Newspapers / Watauga Democrat. / July 9, 1942, edition 1 / Page 1
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wgar iJ'ilTEO STATES % /W ^ar %/m^ BOWS J f STAMPS ' 111' An VOL. 55, NO. 2 MOTORISTS TO j REGISTER FOR GAS THIS WEEK Three-Day Registration of Passenger Cars Gets Under Way Thursday. and Continues Through Saturday; Trucks May Register to 22ud Owners of passenger automobiles in Watauga will register Thursday. Friday and Saturday of this week, in order to be able to receive gasoline under the new permanent coupon-book plan of gas rationing, which goes into effect July 22. Registration may be effected between the hours of 9 a. m. and 7 p. m. at the following schools of the county: Boone elementary, Green Valley. Deep Gap, Blowing Rock. Vallc Crucis,. Cove Creek. Bethel and Mabel. Motorists who fail to register on either the 9th. 10th or 11th, will nave to wan until amy 21, 101 a gasoline rationing book. Gas ration registration for trucks will be from July 9 to July 22, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., at the war price and ration board office in Boone. Those desiring gasoline for farm 1 machinery, sawmills, grist mills, wood saws, etc., arc asked to file their applications with the war price and ration board at Boone, beginning July 9. to July 22. I CONSTRUCTION IS MAPPED BY HOLCj Examiner Here to Survey Construction Started Since April 9 of This Year J. H. Ligon, an examiner representing the HOLC, with headquarters in Greensboro, is in Boone today, to inaugurate the local phase of a nation-wide survey of all construction started since April 9, when conservation order L-41 became effective. The order restricts the beginning of construction after the effective date for residential properly to $500, for agricultural purposes to $1,000, and for other restricted con- c structior. to $5,000. The limitations c do not apply to repairs and main- r tenanee as defined in the order. a Purpose^ of the sur vey will be lo j c check on all permits to begin build- c ing issvied since April 9, and to re- t port all violations to the war pre- c duction board. The examiner for 1 this district will cover Boone and g Northwest North Carolina during the survey now underway. 1 The Home Owners Loan Corpora- ' tion was authorized and delegated to carry on the work during a recent meeting at Atlanta. The organization is lending the services of approximately 3,009 of its examiners 1 for the detailed check on the degree of observance of the terms of the conservation order issued in May to assure use of scarce materials only in essential building operations. Reports of the examiners will be re- c viewed by the compliance branch of ( WPB and appropriate action taken 1 in cases of violation of priorities pro- t cedures or the provisions of L-41. 2 This operation is in addition to the ' compliance survey of the transac- c tions of builders engaged in con- 2 struction of privately-financed war- s housing projects, currently being < made for "WPB by some 200 inspec- c tors loaned by the wage and hour 1 division of the department of la- f bor. Other compliance surveys an- 1 nounced by the WPB include opera- c tions of silverware manufacturers, < wno normally use consiaeraoie quantities of copper, and inventories ! and uses of jewel bearings. The : field investigations will be carried out by attorney-examiners of the 1 Federal Trade commission on behalf of WPB. 1 All additional information con- ' cerning conservation order L-41 may < be obtained by inquiring at the ' Greensboro office of the FHA. RECORD RASPBERRY YIELD ] Mr. Watt Beach has established some sort of a record in the produc tion of raspberries. From a row of briars 150 feet long, Mr. Beach gathered 25 gallons of berries, which ; were readily sold for 60 cents a gallon. He expects another "picking" this fall from the prolific plants. j NEW TREASURER NAMED Mrs. John Conway has been named treasurer of the Watauga chapter, American Red Cross, succeeding Miss Bern ice Gragg, who has moved to Asheville. ~j.: -. TATA^ iependent Weekly A BOONE, Wi CONTRAST IN. ' .X'.