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unor -*1 BUTTED STATES WL /I WAR BONDS ? ' AND V STAMPS mi' Anh VOL. 65, NO. 25 APPALACHIAN IS MADE MEMBER OF SOUTHERN ASSN Years of Endeavor Crownci With Success as Local Colleg< Gets Highest Rating; Mem bers of Faculty Attend Meet ing in Memphis Appalachian State Teachers Col lege was oficially admitted to mem bership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools at an associations! meeting held 01 December 4, thus placing the Icca institution in the same academii category as Duke. Wake Forest ant other leading colleges and univcrsi ties of the south. This recognilioi came at-the end of four years of ef fort on the part of Appalachian during which time its standard; were constantly improved, to quali fy it for association membership. Dr. Dougherty, president of th< college; Dean J. D. Rankin, Dr Wiley Smith and Professor Chappe Wilson made up the delegation tha lttcnded the meeting of the South em Association in Memphis, Tenn. and were instrumental in securing the certification. i With the recent event Appalachian State Teachers College is now ; member of all the accrediting agencies lhat come within its field of interest. these being the Southern Association, the North Carolina Col lege Conference, and the Americar Association of Teachers Colleges. There will not be any radica changes in the college administration and curriculum due to the fact that the standards necessary foi membership have been in effect foi the past several years and will be continued. The college has been studied frorr every angle previous to being ad milted, chief among these being .* study of the graduates of which : survey showed that c t of the ap proximate two thousand that hav< graduated two hundred have afc tended and passed graduate work. Among the standards required foi -membership in the Southern Asso ciation, which numbers among iti members all the leading universitie: and colleges of the southern states are: Training of faculty, faeultj teaching load, success of graduate: in graduate schools, departmental organization, satisfactory teachini load, financial stability, library anc satisfactory student and faculty relationship. Membership in the three accrediting agencies entails a wider interes! and efficiency on the part of thi college In belonging to each o: these organizations. 10,661 Wataugans Get Sugar Ration Books Raleigh, Dec. 15?-A toial of 3,346. 316 persons in North Carolina re eeivea War Ration Book No. 1 dur ;ng the initial registration tor suga: rationing held last summer, W. H Holler, state OPA ration officer, an nouneed today. Holler said that holders of the No 1 book will be eligible to receive thi big No. 2 war ration hook which wil be distributed soon after the first o the new year. Persons who do no have their No. 1 book must mak< application to their local ratior board for Book No. 1 before Decern ber 15 if they wish to be able tc receive the No. 2 book. A total of 10.661 persons receiver the No. 1 book, which is being usee for the rationing of sugar and cof fee, in Watauga last summer, Holfe: announced. Samuel Allen OUis Is Wounded in Pacifit Samuel Allen Ollis, 27, seamai second class, 11. S. navy, was re cently wounded while in line o duty in the Pacific battle zone, bu uu ucLctiui wcic given hi tne mes sage received by his father, S. E Ollis, of Valdese, former Boone po His exact whereabouts were no revealed in the message from Rea Admiral Randal Jacobs, chief o naval personnel. The wounded sailor is one of th< four sons of the Valdese policemai now in the armed forces. Anothe brother is in the navy, one in tb army, and one in the marine corpg Their brother-in-law is in the navj LEGION MEETING There will be a meeting of th Watauga Post American. Legion am Auxiliary on Friday evening of thi weeV at 7:30 at the Legion hut. tfATAl idependent Weekly A BOONE, W. Survived Transport Lighl heariod and siill ready sessions and ships, survivors of tl ? submarines off Fedala. Fr^nr-i* 5 the town en route to llie raiiroa 15 miles south. One rnan.