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WHSM TT UNITED STATES W M WAR \/\ BONDS W I ANO W ? STAMPS *l|l' VOLUME LV?NUMBER 29. WARBOARDS HOLD DISTRICT MEETING HERE LAST WEEK Nino-Couuty Gathering Designed To Stimulate Agricultural Production For War Needs; Farmers Meet Production Goal During Year 1942. A district meeting of county war boards from nine counties was held .n Boone, last week, the object of the gathering being to inaugurate a program of ample proportions along agricultural lines to meet the demands of the global war in which the nation is engaged. F. R. Farnham, district agent and extension dairyman, opened the meeting and introduced D. D. Barber Jr., R. E. A. official and member of the state war board who presided at the meeting. The production of food and fiber for the countries occupied and being occupied by the united nations as well as for civilian needs in this country constituted the; topic for the meeting. Agricultural production, it was stated is the biggest job that now confronts any American industry, and in 1942 the farmer more than won his production goals. In 1942 North Carolina was asked to increase egg production 11%, or produce 65,000,00 dozen, This quota was exceeded by 5,000.000 dozen, in that we actually produced 70,000,000 dozen eggs. In 1943 we are asked to produce 79,000,01)0 dozen in North Carolina. The; means that egg production will be increased 14% over (Continued on page eight) i Brother of Mrs. Dave Mast Meets Death In Crash of Navy Plane George Thomas Blalock, aviation chief radioman. U. S. N., a brother of Mrs. Bave P. Mast of Sugar Grove was instantly killed north of Fentress. Va., when a navy plane piloted by Lieut-Commander John Richard Yoho crashed. The latter was also killed in the crash. Both men were it years of age. The plane was on routine flight operations, according to the public relations office at the Naval Operating base. Chief Radioman Blalock. a native of Chase City, Va., flying as a passenger, is survived by his wife. Mrs. Bernidt- F. Blalock; two children, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Blalock, of Union Level, Va. Also survived by one brother. If. G. Blalock of Baskervilie, Va.; two sisters, * Mrs. M. M. Neblett of Kenbridgc, Va., and Mrs. Dave P. Mast of Sugar Grove, N. C. Services were held for the two men Saturday afternoon at four o'clock at the Naval Base chapel in Norfolk, Va., and interment was at Arlington national cemetery. Wildlife Club To Fete Selectees at Breakfast The Watauga Wildlife Club, an organization composed of a number of hunters and fishermen in Boone and environs, will furnish breakfast to the men leaving Friday morning for military service, and whose names appeared m uus newspaper last week. The breakfast will be served at the Red Cross canteen, according to Paul A. Coffey, secretary of the club, and is to be prepared by the ladies of the community under the supervision of Miss Elizabeth Bridge borne demonstration agent. General Hodges Is Dead at Age. Of 69 General Hodges, well-known and esteemed citizen of Boone, R. F. D. 2, died at his home on December 12, after a period of failing health of several months. Mr. Hodges was nearly 69 years of age. Funeral services were conducted from the Popular Grove Baptist Church by the pastor Rev. R. C. Eggers and Rev. J. C. Canipe, on December 22, at 2 p. m. and interment was in the Gragg cemetery near Boone. ' Surviving is the widow, the former Miss Lula Adams, and one daughter, Mrs. S. E. Caudill of this city. Two children died in infancy. Several brothers and sisters also survive. Mr. Hodges was bom and reared in Watauga county. He was a deacon in his church. He was a farmer t and carpenter by occupation. He was a good neighbor, a kind husband and father, and in his death a great loss has been sustained, and sadness brought to a host of friends. /A.TA1 An Indep BOONE, W/ Watauga Members < Senator H. Grady Farthing, ai who received important comn ing days of the General Assen with home folks, returning to 1 Gets Wings ' *'- ? Morris Eggers. son of Mr. and Mrs S. C. Errors wlm r#x. ?OO * ceived his silver wings and a Lieutenant's Commission in the air force reserve at Williams Field, Chandler, Ariz, on January 2. DOG QUARANTINE EMBRACES COUNTY Health Department Extends Its Control Over Dogs, Cats; Another Mad Dog Slain The danger of rabies continues in Watauga county, and to furthei jcurb the spread of the disease Dr Robert R. Kingdf the District Healtl Department announced this mornins that the quarantine on dogs and cat: has been extended from Boom township to the entire county. Another dog was killed in tin Winkler's Creek section last week and examination of the head by th< state authorities revealed the pres ence of