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VOL. 55, NO. 8
VICTORY PARADE,
CARNIVAL EVENT
AT BLOWING ROCK
County-wide Victory Event to
Feature Annual Blowing Rock
Community Club Carnival:
Colorful Parade is Planned
Blowing Rock. Aug. 5.?For many
years the annual carnival sponsored
by the Community Club of Blowing
Rock has been an outstanding feature
of the summer activities of this
mountain-top resort. This year an
interesting addition to the many features
of the carnival will be the Victory
parade, which will be held
August 14. beginning at 2:00 p. m.
The parade will form in the following
order: The marshal on horseback
will lead the parade accompanied
by the pioneer parson carrvine
a Bible and the flae- Uncle
Sam and the Red Cross nurses will
follow; the Bocnc high school band
will add zip and zest to the whole
show with its martial music; next
will come the floats depicting the
various activities of the Community
Club, such as library, health clinics,
hot lunches, etc.; then the cars and
floats representing the business
places of the town; next will be seen
the Campfire Girls and Boy Scouts
on parade; Daniel Boone will be
represented by one of his lineal descendants;
a mountain string band
will make mountain music; the old
covered wagon, a true symbol of
North Carolina days of the past, will
follow, while the entire parade will
be enlivened by the antics of dancing,
laughing, tricky clowns.
The parade ends at the carnival
grounds. It will cost nothing to get
into the carnival, which will first
feature a baby show at 4 p. m.
Babies 1 to 5 years old are eligible.
Prizes will be awarded the cutest
baby, the prettiest baby, the healthiest
baby, and the finest set of
twins. These prizes will be in the
form of photographs of the winning
babies taken by Emerson Humphrey,
official photographer for Blowing
Rock. The entry fee for the
babies will be 25 cents each, but
each entrant will be eiven a 10
cent war stamp.
Among the features of the carnival
will be the country store, wheel
of fortune, delicatessen, V for victory
pulls, grab bags, parade of
states, darts, real fortune teller,
guessing your weight, bean bag
game, lemon lady, fish pond, archery,
horse show, miniature shooting
gallery, raffle booth, three-in-one
(Continued on page eight)
WATAUGASOLDIER
ENDS OWN LIFE
Ray Gordon Ashley Gives Bad
Health as Reason for Sui*
cide; Rites Sunday
Ray Gordon Ashley, United States
army, was adjudged a suicide last
Thursday when his body was found
near the home of a sister, Mrs. J. M.
Wheeler, Blowing Rock, with whom
he had been spending a furlough. A
sixteen guage shotgun, which he had
borrowed from a neighbor, had been
fired by the use of a forked stick,
the lethal load taking effect in the
heart.
Chief of Police A. L. Gross, who
investigated the death, found a note
in the pocket of the deceased indicating
that poor health was the
cause of the tragedy. The note contained
this statement: "They say
I'll never be fit for active duty, so
if I can't do my part there's no use
of me living." Mr. Ashley had been
in very bad health and had been a
nafiont in on ormv hnenifal in
Charleston, S .C., for several months.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Middle Fork Baptist
church by Rev. R. A. Hendrix
and interment was in the church
cemetery, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral
Home taking care of the arrangements.
\
Surviving are the following brothers
and sisters: Allen Ashley, .address
unknown; Miss Fay Ashley,
Miami Beach, Fla.; Mrs. .Jack Engoman,
New York; Mrs. L. P. Hodges
and Mrs. J. M. Wheeler, Blowing
Rock; Perry Ashley, Boone, and
Newel Ashley, Norfolk, Va.
Tennessee Concern
Buys Watauga Cabbage
The Budd Wholesale House of
Memphis, Tenn., bought 40,000
pounds of cabbage in the county last
week, one load going out Friday and
a second trailer on Monday. Mr. S.
C. Eggers aided the concern in contacting
the growers, and states that
he will be glad to aid other farmers
in making connection with concerns
wanting Watauga cabbage.
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Record Bass
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Tommy Osborne of Boone, r
proudly displays a 22-inch smallmoulh
bass, taken from the waters
of New River last Sunday, and
being by far the largest specimen
caught in the area this summer.
The big fish weighed 4 pounds and
7 ounces, and was the subject of
much comment Monday, when it
was on display at the Parkway
Company.
(X^TYBUDGET
CALLS FOR USUAL
$1.25 TAX RATE
Estimates of County Accountant
Tentatively 'Approved b y
Board; Property Receipts Estimated
to Be About $93,000
The board of county commissioners
has approved the budget estimnfnc
fnr fic/*nl tronr lQAO.AI
which would allow the tax rate to |
remain at $1.25 on the one hun-!
dred dollars tax-book valuation, and i
the summary of the new budget is
published today.
