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VOLUME LV-NUMBER 28.
NINETY WATAUGA
MEN IN CURRENT
DRAFT QUOTA
County's Largest Contingent O
Military Manpower to Leav<
Soon; Married Men arc Inclu
ded Tor The First Tinte In
January Quota.
Ninety Watauga county men an
to be sent to an induction center o
the United States army at anearlj
date, to fill Watauga county's Jan
uary quota of manpower for the wai
effort, under the terms of the selec
tive service act. it was revealed 01
Tuesday at the office of the loca
Board.
For the first time since the draf
law came' into operation, the cur
rent list of men contains the name:
of a number of married persons, thu:
indicating that the supply of eligibli
single men is nearing exhaustion
with the exception of the recently
registered 18 year group, classificat
ion of whom has not been complct
ed.
The names of those currently not
ified to report for induction, are:
William Emest Harmon
Tommie Franklin Osborne
Boyd Frank Mains
Russell Luther Greene
Jdhn Benjamin Ward
Lionel Harmon
Robert Samuel Perry
Jacob Baldwin Williams
Frank John Miller
John Stanley Houck
Challie Roosevelt Nichols
Linzy Washington Hicks
Coy Hartley
Edward Franklin Baird
Wane David Shook
Hal Ronal Storic
Councill Crowell Cooke
Alfred Connor GreeneGrady
Isaacs Norris
Burl Richard Watson
Estel Ray Wilson
Robert Doughton Lewis
Robert Gray ShipleyDavid
Thomas James
Robert Dale Miller
David Franklin Taylor
Richard Grant Campbell
Clyde Hodges
Linville Earl Presnell
James Kcrmit Main
James Brag Atwood
Willard Edward Greene
Bill Millsaps
Walter Denver Norris
Raines Ernest Davenport
Stacy Ford Taylor
William Riley Potter.
Kenneth Clyde Watson
Lewis Albert Baird
Elbert Miller
Douglas Janny Glovier
Dennis Sanders Shore
(Continued on page four.)
ASSEMBLY MAY END
WORK IN 50 DAYS
A prediction that the 1943 genera
assembly convening at noon todaj
(Wednesday) would complete it!
work within 50 days was made bj
Lieutenant Governor R. L. Harri:
as democratic members of the leg
islature held their biennial caucus.
With house and senate democrat:
meeting in their respective cham
tiers. Representative John H. Kerr
Jr., of Warren county, son of th<
second district congressman, wai
nominated for speaker of the house
and Senator J. Hampton Price, o!
Rockingham was nominated for pres
ident pro tern of the senate.
Republicans, with only 12 mem
bers in the House and two in th(
senate, followed a custom that thej
have observed since 1929 and di<
not hold a caucus.
Price was nominated by Senate:
L. Y. Ballentine of Wake at the sen
ate caucus, in which every nomina
tion was approved unanimously
Lieut.-Gov. Harris made his short
term prediction at the senate meet
ing, rising to speak at the invita
tion of Senator W. G. Clark of Edge
combe, who was chairman of thi
caucus.
Employment Office
Solicits Workeri
Following are some of the job op
enings listed with the United State
Employment Service. For further in
formation call at the court house h
Boone on Fridays between the hour
of 10 a. m. and 1 p. m.:
Painters, carpenters, carpenter:
helpers, dough mixer, baker, organ
ic chemist, mechanical engineeei
tool draftsman, internment man, tj
pist, sheet metal worker, floo
molder, boilermaker, arc welder, leai
burner, lineman, machinist trainee:
spot welder, acetylene burner oper
ator, aircraft riveter trainees, rod
\j man (surveying), construction labor
er.
VATAl
idependent Weekly Ne
BOONE, WA'
j Army Lieutenant
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:i LIF.tIT JOHN T r-ONWAV i
JOHN CONWAY I
: GOES INTO ARMY
Belk Manager Gets Lieutenancy;
Bus Crewel I (o Manage
Bclk's In His Absence.