Rabies. Oleta, small daugli ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Auton anc lad by the name of Cuest, were bit ten by the anirrlal, and are takint treatments. Meantime Mr. George Wilson o Boone lost another fine horse fron rabies, and since the animal wn: stabled, there has been sneeulatini I as to whether the animal was bitter iby a rat. City officials and other interested are planning an inten sive rat campaign in the city. The town government has start ed out to get rid of the stray dog: in the community and the last threr days of the week twenty-one of thi animals were slain. Some oher. have been killed this week, and th< danger of rabies from this source i being rapidly checked. LJ. S. Airmen Active in Move Toward Tripoli Fighting French forces racini northward through the Libyan Sa hara have conquered all of Fezzai and are less than 290 miles fron Tripoli, while their fellow country men in Tunisia have captured ; startegic mounain pass, a Tuesda; communique said. In the air, American four-enginei bombers topped the continuing two way allied offensive against axi supply lines with a heavy dayligh raid Monday on shipping and har bor installations at Naples, Italy' second largest port and the man axis reinforcement base for Afric; Eliminating use of asbestos tex tiles in unnecessary products \vr save approximately 750,000 pound of these textiles for war purposes. ? LJGA >endent Weekly Newspap iTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAJ of General Assembly vj,^ >-- ?."&&'!&.?-^y>V id Representative Tom Jackson, littee assignments in the openably. They spent the week-end jtaleigh on Monday. SOLONS ARE GIVEN COMMITTEE POSTS ; Senator Farthing and Represcn[ tatrve Jackson Gel Important Assignments. Stale Senator If. Grady Farthing who is representing Watauga, Ashi and Alleghany counties in the up per branch of the state Legislature and Tom Jackson. Watauga county'' member of the house of representa tives, received unusually favorabli recognition in the matter of com mittee appointments. Senator Farthing was named as chairman of the committee on mili lary affairs by Lieutenant Govemoi R. L. Harris and was given the following additional committee assign ments: Appropriations, Agriculture, Bank: and currency, conservation and dev elopmenl, counties cities and towns distribution of Governor's message education, election laws, journal manufacturing labor and commerce penal institutions, propositions anc grievances, senate expenditures. Representative Jackson received . membership on the following coin mittees at the hands of speaker o] the house, John Kerr, Jr: Agriculture, appropriations, con gressional districts, drainage, educa tion, election laws, engrossed bills I welfare, x-eads. buildings a n i grounds. Sheriff Takes Still, Man, Monday Nigh 5 r Sheriff C. M. Watson, Deputy Wi - ley Day and Patrolman Miles Jone: i participated in a raid on a blockadi I whiskey distillery in Meat Camj 5 township Monday night. ? The distillery was in operatioi when the officers arrived on tin - scene, and Willard Greene, residen . of Meat Camp township was arrest - ed and charged with manufacturing - He gave bond of ?300 for his ap - pearance at the spring term of Wa II tauga Superior court. The distillery was being operate! ! under an uninhabited building abou a mile from the Hodgson store. Ni f liquor was taken in the raid but tin i 30 gallon outfit was destroyed, to 5 gether with a quantity of mash. i J Employment Office Ha; - Number Job Opening! Following are some of the job op 5 cnings listed with the United State - Employment Service. For further in - formation call at the courthouse ii s Boone on Fridays from 10 a. m. t - 1 p. m. orenograpner, lypist, bread bakei machinist, tool maker, floor moldei boilermakcr, arc welder, carpentei painter, tack welder (trainees accej , table), stationary boiler firemar i construction laborers. I GARMENTS FOR MEN IN SERVICE BADLY NEEDE1 1 i Those who- are knitting sweater - and helmets for the boys in servic a are requested to return these gar / ments as quickly as possible, to the; may be shipped to Red Cross head J quarters. The need for the garment - is urgent, and those who cannc s complete their work within a reas t onable length of time, should retur - it to the Red Cross sewing room, s a POINT, RATIONING L Point rationing, to balance buyin among similar articles, and prever runs on any of them, will begin cat II ly this year, with the issuance c s War Ration Book No. 2 to all civ ilians. DEM( ?er??Established in the Ye SOLLNA, THURSDAY. JAmJARY DETAILS BURLEY ! ALLOC ATION PL AN ARE REVEALED Department Of Agriculture Sets Up System to Allocate Short Crop. Of Burlcy Among the Manufacturers; Say Bidding Method Does Not Function. Washington. January 9.?The Ag- j riculture Department announced today a system of allocating purchases of 1942 crop hurley tobacco designed to provide orderly marketing conditions when auction markets re-: open Monday after their Christmas recess. Manufacturers will be permitted1 to acquire burley up to 90 per cent of their verage acquisition from the | crops of 1939-41. Purchases already: T-k " r% rsuriey f rices Break Records on Local Mart i One hundred and one thousand pounds of tobacco was sold on the Boone market Monday and Tues1 day in the opening sales of the New Year, and far out-distanced the season's average by bringing an average price of a little better than 44 cents. 