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Safety Masks
While gas masks take top billing
in war safety measures, these industrial
protective devices also
are extremely important. They
are used to guard war production
plant workers from harmful fumes,
gases and organic vapors.
DR M DONALD SS
BANQUET SPEAKER
Former Gubernatorial Candidate
Says Americans Turning
To Sacrifice
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, former
candidate for governor of North
Carolina, now of the extension division
of the University, and member
of Appalachian College summer
school faculty, addressed a. joint
meeting of the Boone Merchants Association
and Chamber of Commerce
last Thursday evening.
Mayor W. H. Gragg presided at
the meeting, and the guest speaker
was introduced by Barnard Dougherty,
business manager of Appalachian
College.
Dr. McDonald paid tribute to Dr.
"R "R TAnilfll-Orttr
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local college, saying that through his
efforts the college has become one
of the finest institutions of the south
. i for the training of teachers.
Turning to the war, the speaker
expressed the belief that in some
ways the conflict is changing America
for the better. Americans, he
said, are no longer talking of their
I rights, but of their responsibilities;
they are turning from selfishness to
sacrifice; from indulgence to industry,
from conflict to co-operation.
The Merchants Association, in a
brief business session, elected the
following directors: Ray Manship, B.
W. Stallings, J. L. Quails, P. A. Coffey,
J. E. Cline, J. E. Clay, W. B.
Halyburton, R. D. Hodges, G. K.
Moose, D. L. Wilcox and W. H.
? Gragg.
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Watauga
IpSgS' Men With
;| * The Colors
Brief news items regarding Watauga
citizens in the armed forces
of the nation will be published in
this column. Relatives or friends
of the service men are asked to
report furloughs of soldiers and
tailors, promotions, transfers or
other news as to their activities.
In Alabama
Private Charles E. Trivett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trivett of Beech
Creek, with Co. C, 306th Eng. Bn.?
is now located at Camp Rucker,
Ala.
Aviation Cadet a Visitor
Mr. Horton Gragg, an aviation cadet
at Shaw Field, S. C., was a weekend
visitor with Mrs. Gragg and
with his parents, Mayor and Mrs. W.
H. Gragg.
With Engineers
Sgt. Fred Wyke of Charleston, S.
C., visited last week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Wyke. Mr.
Wyke is with Co. E, 175th Engineers.
N. C. WAR BOND QUOTA
FOR JULY IS $12,158,000
Washington, June 30.?North Carolina
will be asked to buy $12,158,000
of war bonds in July, it has
been announced by the treasury department.
t
\ The department of agriculture has
' f planned a food production program
that calls for the planting of millions
of additional acres by/ America's
farmers.
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idependent Weekly Ne
BOONE, WAT
j CROWDS EXPECTED I
ON SATURDAY FOR'
VICTORY DAY FETE
Stores to Decorate Windows Patriotically
as Appalachian
Band Appears in Concert;
Large Number of Visitors Expected
for Fourth
Those in charge of arrangements
for the Victory Day rally to be held
here on the Fourth of July, are expecting
large crowds to attend the
patriotic demonstration, which is being
arranged in deference to an appeal
made to each of the slate's 100
counties by Governor J. M. Broughton.
Wade E. Brown, chairman of the
council for civilian defense, is being
assisted in the arrangements by Goidon
Nash, director of the Appalachian
summer school band.
Stores are to install patriotic window
decorations, and flags are to
be displayed.
The band will appear in a parade
at 3:30 and render a concert in front
of the postoffice building at 4 o'clock
at which time the program for the
sale of war bonds and stamps will
j be outlined by Wade E. Brown.
] Kathryn Smith. Ruth Isaacs and
'Mary Doris Wright, drum majorettes
for the Appalachian band will twirl
the batons and sell defense stamps.
In the event of rain the program
will be postponed until the following
Saturday.
Belief is that large crowds will
visit the area during the week-end
of the fourth. The fourth usually
marks the beginning of full-scale
tourist business at Blowing Rock,
and June visitors to that resort have
j been numerous despite gas and tire i
rationing?in fact, it has been an
average June season on the mountain
top. Despite the inconveniences
of travel at this time, record
crowds are expected in the area for
the Independence Day outings.
