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A UNITED STATES % A# r WAR V\ i BONDS J y STAMPS 1I|P Anh VOL. 55, NO. 9 CANTEEN SERVICE FOR ENLISTED MEN BEING SPONSORED Woman's Club and Red Cross tc Manage Room to Serve as Center for Members of Armed Forces; Aid of Community is Sought The Woman's Club and the Red Cross under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Bridge, are sponsoring a canteen to serve as an enlisted men's rpntpr in P.nnnp wlincn nnrnncn if will be to get in touch with all service men in the county, and to provide a spot where wnen may get in touch with their relatives or wait for transportation. The room, located on Depot street, will be open on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, refreshments will be served and all enlisted men passing through town are asked to come by and register. Some person will be in charge of the center at all times to give information and to assist any soldier in any way possible. Arrangements are made also to care for emergency over-night guests. There is some expense connected with the center, and the club will appreciate any donations, either cash or furniture. The needs include chairs, lamps, a heater, desks, cushions, pictures, stationery, magazines, besides those things already donated. An old couch or settee that could be recovered would be appreciated. The sponsors hope that they may make of this room a home for enlisted men while they are in Boone, and solicit the helD of the town in their worthy undertaking. JOHN FARTHING HURT IN WRECK Boone Naval Officer and Former Postman Seriously Injured in Rhode Island Rather incomplete informatior reaching Boone tells of the serious injury somewhere in New Jersey ol John Farthing, chief petty officer. U. S. navy, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Farthing of Boone. The telegram received by relatives stated that young Mr. Farthing suffered a broken left leg and left arm, and injuries to the back in a wreck, bul did not disclose the nature of the accident, or the exact place it occurred. John, who formerly served foui years in the marine corps, and who was later city mail carrier here, is most popular in this community, and his many friends are anxiously awaiting further news concerning his condition. Insurance Convention Held Here Last Week A district convention of the Occidental Life Insurance Company oi xuiejgii, was neiu at noiei waiauga on August 21. Mr. J. Robey McNeil of North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Jot Neal of West Jefferson, were the hosts. A four-course banquet was served with Mr. J. Robey McNeil a: master of ceremonies. Speakers ol the evening included Mr. Hal Trentman, vice-president of the company Raleigh, and Mr. Elbert Chambers of Asheville. Mr. Dock Walsh oJ Parlier, supplied banjo music, anc there were vocal numbehs by Mr Rex West of North Wilkesboro. Dancing was enjoyed later in the evening with Paul Weston at the piano and Joe Neal, saxophone. About 35 attended the convention. Cove Creek High School To Open Monday Mornins The Cove Creek high school wil open its 1942-43 session Monday morning, August 31st at 9 o'clock Prof. Sam F. Horton, principal, an nouncad today. All elementary and district ele mentary teachers will meet at II o'clock Saturday morning. Book and supplies will be checked out a , that time. The high school teachers will mee in the new high school buildini Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. EDMISTEN REUNION The annual reunion of the Edmis ten clan will be held Sunday, Au gust 30th, at the state fish hatch ery at Rutherwood. All members o the clan are urged to attend. rATAl ndependerit Weekly N BOONE, WA "Tiger" at Home Dick Rossi, 2S-year-old "Flying Tiger/' came home from Burma to "find a nice auipt sr?nt for ? week." In six months he had shot down six " "confirmed" Japs and another six "probably." He has received two medals from the Chinese government. Rossi is pictured here with his niece, Judy Murray/ LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL TO J. ROBY HAGAM AN TUESDAY Funeral Services for Aged Boone Man Are Conducted From