C. Gordon Taylor, county accountant.
bases his budget estimates on a
property valuation of $7,700,000,
which he calculates would yield $93,866.76,
in addition to poll taxes,
court costs and other receipts of the
county.
Thirty-four cents of the levy will
go to the general county fund and
other departments, Mr. Taylor
stated; the debt service fund will
require 66 cents; county school
fund 16 cents; old age assistance
six cents, and aid for dependent
children three cents.
Of the receipts from property
taxes, the general county fund gets
$26,180; the debt sendee fund $48,436.76;
the general school fund $12,320;
old age assistance $4,620, and
aid to dependent children, $2,3,310.
The detailed summary of the
budget estimate appears in this
newspaper today.
Orphanage Singing Class
To Appear On Thursday
The singing class from the Oxford
Orphanage will appear in concert
at the Cove Creek high school
on August 6. at 8 p. m., under the
auspices of Snow Lodge No. 363,
A. F. & A. M. There are 14 children
on the tour and the program
is most enjoyable. The proceeds
from an admission charge of 25
cents will en to the orohanaee.
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PIANO CONCERT
Mrs. Ruth Rankin Rutherford,
member of the Dallas, Texas, symphony
orchestra, will appear in a
piano concert in Appalachian College
auditorium Saturday evening
at 8:30. The public is cordially invited.
Mrs. Rutherford and two sons,
Gene and Paris, arrived Wednesday
and will spend some time visiting
at the home of her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. J. D. Rankin.
RAGAN CHILD DIES
Billie Ragan, five-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ragan, of
Boone, died Saturday. Funeral services
were conducted Sunday from
Oak Grove Baptist church by Rev.
Raymond Hendrix, and interment
was in the cemetery there. Immediate
survivors are the parents and
one brother, Lester Ragan, Jr.
An average hot water bottle contains
as much rubber as goes into
two pairs of soldier's overshoes.
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^AUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAB
SCRAP CAMPAIGN
IS OPENED FOR
MONTH OF AUGUST
County Chairman in Effort to
Gather 200 Additional Tons of
Scrap for War Effort During
Month: Plans County-wide
Campaign
To meet the nation's war needs
for scrap iron, steel and other essential
materials, a new intensive drive
is being launched in Watauga county
to obtain at least 200 tons of
scrap, it was announced the first of
f haa urnolr Ki- 1-1 "JV.T IT 1 T?
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chairman of the local salvage committee.
The local effort is in line with a
nation-wide campaign and in Carolina
Governor Broughton will paramount
the campaign in a radio address
from Raleigh and Charlotte
Thursday night of this week at 8:30
o'clock, and Mr. Hamilton has addressed
a letter to all his 350 neighborhood
committeemen asking that
they hear the governor and th3t
they take immediate action to gather
the scrap in every section of the
county. Central points will be selected
in each neighborhood, the
material will be assembled there,
and Mr. Hamilton will see that
trucks pick it up. Those who want
to sell the scrap may sec either Mr.
Tom Guy of Beech Creek, or Mr.
Tom Jones of the Second Hand store
in Boone.
Mr. Hamilton proposes to conduct
the intensive campaign throughout
the month, and desires the active
support of every person in the county.
"As the war becomes more intensive
on the various fighting fronts,"
Mr. Hamilton said, "the need for
scrap materials has steadily increased."
He declared that while
collections of various types of salvage
have already been made here
from time to time, the expanding requirements
of the war program have
made it necessary to obtain much
larger amounts of materials.
"The American steel industry this
year hopes to produce a recordUiMnUinn
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much as all foreign countries put together
can make. Our country alone
this year is going to pruuu?..=
tons of steel for every two tons the
Axis can turn out.
"To bring steel production up to
the industry's full capacity of 90,000,000
tons in 1942, however, our
steel industry needs an extra 6,000,000
tons of scrap steel for its furnaces.
Every ton of scrap we can
send them will swell our national
production of tanks, ships, planes
and guns."
"An increasing number of boys
from this county are already seeing
service," he said. "We on the home
front must see to it that industry
shall not lack the materials needed
for adequately arming and equipping
them.
"Every housewife can play an important
part in this drive. She
should carefully inspect all of her
house furnishings?to find out what
equipment she has that has outlived
its usefulness.
"An old iron pot or a knife in the
kitchen, the steel springs of an old
upholstered chair in the attic, some
discarded pipe or heating equipment
in the cellar, unused wire
clothes hangers in a closet?these
,are a few of the items that will
provide pounds and pounds of scrap.
Dr. Whitener Placed
On Speakers' Bureau
Dr. D. J. Whitener of Appalachian
College, has been notified of his
appointment on the speakers' bureau
of the consumer relations division
of the OP A. Dr. Whitenei
has acceputed the appointment and
is now available to appear before
civic, service or educational agencies,
to speak on the war price and
rationing program.