~> vNHUA' ' 8 i*v..C ? > SSis ? . -. Ki Quite a contrast is furnished down a Cairo street?an America: Sergt. Kindle Walston of Louisa donkey cart. Since then this jeep er action, as Field Marshal Erwin swept towards the Suez. JON OFFICIAL IS SPEAKER HERE Mstrict Governor Present for Installation New Officers; Protest Health Dept. Move District Governor Wesley W irowri was the speaker at the Boone ..ions Club Tuesday evening, when lew officers were installed and lalies' night observed by the mcm>ership. Mr. Brown used as the ;ubjeet of his brief talk. " WorldiVide I.ionism." The officers installed were: Presdent. Dr. D. J. Whitener; secretary, t. A. Manship, Jr.; vice-presidents, Jr. J. H. Wolfe, Frank M. Payne, C. 1. Trotter; tail twister, Wade E. Drown; li6h tamer. Dr. A. P. Ken rart. The board of directors conilsts of Dr. R. H. Harmon, M. R. Maddux. Dr. Orby Southard and lev. J. C. Canipe. The organisation disapproved the liscortinuance of the county health lepartmont and voted the appointnent of a committee to protest the iction of the board of commissionMs. The Lions Club with the coiperation of the health department tad sponsored clinics annually for ihildren with defective vision and arge numbers had been fitted with [lasses as a' result of this work. iVOMANSCLUB THANKS MAYOR iVorth While Club Thanks Mayor and Aldermen for Their Cleanup Efforts The Worth While Club wishes to express its appreciation to Mayor Jragg and the commissioners of the own for the efforts put forth in ryirtg to make the town a cleaner ind more atractive place to live and vcrk. We especially noted how prickly the streets were cleaned ifter the heavy rains, and also the mow in winter. We feel that more ;o-operation is needed orr the pari >f the citizens and merchants of the own. We submit the following sug[estions: 1. That all neoDle stop throwins papers, cups, cigarette wrappers, etc >n the streets (especially on Saturiay), but place them in trash cans. 2. That trash cans (covered) papers be placed in front of drug stores for that purpose. 3. That all garbage cans be taken iff Main street. 4. That cafes refrain from throwing garbage, such as feathers and chicken heads, etc., out the back ioor, causing such odors that neighbors must close all back entrances. 5. That stores stop burning rubbish in the back, but have it haulec lway. Back yards are much more useful as gardens than rubbisl grounds. More flowers would keep the at tractiveness of the town in both res idential and business districts. PLANS FOB ASHE FAIR HAVE BEEN ABANDONEI West Jefferson, July 6.?In com pliance with requests made durinj the past week by Governor Brough ton and U. S. officials that all fair: be called off for the duration of th( war because of the gas and tir< shortage, the executive committei of the Ashe County Fair Associa tion met and voted to abandon al plans for the event this year. UGA : Newspaper-Established VTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CARC \NCIENT CAIRO I . ? ( I nil ; .# 1: m ~}i Mm.. ? lt't' V b? *hese iwo vehicles proceeding 8 n jet.^ car, being driven by Master rille. Ky.( overtakes an Egyptian ^ i has undoubtedly seen much stern- ^ i Rommel's mechanized forces have , fc t ;RED CROSS WAR ~ i : GARMENTS MADE; |War Production Effort of Redj^' Cross Grows in Face of Grow- ir ing Demand for Garments ' Mrs. Mae Miller, war production a chairman for the Watauga chapter ? American Red Cross, gives out the . following list of garments recently , made here and shipped to distribution centers: t 25 children's bath robes, 22 chil- ? dren's bed jackets, 17 women's bed 1 jackets, 70 pairs boys' pants, 26 1 boys' shirts, It women's sweaters, a 20 children's sweaters, 17 men's ser- c vice sweaters, 21 helmets, 40 pairs x . socks. Mrs. Miller expresses thanks to ? Mrs. Charles Watson and Mrs. Good- f nigtu tor tne splendid work; tliey | a have done in piecing quilts from available scrap material, and all oth- ? ers who have so generously given ( their time. t The quota for next year's work has been received, and it is large, but it is stated that the type of garments and material is light and easy to make. It is felt that the women , and girls will love to make these garments, and there will be a lot of * this work for the Junior Red Cross | to do next fall and winter. More " than 300 yards of material will come | in the next few days for women's and girls' blouses and baby rompers. Mrs. Miller states that it will take ^ > a lot of workers to produce these garments, but that a nice room is . available, as well as plenty of machines. Volunteers in this work are urgently needed. Bo T. Taylor, Former Wataugan, Dies in ? Caldwell County t B. T. Taylor, 54, former member o of the Watauga county board of ed- t ucation and retired Caldwell county c farmer, died at his home on Lenoir f Route 1 last Wednesday afternoon, t Mr. Taylor was born in Wilkes s county on January 21, 1888, a sun of v the late A. J. and Mrs. Rebecca Taylor. v Funeral services were conducted ' at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Lewis Fork Advent Christian church with the Rev. R. L. Isbell of Lenoir, officiating. Interment was in the t ' Thompson cemetery. r Surviving arc the widow, Mrs. j I Sarah Elizabeth Taylor; three daugh- [ ters, Mrs. ,T. L. Braswell of Chase II City. Va.; Mrs. W. M. Cantrell of < , j Boydton. Va., and Miss Virginia Tay- j ' | lor of Roanoke. Va.. and four sons, ; ! Edgar, of Jackson, Wyo.; J. H., of i [Deep Gap; J. W., of the U. S. army, J I' and W. H. Taylor of Chicago. i ,| c 1 Band Fund Reaches J Grand Total of $378 < The fund for the benefit of the 1 Appalachian High School Band has reached the sum of $378.02, accord> ing to a report of Clyde R. Greene, - treasurer of the Band Boosters Club, 5 which collected the money. ! Mr. Greene points out an error ' s which occurred in reporting the con- 1 2 tributions. The P.-T. A. was credit- i 1 ed with $19 and the Worth While 1 2 Club $6.00. In fact the Worth While 1 - Club contributed $15.50 and the P.- : 1 T. A. $9.50. The error did not af- ; feet the total figures. < DEM< in the Year Eighteen JLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, ffiALTH OFFICE IS )RDERED CLOSED IY CO. ON MONDAY "ounty Commissioners Vote Discontinuance of Health Department in Interest of Economy; Work to Be Continued by State Until End of Month The board of county commissionrs. in a surprise move Monday, otc-d the discontinuance of the our.t'v health department effective s of last Tuesday, stating in its oficia! letter to Dr. Robert R. King, hat some items of expense had to |e cut in order to maintain the pies ni counly tax rate of S1.25. The tate department of health, however, las authorized the local department o continue work until July 31. rinding up the affairs of the or;anization in the county. The official notice transmitted to )r. King through Miss Helen Unlerdown, clerk to the board, stated: "Upon consideration of county ludget and various items that would ie necessary to be Included in same or the fiscal year 1942-43, it appeared to the board of county commissioners that some items of expense must be cut in order to mainain the present tax rate of $1.25. Lfter due consideration and much onsultation, it was decided by the ntire membership of the board that he health department for Watauga ounty directed by you be disconinued. "As clerk to this board I am duly uthorized to notify you as director f this discontinuance of the county lealth department, and further that he effective date is July 7, 1942." The county health department has men one of the most useful branchs of the county government and here arc evidences that its disconinuance will meet with considerible protest. Through the various linics conducted, through countyvide vaccination, through relief to ripSSeK- children, the blind and hose with dental defects, it has reninrnr^ mtmlttoWn >vi vw m-u.uaui.c aci v i\.c> opri:icxi mphasis has been placed on venereil diseases and effective efforts to liscover and treat tuberculosis in its arly stages have been made. Due o the drain of the army on the naion's physicians the problem of adequate civilian medical care is a Have one, and the abolition of the iublic health program will add immeasurably to the seriousness of his situation. [ODECiDEFATE OF COUNTY FAIR sleeting to Be Held on 15tli to Decide Whether or Not to Have Fair The board of directors