ed Cross. The rubber collection campaign is vital part of the nation's war efirt, and even though military needs ave the preference, it is still essenlal that transportation be available ir many products. If all the scrap ubber in the country can be conerted into usable material, the station may be vastly improved. Some of the many rubber articles /hich are being collected are: Worn ires (even baby buggy tires), rainoats, shoe soles and heels, rubber ose, water bottles, rubber toys, vershoes, gasolshes, inner tubes, um boots?anything fashioned from ubber. Mr. Hamilton asks that the people espond promptly to the Presidenial request and deliver all available ubber to their nenrect connnn o*a_ ion. Names Special Committee Mr. Hamilton Wednesday mornag announced the appointment of he following commitee to have diect charge of the scrap rubber ampaign in the county: Tom Jackon, chairman; Howard Edmisten, irady Bradley and Clyde R. Greene. <Ir. Hamilton is the general salvage hairman. lieutenant Whelchel Contacts Students Here Lieutenant David P. Whelchel, asistant recruiting inspector, JJ. 3. lavy, Atlanta, Ga., is in Boone tolay contacting the students of Appalachian College with reference to he navy's V-l accredited college program. He explains that the secetary of the navy has approved the nlistment in the naval reserve of oung men enrolled in colleges, who nay continue in college at their own xpense and be given naval training n an active naval status. Students who are interested in enisting in V-l are advised by Lieut. Vhelchel to visit the naval recruitng station most convenient to them ir to discuss the details of the plan vith the dean of the college they are ittending. MEN 18 TO 20 TO REGISTER JUNE 30 ncludes Men Born After January 1, 1922, and Before June 30, 1924 Plans are now being made by the Vatauga county selective service >oard for the fifth registration of nen for military service, to be held in June 30. This will include all nen born after January 1, 1922, ind before June 30, 1924, the group ige 18-20. It is estimated that there will be >etween 300 and 400 in this group n the county to register at this ime. The registration in this county, as ilsewhere, will be held throughout he day and will be similar in order o those already held. Registrations vill be conducted at the selective iervice office in Boone and at the ;choolhouses in the county, as was he case with the February and \pril registrations. j: . .... -&M
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