H/f A MU nrniamrn
lTirtixi aCiUidi&n
IN FIFTH DRAFF
iMore Than Three Hundred
Youths Register for Military
Service in Watauga
Three hundred and fifteen Watauga
county youths between the
ages of 18 and 20 had registered
Tuesday for military service, according
to incomplete figures released by
the local selective service board, and
it was predicted that these returns
would raise the total to around 350. .
Only those youths who have reached
the age of 20 will be sub- |
ject to a call to military service, it j I
is said, while the 18 and 19-yearolds
will remain inactive on selective
service rolls until they become
of army draft age.
The registration is the fifth conducted
under the selective service
act, and the draft rolls now contain
the names of all citizens and aliens
between the ages of 18 and 65.
INTEREST LAX IN >
FIRE DEPARTMENTt
U
i mayor Says Auxiliary Firemen "
Taking Little Interest in
Emergency Work
Mayor W. H. Gragg calls attention ?
to the fact that the auxiliary fire de- ^
partment, recently organized here j;
as a part of the civil defense effort, j
is not functioning properly and that g
members of the organization are ex- ^
tremely lax in reporting for practice.
Mr. Bob Agle, who is chief of the
group, which is taught to function a
in any emergency which might de- ^
velop in connection with the war,
and he urgently requests the firemen
to be present when notified of
practice. Any of those unwilling to
render this patriotic service are .
asked to notify Mr. Agle.
Navy Recruiting i,
Office Here July 17-18 j
A navy recruiting station will be a
established at the postoffice in r
Boone on July 17 and 18, according u
to word received today from the fi
Asheville recruiting station. o
The physical requirements for the tl
navy have recently been modified d
and the starting pay for apprentice
seamen is now $50 per month. All p
those interested in this branch of the v
service are asked to see the recruit- s
ing officer while he is in this city, a
:? e
The U. S. used about 82 pounds of r,
, fats and oils per person last year. k
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'.wspaper -Establishes
'AUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAJ
INDEPEN
^2^_^Stand
Has Five Sons m j
oervice or Country
Mrs. Carrie Adams oi Boone,
has the honor of haying five sons
serving in the armed forces of
their country, Allen Adams having
recently enlisted to make the
one hundred per cent recor^Hor
the Adams family. The names of
the soldiers and their addresses
follow:
Private Allen Adams. Co. B. 1st
Battalion. Fort Belvoir. Va.
Pvt. Rom Adams, Co. G. 186th
Infantry. Australia.
Pvt. Bernard Adams, 9th Signal
Service Co., Honolulu, T. H.
Corporal Rodney Adams, finance
office, Harding Field, Baton
Rouge, La.
Corporal Charles Adams, Medical
Detachment St. Hospital. Fort
McClellan. Ala.
-OCAL NEGROES
TO BE INDUCTED
'irst Watauga Colored Men Are
Chosen by Draft Board for
Military Duty
Eleven colored residents of Watuga
county are soon to be induetd
into the army, according to infornation
given out by the local sel^cive
service board. This is the first
ime during the present war that the
seal board has had a call for colord
registrants.
Thn namne r?f tKnea /> V>?
? w* U1WJC IV UC iliuuuid
are: Winston Worth Greer, Roaeo
Nimphos Campbell, Avery Gons,
Howard Lee Folk, George Wiliam
Horton, Edward Buddy Lynch,
'homas James Banner, Neil Grimes,
Id Anderson, William Murray Grifin
and Greene Horton.
There is no information given out
t this time concerning the July
uota of white registrants.
[ELSON ORDERS NEW
NATIONAL SALVAGE DRIVE
Washington, June 30.?A new and
itensified nation-wide salvage camaign
to stimulate the flow of all
ital scrap materials?rubber, steel,
on, tin and fats?into war factories
-was announced tonight by War
'roduction Chief Donald M. Nelson.
He disclosed the new program
mid signs that nation-wide gasoline
ationing as a rubber-saving measre
is inevitable despite strong efarts
by President Roosevelt and
ther officials to inject new life into
tie current scrap rubber collection
rive.