of the Blue lidge Fair Association will meet in he office of the secretary at the 'arkway Company on July 15, to lecide whether or not the annual gricultural fair will be held in loone. Due to the emergency growing iut of the tire and gasoline situaion, many county fairs have been ancelled, together with the state air. Local fair officials have teen indecided as to what course to purue, but at this time it is considered inlikely that the fair will be held. Juniors Elect New Slate of Officers Daniel Boone Council. Jr. O. U M., met Monday evening anc lained new officers for the ensuing /ear, who are to be installed or fuly 20. Those named are: Councilor, J. V. Caudill; vice:ounci!or, J. C. Canipe; recording secretary, R. D. Hodges: financial ;ecretary, Clyde R. Greene; treasurer, W. C. Greer; warden. Dallas shoemake; conductor. S. B. Greene nside sentinel, John W. Hodges, Jr. jutside sentinel, Howard Shore :haplain. W. M. Cook; trustees, B K. Osborne, D. L. Wilcox, S. B jreene. Volunteers Wanted for Emergency Fire Dept. Mr. Bob Agle,' chief of the emergency fire department, issues ar lrgent appeal for volunteers ft oring the department up to a stand ird wh;cjj. could cope successful^ with a c^sdfeter. He insists that al those willing to aid in this work tee him at Boone Drug Company, 01 appear at city hall this (Wednesday evening at 7:30. 3CFA * ? ' i H undred a !Eighiy-i 1942 >. ===== American Heroes Da> Here Wiih Patriot Effort To Aid In \ . < New President f)p ti John Conway was recently i e named president of the Boone i Merchants Association by the di- I ^ rectors of that organization. Other ; Q officers named were Russell D. I Hodges, vice-president, and Mrs. I Ruby P. Ellis, secretary-treasurer. sj FIRST HIGHWAY ; FATALITY OF YEAR ? CAUSES I DEATH ti Chas. Greene of Caldwell Coun- si ty, Worker at Green Park Ho- J0 tel, Meets Death as Automobile i b Crashes Near Vilas; Speed is o Blamed p e Watauga county's first fatal.auto- t mobile accident of the year occurred early Wednesday morning, and re- ? suited in the death of Charles j Greene, resident of Caldwell county, * who had been working Eft the Green Park hotel in Blowing Rock. A j_ fractured skull was believed the ini- T_ ] mediate cause of death. Deceased I was 21 years old, and funeral details are unavailable at this time. n The automobile which figured in ) the fatal accident was driven by ( Hughie Roach of Lexington, who v was reported by officers as being a guest at Green Park hotel. The driver suffered a broken leg and other injuries, and was taken to a , Charlotte hospital; Frank Johnson, another Green Park worker, receiv- L oa cuts and bruises, while Violet 1 Miller, Green Park waitress, suffer- j ed.facial injuries and lacerations of v the right hand and arm. She was J taken to Watauga hospital. According to information gathered s by Highway Patrolman Myles Jones, v the accident occurred on the sharp r curve of highway 421, just west of Willowdale church. Indications 1 were, said Mr. Jones, that excessive speed made it impossible for the driver to negotiate the crooked road, and the car crashed into the embankment. The vehicle, a five- d passenger Olds coupe, was badly ; f damaged. j' Dave Councill Dies In j ? Lake Worth, Florida ' : , ^ Mrs. Myrl)e Buchanan of Sher- :"" ; wood, has been notified of the death 1 j. of her brother. Dave Councill, in j % Lake Worth, Fla., on June 30. j c j Mr. Councill, who was born and j j . reared at Vilas, had beer, residing j f t in Limestone, Tenn., and Florida for j j several years. He was the son of the ' s . late James Councill and Mrs. Coun- j t ; cill, residents of Watauga county. I j I He is survived by four sisters. Mrs. , . II. B. Gillespie of Limestone: Mrs. E ; Myrtle Buchanan. Sherwood; Mrs. ; C. P. Moore of Carpenteria, Calif., 1 ; and Mrs. T. W. Reese of Oakland, ] ; Calif., and one brother, Ben Coun- \ . cill, of Science Hill, Ky. \ Mississippi Man Added 1 To College Faculty ! U Dr. E. R. Jobe. head of the de- I partment of education of the state ? " of Mississippi, and supervisor of all ' 1 i high schools in that state, came to 1 > Boone Monday to join Appalachian i college faculty for