Brushy Fork Church Wednesday; Interment There j J. Roby Hagaman, pioneer citizen of Watauga county, died Tuesday morning at Watauga hospital after a long illness. Mr. Hagaman was taken to the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem some time ago, but there was never any appreciable improvement in his condition. He was returned to Boone last week. He was 88 years old. Funeral services were conducted from the Brushy Fork Baptist church Wednesday afternoon by Rev. Grady minton, pastor and Rev. 1 J. C. Canipe, pastor of the Boone > I Hontict nhunnh uu^vwi. Miuiui, aiiu UIVCIIUCUI WdS in the cemetery there, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home being in charge of the arrangements. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ida Spainhour Hagaman, and three daughters: Mrs. William Ferguson, Walla Walla, Wash.; Mrs. Albert C. Adams, Spokane, Wash., and Mrs. Ira C. McCurdy, Garfield, Wash. There is one sister, Mrs. Gpsie Moretz, of Patterson. Mr. Hagaman was born in Watauga county, a son of Thomas and Sallie Reese Hagaman, and in young and middle age engaged extensively in the building trades, and was influential in the affairs of the county. He resided for a long time in the state of Washington, and returned here a number of years ago, . where he has since resided. He was " a member of one of this section's prominent families, was a splendid ; citizen and had widespread friend; ships. ' ; Gas Cards To Be Rechecked Washington, Aug. 26?Paul M. J O'Leary, deputy OPA administrator in charge of rationing, last nighl ordered a re-examination bv local ; boards of all supplemental gasoline ' ration books with prosecutior i promised in eases of deliberate violation. O'Leary said that particular emphasis will be placed on checking : holders of "C" books, issued to mo: torists in 14 designated occupations and of "S" books given to operators of commercial vehicles. In cases where persons are founc to possess gasoline coupons beyond the amount which they are fairlj entitled to,'O'Leary said the books will be cancelled and new and propr er regulations issued. He warned that those who had 1 deliberately violated the regulations f will be prosecuted. '(soviet papers play up coming willkie visit Moscow, Aug. 29.?Moscow news3 papers gave prominent display to s day to dispatches reporting tht t forthcoming visit of Wendell Will kie to the Soviet Union and th< t Orient. The press confined itself t< I publication of Tass agency report; from New York, but privately Rus sians predicted the 1940 Republicar presidential nominee would be re - ceived warmly in Russia. As President Roosevelt's persona - representative he undoubtedly wil f be received by the Soviet Union'; foremost political leaders. LJGA : ewspaper -Established lTAUGA county, north caro DR. HAYG00DT(W SPEAK AT FINALS OF APPALACHIAN Second Summer Term of Teachers College Ends With Commencement Exercises Tonight; Freshmen to Arrive First of: Week for Fall Term Dr. James Douglas Haygood. professor of education at the University of Florida, will deliver the address this (Thursday) evening, at commencement exercises, marking the end of the second six-weeks ! summer term at Appalachian Col[lege. The exercises will be held in _ Ihn nollorti-, 3 ?"11 - -"X. vuiii-gv MUUilUHUII! etna Will start at 8:30. Reports from the college indicate a splendid summer enrollment, a far greater number of teachers being registered than was anticipated under present wartime conditions. There were 414 enrolled in the first ~ leim. and in the second 331. It is noted that tile second term had the largest percentage of students in relation to the first in the history of the institution. Dean J. D. Rankin, in comment| ing on the prospects for the regu| lar fall and winter term, stated that while, of course, the enrollment could not accurately predicted at this time, that he and other offici- I als were expecting 600 or more by) the time classroom work actually I gets underway. This would be I considered an unusually fine en-| rollment, and would compare most] favorably with the 796 present a I year ago. considering the difference