Nelson said the stimulated camaign
will begin Monday, July 13,
nth the co-operation of some 12,000
tate and local salvage committees
lready in existence. The iron, steel,
lycerine and allied industries have
aised a $2,000,000 fund to stimuite
collections through advertsing.
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MOLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, :
DENCE D1AY NEXT SA
?}?>%
. . . Buy United States War Bon<
[drive foTscrap
rubber in county
yields^ 25 tons
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Says Results Rather Disafc>appointing;
Urges People to
Respond to Urgent Call of the
Government
! .
The campaign for the collection of
! scrap rubber to be used in the naI
tion's all-out war effort, has yielded
I about 50,000 pounds of the vital ma|
terial in Watauga county, according
I to Lee Stout, chairman of the local
: petroleum scrap rubber committee,
who in expressing some disappointment
over the result, states that he
believes more intense general interest
would practically double this
amount.
Mr. Stout calls attention to the
fact that President Roosevelt has
extended the period for the scrap
rubber campaign to July 10, and
urges everyone having anything
fashioned of rubber to deliver it to
the nearest filling station at once,
so that the government may know
the size of the rubber stock, and
thus determine whether or not there
will be any rubber at all for civilian
use.
It is stated that right here in Watauga
county, folks should show an
especial interest in the collection of
the rubber, since all fuel, and other
commodities of life must be transported
on rubber. Military needs
hAVP "fircf rail a? 1
? w* vuu uii vuv ovucn IJ nc, diiu ;
unless the scrap campaign yields
appreciably more than is now in
prospect, it is generally believed
tires from non-commercial vehicles
may eventually have to be used.
Mr. Stout particularly praises six
filling stations in the county for
their fine work in the effort, and
says that each of the following is
rendering exemplary service to their
country: Main Street Gulf Station,
Colvard Tire Co., Chas. Watson,
Boone; D. T. Brown, Sherwood; R.
E. Olsen, Valle Crucis, Jack Rainey,
Blowing Rock.
NYA Program Here
Is Stopped June 30
The National Youth Administration
was discontinued officially at
the end of the fiscal year on June 30,
and the projects in operation in
Watauga county have been abandoned.
Many of the young people employed
by the NYA here have taken employment
in defense training centers
of the state. The centers for girls
are at Charlotte and Greenville;
those for boys at Raleigh, Asheville
and Durham. Mrs. Clara Simpson,
supervisor for NYA in Ashe, Alleghany,
Watauga and Wilkes, is engaged
in taking applications from
the former NYA youths for admission
into these training centers.
DCf^A
H undn xnd Eighty
L942
TURDAY
ds and Stamps.
Stores Start Sale
Of Savings Stamps
Today, Wednesday, the stores
and shops of this city slopped dispensing
their usual merchandise
for a fifteen minute period, 12 m.
lo 12:15 p. m? during which time
they offered' their customers nothing
but war savings stamps.
War Stamp Day will continue
for 31 days, it is said, and during
the period customers will be asked
to lake at least a part of their
change from every purchase in
war stamps.
Merchants of the town are enthusiastic
in their response to this
nation-wide effort and will make
every effort to sell a record number
of the federal securities during
the month.
MANY BUY AUTO
STAMP STICKERS
Revenue Stamps Are Required
Before Issuance of Gas
Rationing Cards
Today, July 1, all motorists are
required to display the $5 federal
auto tax stamp, and in the closing
days of rhe sale period, the local
postoffice reports a rush to buy the
stickers, which are a prerequisite to
securing a gasoline ration card in
the forthcoming registration of motorists.
This time, the stickers, which represent
one year's use tax, are gummed
on the face side and are to be
attached to the windshield. The serial
number of the sticker must be
given when one registers for his
gasoline ration on July 9, 10 and 11.
On the reverse side of the stamp,
is to be inscribed the make of car,
motor and auto license number,
preventing transfer of a sticker from
one car to another.
Penalties are provided in federal
courts for failure to purchase and
disulav the stnmn Q*ielrei-c ?
vided by law.
Americans use about 11,000,000,000
pounds of fats and oils a year?67%
in the form of food, 20 per cent as
soap, 8 per cent in paints and varnishes
and the rest in varied products.