John J. Conway, manager ol the
Belk-Wtiite store in Boone, since its!
establishment seven years ago, has|
been commissioned a first lieutenant
in the army, and left last Friday
for his post of duty at Princeton,
N. J. He was granted a leave of
absence from his duties with the
Belk organization ! for the duration
of the war, and during his absence
the local store will bo managed by
L H. (Bus) Crow ell.
Mrs. Conway, who is bookkeeper
for the Belk-White stores, and small
son, will remain here for the time
being, but will join Mr. Conway
soon. Mrs. Conway's succes or in the
store office has not been named.
Mr. ,Cajiwgy came .to Boone in
1935, when the Belk-White Go., first
established their Store here, and has
since become one of the leaders in
the business and civic life of the
community. Under his management,
the business of the Belk store has
grown until enlargement of the phyical
properties was necessary three
times. He was president of the Retail
Merchants Association, a director
in the Chamber of Commerce, memKnn
/\f tl??\ -J?1? ? ? * ? A 1 * *
uw ui iuu me ucpailllicill, iillQ IOOK
a prominent part in parctically every
line of community endeavor. He
is a member of the Boone Baptist
Church, acted as usher and more
recently has been teacher of a class
of 16 boys in the Sunday School.
In addition to being manager of
the Belk store in Boone, Mr. Conway
was Secretary-Treasurer of the BelkWhite
chain, which formerly main
tained its business offices in Green,
villc, S. C.
' Mr. Crowell, who succeeds Mr.
Conway, has been a member of the
1 Belk organization for 6 years, and
r his promotion bears testimony to the
5 regard in which he is held by his
r employers. He has been in charge
> of the man's department at the local
- store, and is one of the community's
most industrious and popular young
> men.
; Preachers Endorse
, Dry Organization
The preachers of the Three Forks
Association in session in their reg~
ular monthly conference on Monday
' January 4th, passed the following
j resolutions:
Resolved: First that we endorse
r wholeheartedly the set-up of the recent
dry organization of which Mrs.
Mollie Adams is the president, and
that wo oiirn it nnr
I ? ?v >> V. J^IVV. Al> UU1 J u l> tlliv*
J prayers,
And, second, that we assure the
newly-elected officers of Watauga
. county, who have the matter of law
, enforcement in their hands, of our
full and prayerful support in thenefforts
to enforce the law on liquor
and all other matters.
N. M. GREENE, Chairman.
> RED CROSS TO
NAME OFFICERS
s
The Watauga Chapter, American
i Bed Cross, will hold a meeting at
s the county office building next Mon|day
evening at 7:30, for the purpose
[' of naming officers of the organiza-1
tion.
, j All members, that is, those who
1 contributed a dollar or more in the
r' last Red Cross membership eam1
paign, are asked to attend and take
!, part in the meeting.
Chile has denied a rumor it will
- use copper instead of wire nails in
government buildings.
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'Wspaper-Establishec
rAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAI
MAD DOC DANGER
YET EXISTS; HORSE
VICTIM OF RABIES
Animal Worth SX75 Slain Saturday;
Health Department Says
Dog Quarantine Is Partially
Successful: Loose Dogs Should
Be Reported to Officials.
The mad dog situation in Boone
and environs, still constitutes a
threat to the public safety, and GeoA.
Wilson of this city on Saturday
shot a horse worth S175. after a licensed
veterinarian had pronounced
the animal hopelessly rabid. Three
other horses and six head of cattle,
the property of Mr. Wilson and Jas.
H. Councill were equally exposed to
the disease, it was stated.
Mr. Wilson, who incidentally took
a course of the anti-rabies serum, in
1927, together with a three-year old
son. is quite naturally disturbed over
the situation, and joins with, the
health authorities, in an appeal-for
a fight on the part of every citizen
against the stray dogs and cats which
are not only bringing the destruction
of valuable livestock, but which constitute
a threat to the welfare of every
person in the community.
Dr. Robert R. King, of the district
health department, today again calls
attention to the quaranine on cats
and dogs in Boone township, and
states that until the quaranine is
lifted, loose dogs and cats should
be promptly reported to the Mayor's
office, or to the Sheriff.
The quarantine, say health officials,
is only partially effective. On
the main street of the town, it is
noted, that less dogs are being seen,
but in the western section of the
cify. along the eastern edges, and in
the colored district, no improvement
has been noted.