#second i KFDDIES XMAS ; PARTY SUNDAY r Appalachian Theatre Host t Underprivileged Children Next Sunday Afternoon The Appalachian Theatre witl the co-operation of the Woman' 1 Club and the Lions Club, will en I tcrtain the underprivileged chiJdrei ol the community at a Christma t party at the theatre next Sunday aft . ernoon at 2 o'clock. Toys gat herd 1 at a recent toy matinee, and repair , ed by the Boone Fire Department together with confections secured b; ( public contribution will be given th children attending. 4 There will be no movies at th s party, but an appropriate and high !y entertaining Christmas prograr ? is being arranged. Additional toy ^ .could be used, says Manager Nor man. and all those who wish t r supply them?either, new. used o broken?are asked to have them a the theatre or at the city hall n . later than Saturday night. Also it is pointed out today, tha if the party is to take care of th . needy children adequately, som I cash contributions a r e needec , Those who are willing to make [ contribution, and thus share thei . Christmas joy with the destitut children, are asked to do so prompt . ly, leaving their contribution at Th Democrat office or at fho tVmntr , box office. t 7- 7 Three Students injured In Sleigh Acciden j Blowing Rook. Dec. 12-?Three c the pupils of the Blowing Roc - school were painfully but not trer - ously injured when the sleigh n . wltieh they were riding hurtle r through a barbed-wire fence Tues day. The most painfully injure " was Howard Oragg of Coffey's Gat who was cut about the face an ? head. Tito others at: Billy Greer.t 1 and Victor Blue of Blowing Rook. t U. S. PLANES BLAST JAP i FORCES IN NEW GUINEi Somewhere in New Guinea, De< > 15.?American sharpshooters strap ped in the trees in Japanese fashio 1 poured a deadly fire into the Bun 1 mission area tuday, after takin - Buna village in a fierce hand-tc [ hand fight, while to their rear the and Australian allies kept a war eye for an enemy force of undetei mined size which landed and oper ed a new sector. ? 'Plto npvr priPmv lanrlino nrne in the Cape Ward Hunt area, 4 j miles northwest of Buna on tb . northeast shore of New Guinea, dt f spite a sizzling 'merry go round" a t tack by Flying Fortresses, Havoc . Airacobras and Beaufighters whic I. smashed Japanese landing boats ,le: _ Japanese dead draped over the sidt of biirges and scattered on th t beaches, and wrecked supply rafts. f HOME NURSING CERTIFICATE! Following is a list of those receh e ing certificates in Red Cross hon' 3 nursing, taught by Mrs. Virginia.! r Jones, county nurse: B Mrs. B. W. Staliings, Mrs. S. S Ayers, Mrs. Beulah Coieman, Mr ' Robert Busteed. Mrs. W. A. lrvi Mrs. W. M. Grubbs, Mis. A. 1 Smith. Mrs. Owen C. Wilson, Mi e John T. Howell, Mrs. Inez Feather i Miss Ella Austin. Miss Myrtle Brai s don. Mrs, Guy Hunt, Mrs. J. C. C: nipe. Miss Clyde Goodman. UGA Jews paper -E sta blishei ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA Sinking Off Morocco for action, despite loss of their posiroo TT C 1- ? ..--V w. w. ib bunK uy enemy arocco, in November, march through d slaiion for removal to Casablanca, row right, still wears his life jacket. Stores Open Nights J After Saturday; Two Christmas Holidays The stores of the town will be open evenings until nine o'clock starling next Saturday, according to word from John Conway, metI, chants association president, in an effort to provide every possible convenience for out - of - town Christmas shoppers, t At the same time it is pointed s out that the retailers and others wiil close on Christmas day and ' the Saturday following for holiday observance. County offices will observe the lwo-day closing C period. e I COMMISSIONERS - FILL OTHER POST!; 0 r t Ivey B. Wilson Named Tax Supervisor; Paul A Coffey t County Accountant ej el Ivcy B. Wilson of Zionville, haf |, been named county tax supervisoi by the new board of county comr missioners, succeeding C. D. McNeil e while Paul A. Coffey of Boone, ha: been appointed county auditor. H< o succeeds C. Gordon Taylor, resign e ed. W. C. Greene, chairman of th< board of county commissioners, anc Mr. Wilson went to Chapel Hil this (Wednesday) morning to at J;; tend a school for tax assessors, con | ducted under the auspices of thi if | Institute of Government. k 1 " " i-1 Grace Lutheran To