in conditions with which the students are faced. Mrs. Almyra Johnson Dies at Laxon Home Mrs. Almyra Johnson, 56 years old, died at the home near Laxon Thlircfiov Pllnnrol nnexri/wxe! ?? - j. wnvi u L ocivaca | were conducted from the Laurel Springs Baptist church by the pas- b tor, Rev. R. C. Eggers, on Friday ~ and interment was in the church 1 cemetery. J The husband, James C. Johnson, and two daughters, Mrs. Glenn Moretz and Mrs. Don Lookabill of Laxon; and one adopted daughter, Mrs. John Davis of Todd, and six 1 grandchildren survive. There are five brothers and three sisters surviving: W. H. and C. M. Moretz of Alvarado, Va.; S. L. Moretz of Dola, Ky.; C. C. Moretz of Tutersville, Ky.; D. M. Moretz and Mrs. Emma . Short of Raven Cliff, W. Va.; Mrs. Laura Maggard of Norton, Va., and Mrs. Zuella Winebarger of Laxon. 5 Mrs. Laxon was a member of the c Laurel Springs Baptist church, and t was a fine Christian lady. GOP Nominates Dewey ] For Governor of N. Y. t \ Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 24? ? Thomas E. Dewey accepted the Re- ' publican nomination for governor of t New York tonight with a renounce- ] ment, if elected, of any presidential 1 aspirations in 1944. ] The former Manhattan district i . atorney, who lost the party's presi- ? dential nomination to Wendell L. ( [ Willkie in 1940, made his declara- l . tion immediately after a cheering j [ state convention had nominated him i . by acclamation for a three-cornered < gubernatorial race. Dewey has been considered by po- ( r litical observers an almost certain ' . candidate for the presidential nomi- ] ; nation, whose chances would be en- i . hanccd by election to the New York governorship. Presidential candi [ dates will be named in 1944. mid- , [ way in the next gubernatorial term. ] ! Union Service at Grace Lutheran Sunday P. M. i l i > Union services will be conducted at Grace Lutheran church Sunday : evening at 8:00 o'clock. The ser- 1 mon will be delivered by Mrs. Nora ! Warman. pastor of the Advent : - Christian church. Music for the service will be in > charge of Mr. Gordon Nash. The - public is invited to attend the serv- ] > ice. ] j I 3 BUILDING AND LOAN NOW ] SELLING WAR BONDS i l t The Watauga Building and Loan 1 has qualified for the sale of war 1 1 bonds, and now has these securities i 1 on hand. The association is doing < s this in an effort to aid in every way I' possible the furtherance of the war.jl DEM* in the Year Eighteen LINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST Their Fighting * ' ' ' ' A prison camp in the desert. ;? +v.~ tti ?u?:? - ? *** iiic ui rxiaiuclll CXI tret art* SHOW British guard. These men and m British forces, aided by U. S. plan their lines during the heavy fighl A Grievous Error Through one of the most perplexing errors which the local newspaper has ever made, the name of Sheriff A. J. Edmisten was omitted from the story published last week regarding the nominees of the Democratic county convention. As is well known, the popular sheriff was nominated for a third lime, winning a close majority over Lester Carroll, prominent farmer and lumberman of this community, and former manager j of the local livestock market. These facts were set out in the original story, placed in type, carried through the galley proofs, and in the rush of makeup, the lines were mixed with some discarded type, and thrown into the melting pot. The edition was off the press before our attention was called to the matter. This is to offer sincere apology to our genial sheriff for the error, and to express our deep regrets. r'OUTH WKKK NOW ANNUAL AFFAIR foung People Have Complete Charge ot Work at Baptist Church This Week Youth Week in the Boone Baptist :hurch has come to be an annual af air. This is youth week and tht 'oung people of the church hav< omplete charge. Baxter Howell if he preacher and will be the speak :r at the 11 o'clock service nex Sunday morning. J. B. Hagaman Tr., is the assistant pastor, and wil fonduct the prayer service thL veek. Other young people in re fponsible places are the following Tliaron Young, president of tht Woman's Missionary Society; circlt eaders are Helen Wilcox, Theres; 3rown, Hope Eller and Roystei 3arnett; Organist, Laura Ruth Haga nan; superintendent of the Sundaj ;chool, Paul Hagaman; secretary, J 2. Canipe, Jr.; director Traininf Jnion, A. Y. Howell. The followi ng will serve as deacons for th< .veek; Stacy Eggers, Charles Younce j. C. Greene, Earl Payne, Phi tfance, Cecil Greene, Spencer Quails Charles Rogers. Ted Hagaman, J V. Caudill and J. C. Canipe, Jr. Tht pastor and church are backing thesi r'oung people one hundred per cent It is expected that a large crowt ...fit K ? . - 7 o TT? J ?"