50.900 pounds were on the floor (Wednesday morning and indications were that the record prices would continue for the rest of the '1 season, which will close no later than January 22. made front the 1942 crop will be , counted against allotments. Where . manufacturers did not make purchases during one or more of the . base years, they will average years they did operate . Dealers may purchase for their ^ own account 1942 hurley equal to their average for the three base years, 1939-41. . The allocation was ordered by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard yesterday because the customary bid(Contmiied on page eight) ; REV. MR CIJRRIE ;| HEADS RED CROSS [ Other Officers of Watauga Chapter Are Named; Committees Make Reports. Rev. M. H. Carrie of Boone was elected chairman of the Watauga Chapter, American Red Cross at the meeting held here Monday evening, f Rev. Mr. Currie succeeds Mrs. Eugene Garbee, who found it necessary to relinquish the post, which - she had filled in a most efficient and 3 commendable manner. ^ Other officers elected were: Mrs. 3 Eugene Garbee, vice-chairman; Mrs. Russel D. Hodges, secretary, and O. 1 J. Harmon, Treasurer. - The new committee chairmanships t are as follows: - Rev. J. C. Canipe. home service; Rev (Continued on page eight) Deep Gap Man Taken | In Custody in West Va. ^ Cecil Whit, resident of the Deep Gap section was placed in jail last week by Sheriff Watson on charges of inflicting knife wounds on the person of Wallace Greene, of the 5 same neighborhood in an altercation luring the early part of December. " the sheriff took the prisoner in cusody in Welch. W. Va. s Postmaster n J. Edgar Brown, Jr., who )? was recently commissioned by r. President Roosevelt as Postmaster at Boone. 3CR^ :ar 1 888. 14, 1943. Taken Bv Death wi ? 8F>3JSJ?$8:^ ., ag^ HgRB^HL LIEUT. JOHN J. CONWAY RESOURCES LOCAI BANK PASS MILLION DOLLARS ON DEC. 3i ! Deposits Of Northwestern Banl Here Likewise More Than 1 Million; Resources of North Western Bank System Nov In Excess of S9.000.000. Tin- resources of the Boone brand of the Northwestern Bank stood a an all-time high of $1,053,077.44 a of the close of business on Dccembe 31, representing a substantial in crease over a year ago when th resources stood at $795,211(73, say Mr. W. D. Farthing, Cashier. Mr. Farthing further states tha the deposits of the local bank ar now $1,044,213.50, as compared t 779,974.87 at the beginning of las year. The small difference in th amount of the deposits and total rc sources of the Boone branch, is du to the fact, says Mr. Farthing, tha I he capital, surplus, ana profits c the local institution is carried on th books of the home office at Nort Wilkes boro. In releasing the figures showin the growth of the bank Mr. Farthin takes occasion to thank the pcopl of this area for their fine coopers tion, and promises them a contip.ua lion of the very best service consis tent with sound banking practices. A condensed rcpori of tin: NorlV western system of banks is publisl ed in this newspaper today. Th bank operates branches in Spart; Jefferson, Boone. Bowing Roc! Burns ville. Spruce Pine, Valdes Bakorsville and Taylorsville, an maintains its home office in Nort Wilkesboro. The report of entii system lists resources as of Decor ber 31 of $9,073,108.55, representhan increase of $2,121,184.42 over tl June 30, 1942 total of $0,951,924.1 Deposits had a corresponding ii crease of $2,133,468, jumping froi $0,279,561.20 on June 30 to $8,413 029.20 on December 31. Harvest Festival Is Held On Saturda: Watauga county and schools i this district held their annual ha vest festival on the Appalachian Co lege campus last Saturday. Included or. the program wen girls' glee Club, gills' trios, girl double trios, girls' duets, boys' ar girls' solos, mixed chorus (Nathan Creek), men's quartet (Nathan Creek), mixed quartet (Nathan Creek), one-act play (Boone.) Appalachian High won the liigl cs honor given during die day, brii ing the gold cup home to add hi* uuiiccLiuii uj iropnies. iill1 ni| School's rating was 1.3. Individual ratings given wev