Health autho' ities insist that the
people take heed of the danger which
is now present from rabies, "fhey
state that during cold weather the
disease lies dormant to a great extent.
It follows that the more dogs
tnat arc killed this winter, the less
will be the danger, when the real
mad dog season arrives with the
coming of warm weather in the
spring.
COLLEGIANS BACK
ON LOCAL CAMPUS
Appalachian College Resumes
Work; City and County
Schools Re-Opened.
Appalachian College students arc
now back on the campus from their
Christmas vacations, and regular
classroom work was resumed Tuesday.
Their return to the college was
purposely delayed, in an effort to
aid in the relief of the holiday congestion
on the bus lines.
The Appalachian High School and
Demonstration school re-opened on
Monday. The other high schools and
elementary schools of the county
were scheduled to open at the same
time.
War Stamp Chairmen
To Meet On Saturday
The regular monthly meeting of
the various community chairmen of
the war stamD and hnnH mmnainn
in Watauga county will be held at
the offices of the R. E. A. in Boone
on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
says a statement from Mrs. J. W. A.
Davis, general chairman of the effort.
Mrs. Davis states that Watauga
county's (i iota for the month of January
has been established at $22,320.25,
and for the whole state at
eleven million dollars, and so everyone
is urged to buy every stamp
and bond possible, thus contributing
to the success of the local campaign
and hasening the day of victory.
The approximate amount of stamp
sales at the Boone postoffice has
been around $1,200 per month. The
reports from Blowing Rock and five
other postoffices have not been received.
Mrs. Davis expresses appreciation
to all chairmen for their fine cooperation
and asked for even greater
efforts in the future.
Junior Order Meeting
To Be Held January 18
A regular meeting of the Daniel
Boone Chapter, Junior Order, United
American Mechanics, will be held in
the Junior Hall, January 18 at 7:3C
p. m. The principal business of this
sesion will be the installation of the
_ recently-elected officers.
DEM<
I in the Year Eighteen t
IOLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY
Cleanup, After Cleani
This soundphoto shows an al
the gun of a U. S. built Gener
the village of Mejez-El-Bab in '
were shelled ar.d forced to ret
area west of Tunis. Casualties v
and several prisoners were cap
SEAL SALE GKOUP
TO HOLD MEETING |j
Complete Report Of Receipts to
Be Available Soon; $808
Is Present Total.
^ There will be a meeting of the
organization leaders for the sale of
tuberculosis Christmas seals this
(Wednesday) afternoon, at which
time complete reports 011 the prog-1
ress of the campaign will be received
and tabulated.
Mrs. Russell D. Hodges, treasurer
of the seal sale fund, stated Tuesday
evening, that while all the reports
were not in, her records then indicated
receipts of $808.46, considerably
more than twice as much money as
was ever received in Watauga previously
for this work.
Below are the names of a few;
recent contributors. Where no am- I
ount appears the contribution is for I
$1.00 in each instance:
Blowing Rock ',
Clyde Dula $1.00, Mrs. R. L.
Greene. .55. j
Boone R. F. D. 2
Mrs. Ruby S. Michael. Miss Edith
Walker, Ed F. Jones .87. Mrs. Norma
Carroll.
I
Federal Aid to Education
To Be Topic at Forum
Club Meeting Tuesday
i
Three local educators, Dr. H. B. '
Heflin, Dr. Wiley Smith and Dr. D. '
J. Whitener will discuss the topic, !
"Federal Aid to Education", at the
Boone Public Forum next Tuesday
evening January 12, in the college
auditorium. <
This discussion, to be centered
around proposed legislation in Con- :
gress, should be of particular inter- j
est to the people of this community.
The public is invited to attend the j
meeting which will begin at 7:30 ,
p. m. ]
(
Local Solons Leave ,
For State Assembly ]
i
H. Grady Farthing, elected to \
serve Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany 1
counties in the State Senate, togeth- ,
er with Tom Jacksp'.i, elected to
the house of representatives from |
this county, went' to Raleigh Monday,
to be ready for the opening of '
the 1943 session of the Legislature,
today.