? m-ui o. XJ. iiLiganiuil vvcuuca Jay on Joseph the Dreamer. Am Miss Young will meet all girl Thursday evening at 7:30 for th mission program, and Baxter Howel will no doubt have a great crowd t tear him preach next Sunday morn mg. The public is invited to all th> ervices of these young people fo the week. Many of the classes h Sunday school will be taught b; roung people next Sunday. CECIL JONATHAN TUGMAN Cecil Jonathan Tugman, son o Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Tugman o 3oone Route 2, died at Wataug; tospital Monday, at the age of 29 Funeral services were held Wed lesday morning at 11 o'clock fron he Hopewell Methodist church, b; die pastor, Rev. Mr. Hess, and in erment was in the churchyarc :emetery. Surviving are the par :nts and three sisters: Miss Minnii Tugman, Mrs. Walter Lookabill ant Miss Lena Tugman. OCRA Hundi and Eighty-E : 27, 1942 Dayf re Over J ^ v v ' "r-'H4^-::^:;;^ > . ^ ^ ~ ^ ^ j UT : th Italian prisoners of war captured lo n being led into their "cage" by a any more were captured when the st es and pilots, doubled back and cut M ing around El Alamein. IJM'ALHUNTING LAWS ARE GIVEN | Squirrel Season Opens on Septembcr 15; Hunting Regula- ^' lions Are Cited j ih se Walter Edmisten. county game sa warden, announces the following open season on game in this county: cQ Squirrel, Sept. 15 to Dec. 15. bc Opossum, raccoon, Oct. 20 to Feb. tic 15. av Quail, Nov. 26 to Feb. 10. bag lim- wi it, 10 per day. soi Rabbit, Nov. 26 to Feb. 10, bag ne limit, 10 per day. m< Ruffed grouse, Nov. 26 to Jan. 1, ev bag limit. 2 per day, 10 per season, ur Dove, Dec. 1 to Dec. 30, bag limit, tei 10 per day. th Ducks. Nov. 2 to Jan 10 hat/ lirvt- If it, 10 per day, 20 per season. w< Geese, Nov. 2 to Jan. 10, bag limit, S; 2 per day, 4 per season. w< I Mr. Edmisten states that the pros- of pects of a large take of squirrels and m other upland game in this county is exceptionally good, and calls atten- jjj tion of the hunters to the following aj regulations in force: a It is unlawful to hunt on Sunday, cc It is illegal to use a gun, automatic th or hand operated, capable of using ti< : more than three shells, and it is a co violation of the law to sell or offer is for sale squirrels or quail taken in Watauga and neighboring counties. g; st 1 Notice to Green Valley ^ District School Students d; , g' All students graduating from the cl ' seventh grade in the Green Valley ^ district schools, who expect to come n 1 to Boone high school next Tuesday ^ , for eighth grade work, should come I by the Boone high school office . Saturday of this week and arrange 1 s their program for the coming win- d ter, according to Prof. Herbert Wey, _ : principal of the Boone school. This I - is necessary, he says, because last * - year the seventh grade students in 1 the Green Valley district were not N f registered. Students who do not re port as suggested next SatnrHav ' will have to take whatever classes in which vacancies yet remain. r _ ? State to Use Tab-sized & i Auto Plates in 1943 d ; n Raleigh, Aug. 24.?North Caro- " ; lina's 1943 license plate will be a d e small tab, containing only four i< :. square inches, Motor Vehicle Com- si 1 missioner T. B. Ward said today. ll Automobiles will be equipped w 1 with only one of the tabs, attached P s to the rear license plate. The see rial number on the tab will not cor- ? 1 respond with the 1942 license nun).