BUS DRIVERS' SCHOOL TO
BE HELD HERE AUG. UTH
County Superintendent W. H
Walker states that the state highway
safety division, state highway
[patrol, state health department and
school authorities will jointly hole
a bus drivers' school in Boone or
Tuesday, August 11. The school will
begin at 8:30 a. m.
All county school bus drivers are
required to attend this school. Every
bus driver should bring a substitute
driver with him to the school. Anyone
wishing to become qualified foi
a bus driving position is invited tc
attend the school.
Seventeen pounds of kitchen fats
saved will provide a pound and a
half of glycerine, enough to fire 85
anti-tank shells.
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:OLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST
Russians Get U. S
' '" 1 111 1 I St
Ai a designated spot in the Mi
are being ferried from the U, S. ?
who take over from that point. U
aid the Russians in learning the cc
Here a group of U. S. fliers and th
ing flight maneuvers
Boone's Firsi Blackc
On Monday Evenii
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| Army Officer
CAPT. RAYMOND H. HARMON
Dr. Harmon Gets His
Commission in Army
Dr. Raymond H. Harmon, who recently
enlisted in the medical corps,
U. S. army, and who was commissioned
a captain, has received word
to report to Atlanta, Ga? for duty
on August 11.
Dr. Harmon, who is one of this
section's most popular physicians,
and a native of Buies Creek. N. C?
began the practice of medicine here
six years ago, but first came here
as a teacher in the science department
of Appalachian high school in
1929. He also taught at Appalachian
College during summer terms.
He received his education at Campbell
College, holds a B.S. degree
from Wake Forest College, and secured
his professional training at
Medical College of Virginia, in
Richmond. He was a member of
Thota Karma Psi medical fratprnitV
holds a fellowship in the American
Medical Association, is a member of
the State Medical Society, and the
: Southern Medical Society of New
Orleans. Since locating in Boone,
Dr. Harmon has been associated in
practice with Dr. H. B. Perry. Dr.
Harmon is a charter member of the
Boone Lions Club and one of the
board of directors.
It is with regret that the people
of the town and county hear of Dr.
Harmon's departure. He is very
popular here, had built up an unusually
heavy practice throughout
the section. He expresses deep appreciation
for the friendships he has
[ made here, and the pleasant associations
with Watauga county people,
and regards Boone as his permanent
[ home.
[ Watauga Gets Tire
| Quotas For August
Watauga county will be allotted
: four new automobile tires, 18 re'
capped tires, and 13 automobile
! tubes for August, it was announced
in Raleigh Tuesday by the office of
price information. The county will
> also have 66 new tires for trucks/
buses, tractors, etc., 72 recaps, and
76 new tubes.
As a whole, it was said North
1 Carolina received a larger quota in
' all classifications for August than
was the case ift July.
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ddle East. U. S. medium bombers
ind turned over to Russian fliers
r. S. Fliers act as instructors and
inlrols of the American planes,
eir Russian allies are shown talktut
Is To Be Held
ig; Meeting Tonight
Boone and Watauga county will
experience their first war-time
blackout next Monday evening,
sometime between the hours of
9 and 11 p. m.. according to Mr.
Russell D. Hodges, chief air raid
warden, who has arranged a meeting
of the organization, together
with the general public at the
Junior hall Thursday evening of
this week at 8 o'clock, to lay
definite plans for the blackout
test.
The blackout, says Mr. Hodges,
is to occur throughout western
North Carolina end parts of South
Carolina, and thai the public will
not know the exact minute the
lights are to be turned out until
three blasts aTe sounded from the
city fire siren. When this occurs
the public is urged to turn out all
lights in their places of business,
homes, etc., unless some grave
emergency makes it absolutely
necessary lo maintain illumination.
Tentative clans are to ask
motorists to stop their cars, extinguish
the lights and remain
standing until the all-clear signal
is heard.
This will be this sections first
blackout test, and the public
should respond enthusiastically, in
order to be better prepared for
any emergency which the war
may bring.
Mrs. Anna Hagaman
Succumbs Monda;
Mrs. Anna Watkins Hagaman, 7
years old, a resident of the Beavc
Dam community, and one of th
county's best citizens, died at th
home last Monday from a long ill
ness.
Funeral services were conducte
from Bethel Baptist church Wee
nesday at 11 o'clock, by Rev. W. I
Ashley and Rev. E. J. Farthing an
interment was in the cemeter
there.