Stores To Be Open
As Usual On Fourth
The various stores of the city
are to observe their usual business
hours on Saturday, July 4th,
the. retailers having decided to
observe Monday, July 6. as Independence
Day.
The bank and posloffice, however,
will observe the Fourth on
Saturday, while the D. & P. Pipe
Works. Boone's only manufactory, ,
will close Saturday. (
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$1.50 A YEAR
NEW GAS RATION
REGISTRATION TO
START THURSDAY
Permanent Gasoline Rationing
I Plan to Go Into Effect July 22;
| Salient Points on Coupon Sys|
tem of Gas Rationing Given
Owners of automobiles and trucks
are notified by tne county ration
board that they must register on
July 9, 10 and 11. for gasoline allowances
undei the permanent rationing
plan of the federal government,
which is effective July 22.
The temporary plan which has
proven to be more or less unworkable.
is being supplanted by the
coupon book system, much the same
as obtains in regard to the sugar situation,
and registrations will be
conducted at eight central schools on
the dates mentioned as follows:
Boone elementary, Green Valley
elementary. Deep Gap elementary.
Blowing Rock high school, Valle
Crucis elementary. Cove Creek high,
Bethel high, and Mabel elementary.
ihe ration board lias issued the
following instructions relative to the
registration:
Ail car owners, both passenger
and commercial, not having registration
cards, should apply for duplicates
now, to insure their obtaining
ration books by July 22. Truck
owners should also be prepared to
furnish the following information:
miles driven during May, 1942: mileage
to be driven during July. August
and September, 1942, and average
miles to the gallon of gasoline.
This suggestion is given with the
thought of avoiding as much confusion
and delay as possible during
registration.
Ration Cards A and D are for the
owner of a currently registered passenger
automobile or motorcycle,
who should register at the designated
school sites.
The following should not apply
for basic ration book A:
(a) A vehicle owned or leased by
a federal, state, local or foreign government
agency.
(b) An ambulance or hearse.
(c) Taxi, jitney or vehicle available
for public rental.
(d) A vehicle which is part of a
fleet of four or more similar vehicles
used principally in the business or
occupation of the same person.
(e) A vehicle held by a dealer for
sale or resale.
Truck Registration
Trucks are not to register at school
O.VWO iv/i saauiiiit: lauuil UUOKS. itegister
at the war price and ration
board office at Boone prior to July
22.
SUGAR STAMP NO. 5 GOOD
FOR TWO POUNDS OF SUGAR
Sugar stamp No. 5 of war ration
book No. 1. is good for 2 pounds of
sugar between June 28 and July
25, it is announced by the local
ration board. Stamp No. 6 is valid
between July 26 and August 22 for
two pounds of sugar.
The ration board office will be
closed each Thursday afternoon and
also on July 4th.
Application for canning sugar can
be made at the ration board office
until further notice.
DR. JEFFCOAT DIES
HERE ON MONDAY
Rites Held at Grace Lutheran
Church Tuesday; Native
of South Carolina
Dr. George H. Jeffcoat, wellknown
chiropractic practitioner, died
at the home of a sister, Miss Cora
Pearl Jeffcoat, early Monday morning,
from an illness which had been
serious for only a few days.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Grace Lutheran church
Tuesday mnminu a* in 1?
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Rev. E. F. Troutman, the pastor, and
interment was in St. Mark's cemetery,
Blythwood, S. C., at 4 p. m.
The pallbearers were Wilbur Jeffcoat,
Lloyd Jeffcoat, Glenn Perkins,
Manley Meacham, J. B. Smith, Sam
Howard, Lester E. Gross, B. J. Burket.
Those in charge of the flowers
included: Mesdames Clarice Gross,
Macon Jones, Manley Meacham, Garland
Wagner, Anna Alice Townsend,
and Lois Virginia Townsend.
Dr. Jeffcoat, a native of Columbia,
S. C., was a son of the late Rev.
W. H. and Mrs. Jeffcoat. He came
to Watauga county about 18 years
ago, where he engaged in the practice
of his profession. Ill health,
however, brought about his retirement
several years ago.
Surviving are one brother, Dr. W.
C. Jeffcoat of Burlington, N. C., and
one sister, Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat
sf Boone,