Present Pageanl dl " i A pageant-pantomime, '"A Littlt Child Shall Lead Tncm," w i 1 >, be presented by lite junior and in d lermediate Sunday school, assistec , by the adult choir, in Grace Luth eran church, Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p. m. ; The beautiful Christmas story wil ^ be portrayed by small children bringing to mind the prophecy' o: Isaiah: "A little child shall leac " thern." I " Valle Crucis Church 1 y y Valle Crucis, Dec. 13.?Member of the Episcopal church of the Hob Cross at Valle Crucis in Wataug: e county are celebrating this montl 4 the 100th anniversary of the sendin; f of the first missionary of the; de nomination to this area. On Sunday, the annual roll cal service' will be held at the church Every member is asked to be pres ent to answer to his name as it i ?s read from the church's roll, ti lC pledge his financial support for thi coming year, and to vote for mem ? bers of the mission committee whos> s duly it is to assist the priest-in r- charge in the operation of this rura le parish. 3. Leach in Charge The priest-in-charge is the Rev il. W. C. Leach. s. In December, 1842, the' Rt. Rev n, Levi S. Ives, then bishop of Nort] 3. Carolina, sent the Rev. Henry Prou s. to the Valle Crucis section as s, missionary. From the time of hi i- arrivrl. the work flourished an a-1 soon a school was established her j to prepare men for the ministrj DEM< i in ihe Year Eighteen j ROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMB PwomenaFwar7" group gathers here saturday Reports Indicate Organization 4.C00 Short of Goal: Program For Future Activities is Outlined at Meeting The chairmen of the war savings staff met ill the REA office last Saturday afternoon, and reports were received indicating that the group is j about $4,000 short of the quota se t ! for this county by the treasury department. as the local share of war expenses for the month of November. "We will all have to find some ay,' says Mrs J. W. A. Davis. I chairman, "to make a little more efI lort in buying war stamps and j bonds. No criticism is intended, as j wc feel that all co-operated to the i fullest extent, but all must keep in ! mind the dire need of our govern-j j ment, and invest in stamps and i ! bonds?not only for cur own future, i . i but for the present?NOW, to sup-! | ply our boys who are offering their I j lives. i "It was decided by the committee j to concentrate on bond and stamp ! sales on some special day each week, ] especially in the schools. Most j schools have been doing this right i along, and the plan is practical. This does not mean that stamps are available on special days?they can be bought any day. "Some of the communities plan "special bond and stamp parties or other events. There is a r.ecd for chairmen to meet frequently. The second Saturday at 2 o'clock in the REA office was elected as the time and place. It is hoped by your county chairman that all chairmen will be present with their reports on that. day. I.isten to the talks and announcements each week, Wednesday and Thursday at 5:15, over the Bconc radio station. The speakers will be from all sections of the country and worth the time it will ! take to listen. . "The committee wishes to ex' press its thanks to Mr. Walker, all the teachers, and Mr. Eggers for . their splendid co-operation. "Orders for stamp corsages in any amount from 75 cents up, also for stamp brides' bouquets will be filled Mrs. M. R. Maddux or Mrs. J. W. A. ; promptly. For these contact Mrs. L. Davis, also for posters or other infnnntittftn " 5 WORKERS WANTED , The following are some of the job . openings listed with the United States employment service. For fur; ther information call at the courtj house in Boone on Fridays. Hours 1 10 to 1: Stenographer, typist, break baker, . machinist, engine lathe operator, inE | spector (machine shop), aircraft sheet metal worker, arc welder, lead burner." electrical assembler, linemen, automobile body repairmen, machinist trainees, stationary j. boiler fireman, construction laborers. MRS. MARTHA L. HEHDHIX ; Mrs. Martha Liliie Hendrix, ageai 1 ?2 year... died at the home in the - f.axon neighborhood Monday from I a iong illness. Funeral