Both of the representatives predict ,
the shortest term of the Assembly
in many years, and few measures
nf lrw?a) nnnnnrn oro J -* ~ 1
.WUK Wiivv.iii an. vjApc\. ICU IU
come up for consideration.
U. S. Fifth Army to Take
Lead in African Battles
Indicating progress 111 the organization
of the huge allied force that
is bearing geared for the attack on
! Tunis and Bizcrte, allied headquarters
in north Africa announced on
Tuesday that the United States fifth
; army had been activated, and Lieut.
; General Mark W. Clark placed in
command of the new force.
General Clark is the 46-year-old
hero of the secret agent thriller who
visited North Africa by submarine
three weeks before the allied landings
and held a secret rendezvous
with French officers.
1 Presumably the announcement
I means that a large United States
i' army of several divisions has been
1 organized through its various ranks
i and is ready to take its place alongi
J side the British first army of Lieut. |
J Gen. K. A. N. Anderson in Tunisia.
3CRA
1 undred an, Eighty-t
=TBr'
7, 1943.
1
i
ipOn Tunisiai\Road \
tn
mkt?tct* x v
r Or, T
if
lied tank soldier cleaning up ^
al Lee tank, after capture of i
Tunisia. German detachments t
ire from a farm in" the same f
/ere inflicted on the Germans
tured. ^
r
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Some Dogs, Cats Yet |
j Loose, Says Dr. King |p
11
"Some dogs and cats are still at J j'
large in the township and City ot j | "
Boone." states Dr. Robert R. King | fv
District Health Officer, who continues:
"These animals are only
allowed to be out of confinement
if and when on leash or under 11
control of their owner. Otherwise J5
they are subject to the law.
"The fact of a previous or rec- e
ent vaccination for rabies does not 1
grant any privileges to the ani- a
mal during a quarantine. Vaccina- ^
ted animals are potentially dangerous
as the vaccine does not
give 100% immunity, nor does it
protect until several weeks have s
passed.
"Due notice will be given when
the quarantine is lifted and until V
that lime report loose animals to
| the Sheriff's office or to the Mayor's
office."
BlIRLEYSALliS S
START MONDAY<
ti
Jpening Of Boone's Ppsl-Holi- e
day Sales Delayed For
a.
One Week. 1,
d
Sales of burley tobacco on the
'loors of the Mountain Burley Ware- y
houses, ntere will be resumed for the F
2nd of the season next Monday, January
11, rather than on the 4th, as r
had previously been announced. v
The United States Department of It
Agriculture gave news of the chang- 3
id date last Thursday, the announce- n
ment stating that government inspection
would be resumed on the
llth. 2
The opening time for the burley
market was delayed for the one ^
.veek, it was stated, because of deay
in allocating the short burley v
irop among manufacturers.
The local markets expect a good j
rusiness for the remainder of the
season and quite a bit of the weed
;s now on the local floors. The market's
average of $41.27 for the enure
season should induce many of
the growers to market the remainJer
of their crop here.
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DIXON MORETZ SUCCUMBS d
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS ^
Millard Dixon Moretz,65 years old, P
well-known farmer of Boone, R. F.
D. 2, died at the Baptist Hospital, at v
Winston- Salem on December 30.
Mr. Moretz's death followed an ill- *
ness of several months. P
Funeral services were conducted s
from the Three Forks Baptist church
last Friday and burial was in the d
cemetery in that neighborhood. 0
SlirtnutitiO O VA fnur ** / *?*. r- J +?*r/-v G
(UV. AVU1 OUHO III1U fcWU |
daughters, all residents of Watauga!11
county: Willie. Raleigh. Walter, and 11
Jones Morctz; Mrs. Tom Brown, and F
Mrs. Simon Wheeler.