Surviving are four sons and thre
daughters: C. E. Hagaman, Hickorj
; F. C. and D. C. Hagaman, Vilas
John Hagaman. Zionville; Mrs
Clyde Reese, Reese; Miss Ver
Hagaman and Miss Laura Hagamar
Vilas. There are two sisters. Mr;
! Sallie Green. Bluff City. Tenn., an
Mrs. A. C. Trivett. Reese.
j Ralph Mast Injured
In Gasoline Explosioi
Word has reached Boone to th
effect that Mr. Ralph Mast, who he
been working on an airport ?
Blackstone, Va., was badly burae
the first of the week, when a gasc
line tank on a caterpillar tvacto
exploded, as the machine was bein
refueled. There are no particular
at this time, other than that M:
Mast is in a Farmville, Va., hospita
where it was said Monday evenin
that he was "badly burned."
Mrs. Mast left Wednesday fc
Farmville, to be with her husbanc
and during her absence Mr. W. I
Smith will be in charge of her flow
er shop here.
Maternity, Infancy
Clinic To Be Helt
The district health departmer
states that the regular monthly m<
ternity and infancy clinic will b
held as usual on Monday, Augtt!
10th, at 2:30 p. m., at Bethel hig
school.
y-Eight
$1.50 A YEAR
DATE FOR OPENING
COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
SET FOR AUGUST 31
Board of Education Decides to
Teach on Monday Rather
Than Saturday; All Children
Must Present Certificate of
Vaccination
The board of education, in regular
session last Monday, set August 31
as the opening date for all schools
of the county, and since it appeared
that a majority of the students and
teachers preferred teaching on Monday
instead of Saturday, a resolution
was adopted requiring the
schools of the county to be open on
Mondays through Friday. No
schools will be open on Saturday,
unless some emergency arises.
The board of education requests
all children entering school to abide
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o? mc .iiaie idw ana present a certificate
showing they have been
vaccinated for diphtheria. All
teachers are requested to co-operate
and request such certificates .
Mr. W. H. Walker, county superintendent
of schools, states that a
number of teaching vacancies exist
in the county as follows: Appalachian
high school 5, Boone elementary
4, Rich Mountain 1, Green
Valley principal 1, Blowing Rock
! school 1, Bradshaw 1, Cook 1, Cool
Springs 1, Grandfather 2, Cool
Springs 1, Presnell 1, Bethel high
school 1, and Bethel elementary 1.
Bids were received Monday for
the land on Rush Branch, owned
by the board of education. T. C.
Vines entered the highest bid, it being
$300. This bid has been filed
with the clerk of court for ten days.
Anyone wishing to raise the bid may
do so at the office of the clerk of
court.
PIPE PLANUS
TO REMAIN HERE
Mr. I.avietes Says Industry Will
Not Be Moved From This
City as Rumored
Mr. David P. Lavietes, president
of the D. & P. Pipe Works of this
city, on Tuesday "spiked" rumors
that he will move his manufacturing
plant to another town, and stated
that he is renewing the lease on the
DroDortv in Rnnnp nnH will r?or?_
tinue to operate the plant here at
peak capacity. Mr. Lavietcs stated
that property he had purchased at
Sparta and the activities there, do
not in any way curb the operations
here, that they are separate and distinct
units o? his enterprises.
The factory here is experiencing
V a scarcity of wood right at this time,
when farmers are too busily engag8
ed to dig the burls, but the work of
:r the 75 men employed, has been die
versified in such a way that every
,e man on the payroll has been kept
I- working during the seasonal lull in
burl deliveries,
d The pipe factory, which is the
I- town's only manufacturing plant, has
). contributed largely to the welfare
d of the people of this section and is
y enjoying an ever-expanding business.
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r; Two Are Bound To
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s- Federal Court Term
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Clarence Letner and James Clyde
'' Williams of Lafollette, Tenn., have
" been bound to federal court by S. C.
Eggers, United States commissionery,
on charges of the larceny of an
automobile in Tennessee. They confessed
their guilt, and in default of
n bond, were taken to jail at Yadkinville.
e rney were apprehended by Pais
trolman Myles Jones on highway
it 421 west of Boone, and wrecked
d their automobile near Rutherwood,
>- after unsuccessfully attempting to
r, evade the officer,
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* Many New Members
i. Chamber of Commerce
g
The membership campaign being
,r conducted for the Chamber of Com'
merce is going along fine, and fol*
lowing are the names of the firms
~ and individuals who have joined the
organization within the last few
days:
New River Light & Power Co.
- Nettie Lee Shop, Dr. E. T. Glenn,
J Artistic Beauty Salon, J. L. Quails,
Boone Drug Co., McGuire's Beauty
it Salon, Bare's Fair Store, Colvard
i- Tire Co., J. E. Holshouser, Watauga
e Insurance Agency, Parkway Comst
par.y, Boone Tire & Bargain Store,
h Watauga Democrat, Maddux Esso
| Stations, the Crest Stores.