the remaining i ' two weeks of the first term. I Dr. Jobe is a nationally known au, thority on high schools and supervisf ion, and will offer two courses in i ) education: evaluation of the high ] school, and building the school spirit- < Eight ^^8 $1.50 A YEAR f To Be Observed ic Celebration In Var Bond Campaign Chamber of Commerce Names Russell D. Hodges Chairman of Committee to Plan County-Wide Celebration Boosting Sale of War Securities At a special meeting of the Boone ihamte: of Commerce held Tuesday fternoon. preliminary plans were lade for holding a county-wide elcbration in Boone on July 17, of tmerican Heroes Day. marking the 11-out drive of one million Amerian merchants to aid in putting over he treasury department's billion lol'.ar war bond and stamp quota or July. The meeting was well attended ind the enthusiastic group named lussell D. Ilodgcs chairman of the ieneral committee on arrangements, ogether with John Conway, presilent of the merchants association, nd H. W. Wiicox, president of the lhamber of Commerce. This com uuee win work out tne details lor tie celebration and solicit such othr aid as may be required. The celebration is to be held July 7 at 3 o'clock in front of the postffice, and will be featured by an ildress of one of the state's leading leakers, band concerts, recognition f veterans of all wars, of parents E men now serving on the world's attlefronts, and the presentation of roster of those who died in the irvice of their country in the first 7orld War. A number of other featres will be arranged, and prospects re that this will be the biggest pa-iolic demonstration in Boone since le close of the World War. All tores of the city will close at 3 'clock for 30 minutes for the sole urpose of selling war stamps and onds, the mayor will proclaim the bservance of the day, an&. all the eople of the territory will be invitd to participate. Other committees appointed for he celebration include: To prepare list of heroes and make ppropriate mention of them: Clyde t. Greene, Joe Cannon. D. L. Wilox. To secure signs, banners, etc.: W. 1. Gragg, J. W. Haliburton, W. G. lartzog. Amplifiers: McKiniey Ayers. Mrs. Ruby Ellis, secretary of the merchants association, is to canvass he merchants of the town and see hat_ thc-V fttv ci-.r^rvliAH 1 V i-ith bonds and stamps. A. special invitation will be exended to parents and other relaives of men now in the armed orces, together with everyone, evrywhere desiring victory in the (resent titanic struggle. A complete program ot activities fill be carried in the Democrat next veek, and the merchants of the own are being asked to feature the ale of bonds on Heroes Day in ad'ertising columns of the local newspaper. Slowing Rock Draws Crowds During Holiday Blowing Rock, July 7.?The holilay week-end crowds at Blowing tack were large and all places of msiness and entertainment were hronged with people. The mood vas gay but reserved. No reports if accidents were received. Many visitors who came up at the md of the week will stay for their ntire vacation. Among the special events of the loliday period enjoyed by the crowd vert the formal opening of the rountry club and its annual ball fridaV evening, the opening dance it Mayviow Manor Saturday evenng, the first annual Junior Horse ihow and pet show Saturday aftertoon, and the Hale America Golf ournameht conducted on the Norvood-Green goif course Saturday md Sunday. All ot these events were attended py large crowds and were highights in a season which bids fair ,o be outstanding in its social activities. Many of the smaller hotels and rooming houses were filled to capacity, and the larger hotels had nore guests than they had anticipated. Registrations for long-time periods covering the months of July ind August are coming in so rapidy that some of the hotels are alnost ready to hang out the "no room, available" signs for the renainder of the season. WORKS IN POSTOFFICE Mrs. Nell Coffey Linney has been lapied substitute clerk in the Boone postoffice and has assumed her new iuties. '.v._ .. ' , flwj* 7;-.- ... . >11 1 ' r ff. ? & .. I.'.- ft .' Plvi HilS
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