Stanley South, bass solo-1; girls' tr 1, girls' glee cdub 2, Jean Wilso girl's soprano solo 2. These ratinj were not places, but perfect perfo mances were given ratings of 1 ar other degrees of perfection we: given honor ratings of 2, 3 or 4. Edw. Ward, Accused 0 Desertion, Caught Her Edward Ward, resident of tl Shulls Mills section, was arresh Saturday night by Deputy Sheri Wiley Day and State Patrolm; Miles Jones, on charges of desertii the army, from an Illinois camp. Army officers came to Boone < Monday and took over the custoc of the soldier. Four of 24 Buncombe county dt ries questioned about labor repot ed to farm agent C. Y. Tilson th they had been unable to find su Jficient help to continue operatior I lT ft =* i OA YEAR?5c A COPY JO p^ONWAYDlES ASlESlJLTOFFALL AT i ORT DIX, N. J. tn Manager Bulk's Store Here In Fatal Accident One Week After Entering Army As First Lieutenant: Funeral Servives At Lenoir Wednesday. John Conway, 36 years old, manager of Bulk's Store in this city, until he was given a leave of absence to join the army, succumbed at Fort Dix. N. J. Sunjday afternoon at 5 o'clock, from linjuries sustained in a fall just one week after he had assumed liis military duties as a First Lieutenant. Lieutenant Conway, who had just 1 been transferred from Princeton, N. J. to Fort Dix. where lie was to reJ ceive officers' training, was stand ^ ing on a low window ledge washing I a winodw in the officers' quarters, when ho fell, striking his chin presumably. against the side of the window. He fell only about five ({ feet it is said, receiving a fractured . spine, resulting in paralysis. Pcnunior.ia developed as a result of the - injury and was likely the direct r ause of death. He remained conscious until death came. Funeral services are to be conducted this (Wednesday) afternoon ut a the First Baptist church in Lenoir, t and burial will be in that city. A s targe number of Boone people are r exported to attend the rites. The business houses of Boone e closiHi their doors from 12:00 to 2 s on Wednesday, out of respect to the memory of Mr. Conway, it Mr Conway was a son of Mr. e Ivey Conway and the late Mrs. Cono way of Lenoir, and was reared in it Caldwell county. He eaine to Boone e in 1935, when the Bclk-White Co., - established their store here and has e been manager of the enterprise ever it since. Upon the death of Mr. Cy>f rus White, Mr. Conway was also e named secretary and treasurer for h the entire Belk-White chain of stores. Under his capable management the g Bclk store enjoyed an unusual g growth. So well was the establishe ment received that enlargement of i- the building was necessary a third - time. Lieutenant Conway, was president of the Retail Merchants Asso i- ciation, a director of the Chamber i- | of Commerce, a leader and Sundav e School teacher in the Baptist church, a. member of the locai fire department r, and a leading figure in practically e, every phase of worth-while commud nity activity. h Lieutenant Conway is survived by "e the widow, the former Miss Irene n- Spencer of Lenoir, one son, John ig Spencer Conway; the father, X. R. le Conway, Lenoir, and four sisters: 1. Mrs; J R. Rivers, Orangeburg, S. C.; t- Mrs. J. L. Smith and Mrs. R. C. Elm ler of Granite Falls, N. C.; and Mrs. J. C. Roberts. Lenoir. N. C. Citizens Favoring v\ Temperance Are J Asked to Meet Here r-. 1- Mrs. Mollie Adams, chairman of the United Dry Forces, urges all cite: izens of Watauga county favoring s' the cause of temeprance to meet in id the Baptist church in Boone next 's Monday, January 18, at 2:30 p. m. to .'s complete plans now under consideri's ation for carrying forward the cause of temperance, a- All those who are interested and a- willing to work for this cause, and to have not received a card from Mrs. !h Adams, are asked to communicate fi-l- l - wmi ner ai once, giving tneir name e: and address. Those living on rural io routes, should mention the communin. ty in which they live. All are urged gs by Mrs. Adams to attend the meetr ing, and bring others. She would id appreciate the meeting being ante nounced at the churches. , Local Basketeers Beat High Point Saturday e Appalachian College steam-rollerae ed High Point 64-31 in a basketball id game here last Saturday night, ff Appalachian led 30-19 at the hall in and was never threatened. The loig cals used their second and third stringers for the most part during >n the second half. iy AMERICAN LEGION TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING li- There will be a meeting of the t- American I-egion and Auxiliary at at the hut Friday January 15th, at 7:30 if- p. m. All ex-service men are urged u to come.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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