services - were conducted from the Pilot , Mountain church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Ed Blackburn. Burial 1 was in the family cemetery, Reins, Sturdivant Funeral Home being in E; charge of the arrangements. I j The only survivor immediately is [ the husband, Joseph R. Hendrix. rs Observing of Mission Enterprise s Holy Crass Episcopal church sent priests and students to many places j to carry religious education to thei people of the mountains who had 1 been described by Bishop Ives as "an | * interesting population in great spir-j - itual destitution." Work Renewed in 1892 1 With the death of the Rev. Wil-i i. liarr. W. Skiles in 1862, the work of | - the church here lapsed until 1892, | s when Bishop Cheshire started the 0 work anew. Under the direction of e the Rt. Rev. Junius Horner, Valle - Crucis school was re-established as a e mission school for mountain people. - This work continued until the com! ing of good roads and consolidated I schools, at which time the school was converted into a boarding school for girls preparing for college. This ] year Valle Crucis school closed its doors for the duration of the war. h The work of the school always it was secondary to the work of the a church. This hundredth year finds s Holy Cross still ministering to a 1 population many of whosq forebears e, were the first members of the Episr. j copal church in Valle Crucis. ' - 3CRA H undred and Eig^MTUESDAY? ALL RECORDSD Democrat To Issue Monday Afternoon Pursuant io usual custom. The Democrat will come from ihe press Christmas week on Memday rather than on Wednesday afternoon, so that the shop may be closed for the holidays. Since ihe newspaper office has been open every week-day in the year, i regardless of holidays, it is fell that this respite from our usual labors is justified. The advertising columns in ihe Monday edilion will feature j Christmas greeting ads for the most part, and it might be point- 1 ed out that this is a most inex W v w au\4 caicvmvc wajf UI saying "Merry Christinas." These ads may be ordered by phone, 1 and if desired cuis and greeting lines will be supplied without cost. All advertisements, news 1 matter, etc., should be in the of- j fice by Saturday evening to insure insertion in the Monday edi- i tion. J Sale of Christmas Seals Reaches Sum Of $580 in County | The sale of Christmas tuberculosis seals in the county has reacnod the total of $580.70, the largest single contribution to be reported thus far being front Mrs. J. F. Cannon of Blowing Rock and Palm Beach, Fla., who sends in a check for $50 The names of recent contributors follow, the amounts being for $1.00, except iu cases where indicated otherwise. Boone Mrs. Esther Boone, H. S. Web- j slcr, Mrs. Floy Mast, ,lohr. T, flow-I ell, Gordon Winkler, Mrs, Gordon! Winkler, Miss Bessie Hudson, S. E. Eggers, Wayne Caudill 50c, Miss Florence W. Dudley, Dr. William Allen, Mrs. Roy Kepler, Miss Boldin, Dennis Tqwnsend, Mrs. J. C. Cook, Dr. and Mrs. W. M Mathescm $4, B. K. Osborne, S. B. Greene, D. J. Cottrel), D. E. Benfield, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Council! $2, Guy Hunt, W. M. Grubbs, A. E. South, Bare's Fair Store. S2. J. L. Quails, Dr. .1. B. Hagaman. Ralph Winkler, Mrs. D. D. Dougherty, Edgar Brown. E. M. Cook, Dr. D. J. Whitener, Coker Tripled, David P. Lavietes S10, Dr. | J. D. Rankin, Mrs. Kenneth Iversch, j Mack Lutlrell, Miss Maxine Pepper, j Mrs. Catherine Morris Clark, Mrs. j A. E. Hamby, E. Ford King, Miss Louise Moore, Dr. W. A. Abrams $2, Dill Miller, Wade E. Brown. Greene linn, Miss Mela Swain Liles. Miss June Lee Russell, Farmers Hardware Supply Co. $3, Miss Vida Teague. Boone Routs 2 Grady McNeil. Clark Miller 30c, Mrs. Wiimctfa Morris. Mrs. Lucy H Storie. Valle Crucis Mr. and Mrs. Duke Tester, Mr. I and Mrs. John Horton, Mr. and: Roscoe Caudill, Mr. and Mi's. T. C. Baird. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Tester, Mr. and Mrs. llayden Fox, Mrs. D.! F. Horton, Valle Crueis school $2.31 ior bangles. Cove Creek Miss Alice Bingham. Miss Josephine Bradley, Bun Hodges 10c, C. F. Thompson, Tom Lowrance, Mrs. Itoby T. Greer, Miss Alice Mast, Mrs. Mary Lee Glenn, D. T. Brown. Blowing Rock Mr. and Mrs. Brycc Beard $2. Mi's. L. J. Benfield, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cannon 30c, Mr. and Mrs. M. L Cannon $2. Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank I Hamrick, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holli-1 field 50c. Rev. and Mrs. Walter K.! Keys, Mr. and Mrs S. A. Razook, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Tate, Mr. and i Mrs. L. D. Tester, Mr. and Mrs. John Ford. SOVIET THRUSTS SLOWED BY NAZI COUNTER DRIVES Moscow. Dec. 16?The Russians announced the capture of two more populated places west of Rzhev on the frozen central front yesterday, but the midnight communique made it apparent that steady Nazi counterattacks still were slowing the Red army both there and on the two wings of the Stalingrad sector. More than 1,000 Germans wfere declared killed and 40 tanks and 10 planes destroyed, but. no significant changes in the . general situation in Russia was reported. Waves of Nazi infantrymen supported by tanks were meeting nearly every Russian thrust. irt&kV.v'v'-J:V i3Sr?:.~ Eight 51.50 A YEAR fSALESBREflS IN LOCAL MART Day's Sales Run Near 300,000, as Million Pound Mark Is Safely Passed Sales Close Tuesday For Holiday Season Total Sales Now 1,151,538 Lbs.; Tuesdays Average is 541.89: Tobacco Continues to Pour In; Floors to Be Cleared, However. in Wednesday's Sale All records were broken on the floors of the Mountain Burley warehouses in Boone on Tuesday, both as to volume of sales and price average, when 291.566 pounds of weed was auctioned for $122,135.23, or an average ol $41.89, bringing the total sales of the season up to Tuesday night to 1.151,538 pounds, the money paid to $467,230.67, which, is far ahead of any turnover at this stage of the selling during the history of the local houses. It is definitely stated that pre-Christmas sales this year will far outstrip the entire season's poundage for 1941. Laborers working throughout the night are able to keep the sold tobacco out of the way, and the arriving weed placed on the floors, and no delay in selling has been reported. Tuesday morning both warehouses were filled, the driveways crowded, and the string of burley-laden trucks extended into the main street 'of the town. Selling proceeded rapidly, however, and there was no intrruption in the unloading of the vehicles. The floors are again full of tobacco for Wednesday's sale, but Mr. Coleman states that they will be cleared during the day, making space for all comers. To Close Tuesday The rush at the local market is expected to keep up right up to thp last, liaslrpt ?r*lH novt Tunc day, the sale on that day marking the close of auctions for the Christmas season. Sales will be i resumed on January 4. Mr. !Coleman said. A check-up of the figures re[ veals that on opening day, Wedj nesday of last week. 218,404 pounds were sold for $91,.'165.08, I or an average of $41.88. i Thursday, 194.946 pounds brought $80,901.53. or an average of $41.50. Friday sales were 204.622, receipts S81,S48.S0. Average $40.19. Monday brought sales of 242,000; $91,000 changed hands, the average being S40.19. Parole Is Granted To Rufe Lewis Friday Ku to Lewis, who was sentenced ill Watauga county superior court in April, 1934, to 30 years for second degree murder, was one of the 10 prisoners paroled by Governor Broughton last Friday. Lewis was convicted of the slay ing of Hill Hagaman, who was at that time chief of police of Boone, in an altercation at a filling station in tov/n. I Squirrel Season Is | Closed In This County j Walter Edmisten. county game warden, calls attention to the fact i that the open season on gray squir| rels closed on Tuesday of this week. I Squirrels were fairly plentiful this j season, and Warden Edmisten takes | occasion to thank the sportsmen and the farmers for their co-operation during the open days. HOME FOR HOLIDAYS ' The following students at Mars Hill college from Watauga county have returned home to spend the holidays with their parents from December 18 to January 5: Ned P. Austin ol" Shnlls Mills; Margaret Ellen Miller of Blowing Rock, and Jodie Farthing of Sugar Grove. ?
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