There are t ?^r bro'iVors an*1 tfc*"eg.l1
sisters: Lloyd, Rudolph, Vance ana |1
Henry Moretz; Mrs. Fannie Hodges,'11
Mrs. Nealia Coffey and Mrs. Ida '
Bumgarner. n
Mr. Moretz was a son of Mrs. Epsie
Moretz, and the late Jerome Mor- *
etz, and had lived in Watauga eoun-,e
ty all his life. He was a member of c
the Three Forks Baptist church and c
active in the religious life of his a
neighborhood. He was a splendid citizen
and a kind and generous neighbor.
t
Women will make up 30 per cent 1
of the labor force in war industries 1
this year, it is estimated.
light
$1.50 A YEAR
il). BROWN TAKES
OVER DUTIES AS
CITY POSTMASTER Inn
of Late John E. Brown Succeeds
Wiley G. Ilartzog As Local
Postmaster. Transfer Of
Office Takes Place Thursday
Evening of Last Week.
J. Edgar Brown. Jr.. clerk in the
ical postoffice. was elevated to the
ostmasteiship last Thursday cvenig,
for a life time tenure, under the
resent pjstal laws.
Transfer of the affairs of the ofice
from Mr. Wiley G. Hartzog, who
lad held the position for eight and
half years, to Mr. Brown was afected
by Postal Inspector, K. W.
Vilson of Asheville, with the checkng
of the final accounts of the reiring
postmaster to the incoming oficial.
Mr. Brown is a son of the late
ohn E. and Mrs. Bessie Brown, his
ather incidentally having been postnaster
in Boone during the latter
lays of President Wilson's adminisration.
For six and one-half years
c lias been employed by the local
'OStoffiCO. Hf? Wag fnrmorltr nllir
... 'J -.nj **;vsr
carrier, but more recently has
eon a clerk in the office. Prior to
is entering the postal service, he
,as employed by the New River
ight & Power Company.
Mr. Brown received the postmasi
ship through the recommendaon
of Congressman R. L. Doughton.
nd the appointment was approved
y Postmaster General Frank Walkr.
President Roosevelt nominated
im for the position several weeks
go, and the appointment, which
fas transmitted to the United States
enate by Senator Bailey, of the
ostoffice committee, was confirmed
y that body early in December,
hortly following which the Presiential
commission was issued.
Vhims of Mountain
Weather Recorded
By Boone Resident
Mr. W. H. Smith of Boone, has a
abit of recording the variations in
he weather in this vicinity, and
le following review of the weather
uring 1942 is interesting:
The low temperature average for
IP VM1' wnc 41 't rlnrtroow I""1
._ . *11511. avrage,
60.8 degrees.
During the months of June, July
nd August, the tourist season, the
JW average temperature was 63.6
egrees; high average 74.1 degrees.
Temperatures of zero or below
fere experienced on January 8, 11,
'ebruary 10, and December 14.
Snows occurred on January 9, Febuary
13, March 4, November 1, Noember
10. A blizzard raged on
londay and Tuesday March 2nd and
rd, with the heaviest snowfall in
lany years.
Late freezes, April 20 and 21st.
First killing frosts, September 28,
9, and 30th.
There was rain on 87 days of the
ear.
A total eclipse of the moon was
isible on August 25-26th.
Deductions Begin
Under New Victory
Tax Payment Plan
Local employers as well as all
lose throughout the land, began deuctions
from employees' wages uner
the new victory tax plan as of
ist Friday. Instructions to aL emloyers,
coming from the Treasury
lepartment, were received last
reek.
Starting January 1, this special
ax is withheld from each salary
layment, just as in the case of social
ifcjr .
A straight 5 per cent is being deluded
from al] wages and salaries
ver $12.00 weekly. This tax is seprate
and in addition to the regular
ncome tax and will remain in force
or the duration. According to the
irovisions of the tax, at the end of
he war, each employee will be enitled
to a refund of a portion of
\.r vic.to tax. If employees arc
narrierl, 4!o per' cent of the tax will
>c returned and 25 per cent if not D
aarried.
Employees will get this amount at
he end of each year provided the
mployees spent at least that amount
if the credit on U. S. war bonds or
:ertain kinds of insurance premiums
ind personal debts.
12 WEEK-END ARRESTS
Deputy Sheriff Wiley Day reports
hat 12 were imprisoned over the
week end, for drunkenness, rather
nore than the average number of
week-end arrests.