- T 0 ber. Ward said. ' h Ward estimated that the state would save about 200 tons of metal s by substituting the small plate for ? r the larger ones now in use, and said 1 enough metal is now on hand from f previous purchases to make enough of the tabs for next year. The midget-sized plate will be manufactured at Central prison and c] f most of the machinery "needed to f j process them has already arrived. n I Chamber of Commerce i Meeting Is Postponed rr i D Because of a conflict with a num- tt 1 ber of other gatherings, the meet- D - ing of the Chamber of Commerce, V s which was scheduled for Thursday B 1 evening, has been postponed to J. Thursday evening of next week. N :ight $1.50 A YEAB UNK RALLY TO BE HELD IN CITY NEXT SATURDAY arry Hamilton, County Salvage Chairman, Urges Generous Response to National Appeal for Scrap Metal: All Are Asked to Co-operate A county-wide junk rally is to be Id in Boone next Saturday, and rery person in the entire area is ged to join in the national effort provide huge piles of scrap iron, tbber and other materials from hich the planes, guns, ships, tanks id the many other machines of odern warfare may be construct1. in the all-out effort to defeat ie hordes of the totalitarian war ids. County Chairman H. M. Hamilton atcs that through the generosity of r. W. R. Winkler, local automobile raler. his committee has been alwed the use of the lot lying beeeen the Winkler garage and W. . Lovill's law office, as a temporv place to assemble the scrap atcrials on Junk Rally Day. A11 osc coming to Boone 011 Saturday e asked to bring some item of rap iron, rubber, or other marial needed and throw it on the dory scrap heap. This metal will sold and the proceeds given to e Red Cross. Those desiring to li the scrap, may dispose of it, ys Air. Hamilton, at Miller and nes second hand store. Mr. Hamilton says the scheduled llection of the scrap which has en gathered in the various secins of the county has been unoidably delayed, but that trucks 11 make the rounds of the county an. "However," he continues, "the ed for this material is of the utast urgency and let me insist that eryone coming to Boone next Satday bring some kind of scrap marial?bring all you can. but even e smallest item will be welcome, a majority of the people who juld come to town anyway on next iturday would bring some junk, ? would have an enormous amount material to hurl against our eneIOC "Those of us on the home front ivc an urgent responsibility to <io I that we can to speed the war to swift and successful conclusion," mtinucd Mr. Hamilton. "One of e ways to accomplish this objec,'e is to see that no home in this mnty lias in it any old metal that lying idle. "Old lamps in the attic, broken irden tools in the garage, an old ovepipe in the cellar, all these can i used to good advantage by merican industry in these crucial ays. Every pound of scrap we can ;t to American steel plants will inease their production?already alf of the world total?by just that luch more. In that way we can all elp make more weapons to crush le Axis." i.a?oretzrites {eld in hickory Tative of Watauga Succumbs to Heart Attack; Was Brother of J. M. and P. W. Moretz Hickory, Aug. 21.?Joseph Alfred Ioretz, prominent Hickory manuicturer, a church and civic leader. ied at about 4 o'clock Wednesday lorning in a local hospital followlg a serious illness of the last few ays. Mr. Moretz, who had been lentified with numerous progresive civic enterprises and was wider known throughout this section, as stricken at his home in Forest ark Sunday night. Funeral ser}?ice&" were Trteld at 5 'clock _^Thnirsday afternoon at Holy riofty Lutheran church, where he ad served as Sunday school superContinued on page eight) Executive Committee Of Northwestern Bank Meets in N. Wilkesboro An important meeting of the exertive committee of the Northwestrn Bank was held in the bank's ew offices at North Wilkesboro ist Monday. Those attending the meeting, hich was presided over by forler Lieutenant Governor R. A. oughton, chairman of the commit:e, were: Congressman R. L. oughton, R. A. Doughton, Sparta; T. D. Farthing, Boone; W. C. Berry, akersville; Edwin Duncan, Sparta; T. Prevette and Vernon Deal of orth Wilkesboro. 1 \: ' . .. -
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