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VOLUME LV.?NO 41.
WATAUGA COUNTY
QUOTA BOND SALE
IS SET AT $53,900
Complete Organization Set Up
To Make Concerted Effort In
Sale Of War Bonds; Names Of
Township Leaders Are Given;
, Workers To Meet Saturday.
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Watauga county's quota in the
Victory loan campaign for April has
been set at $53,900, according to W.
D. Farthing, general chairman of the
-ampaign locally and a complete organization
has been set up with the
>dea of reaching the designated fig.1re
before the end of the month.
The leaders for the sale of the
bonds in the various townships of the
:ounty are as follows:
Boone, Mrs. J. A. W- Davis.
Blowing Rock, Mrs. H. C. Hayes.
Bald Mountain, Glenn Howell.
Blue Ridge, G. J. Keller
Beaver Dam, Dale C. Norris.
Cove Creek, Mrs. Marv Harris. ]
Elk. V. C. Cox.
Laurel. Creek. Ben W. Farthing.
Meat Camp No. 1, S. G. Tugman.
?deal Camp No. 2, Grady McNeil.
North Fork, Frank Main.
Shawneehaw, Clyde Tester. I
Stony Fork. A. G. Miller.
"Watauga, Mrs. Sarah G. Wagner.
A meeting of all workers in the
bond campaign, as well as any others
who would like to attend will be
held in the Boone High School au- s
ditorium Saturday night April 10th *
at 8:00. for the purpose of formulat- c
jng more definite plans for the war a
bond camnaiKn. <"
RED CROSS FUND <
KEEPS GROWING 1
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Laic Figures Indicate Collection t
Of $5,520.47; List Of The ,
f Late Contributors. I
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The Red Cross War Fund in Wa- v
lauga county has reached the sum of c
ending to a late tabula- 4
tion of returns by Clyde R. Greene, '
chairman of the war drive, who says ^
he beiieves the report is practically
complete. Any others however, who 1
have not reported their collections
should do so at once, so that check J
may be mailed to national headquar- r
icxs for its part of the offering.
In reporting the large number of >
contributors, it is quite possible that '
errors have crept in. Such errors
should be reported, so that, correction
may be made. c
Following are the names of the I
snore recent contribudtors: s
Tracy Neighborhood. a
I Mrs A. N. Thomas, worker. a
Mis A. N. Thomas 1.00, Irene Tho- ii
mas .50, Mae Belle Thomas .50, Bet- n
1y Thomas .25, Mrs. Jack Wallace
.50. Jimmy Wallace .10, Jack Wall- r
ace 1.00, Howard Thomas 2.00, Mr. d
and Mrs. J. M. May 1.00, Mrs. Has- n
sie May .so, Argus Wallace .50, Mis. i:
H. L. Walla .50, Mrs. Hellie Wal- c
lace .50, Mrs. Ocie Greer .25, Mr. arid e
Mrs. Mack Thomas 1.00, Sherman a
Thomas .50, C. R. Wilson 1.00, Rolf a
E Wilson 1.00, Mrs. Pauline Thorn- c
as 1.00. c
Perkinsville Neighborhood
v S. J. Barnes, worker. e
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bames 2.00, o
Mable Norris 1.00, Mrs. Minnie Cud- a
dy .50. b
Green Park Neighborhood. r
! Mrs. Bun Knight, worker. i:
Stewart Ford .15, R. W. Triplett a
I.00, Paul Edward Triplett .10, R. J.
Moore .50, Mrs. Junior Clay 1.00, v
Gordon Bolick .50, Mrs. Carter Reid fi
3.00 fi
Banner Elk Community. h
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Moody 2.00, f,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fox 1.00, Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Berry 1.00, Mr. and n
Mrs. Hayden Fox 1.00. j,
ZionviUe Neighborhood. a
Mrs. R. H. Townsend, worker. j.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roark 2.00, Ot- j
to Thomas .50, Frank Thomas .50, g
Bower Thomas .50, John Swift .25.
Henry Hagaman, Worker.
' Joe Trivett 1.00, R. M. Ward 1.00, *
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ward 1.00, Coniey
Karman .50, L. H. Trivett .50.
Valle Cruris Neighborhood.
Mrs. W. H. Wagner, worker.
Mont Glovier 1.00, Mrs. W. H. Wag- g
ner 25.00. Mr. and Mrs. Mont Glov- t
ier 4.00, Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Leach t
3.00. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Tester 1.00, r
Mrs. Luther Townsend 1.00. Forest r
Townsend 1.00, Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Tester 1.00,, Mr. and Mrs. Roah Mit- r
chell 1.00, Roy Rabon 2.00, Mr. and c
Mrs. Noah Mitchell .50, Mrs. Sarah v
Draughn 50. Mr. and Mrs. Gillis
Mitchell 1.00, Mrs. C.. D. Taylor 2.00, k
L. F. Townsend .50, Lee Lowrance s
1.00, Miss Sue Taylor 5.00, J. H. Harrel
.25, Anonymous 21.00.
Presnell Neighborhood. ;
M. L. Shepherd, worker. i
Troy Cannon 1.00, Prince Pres- I
(Continued on page four.) 1
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An Indej
BOONE, WA
Off to Battle Zone
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U. S. Navy aircraft carrier is
shown as it transports army planes
to battle zones Mechanics can be
seen as they give the plane a final
check-up on nearing their destination.
This is a perfect example
of the close harmony between
the army and navy.
iD CROSS GIVES
FIRST AID COURSES
ted Cross Staff Representative
Here to Give Instructors'
Training in First Aid.
Mr. George R. Barber, Red Cross
taff representative of Winter Ha'en,
Fla.. is teaching an instructors'
ourse in first aid here this week,
iccoramg to wade r.. Brown, tirst
lid chairman of the local chapter |
if the Red Cross.
About fifty college students and
ithers are taking the rigid course
equired to obtain certificates to auhorize
them to teach first aid courcs.
Wnter safety courses for udvaned
students are also being taught.
The great need for the conservaion
of manpower and the alarming
lumber of accidents1, make these
ted Cross courses of great importince
to our people. These instructors
vhen they complete their training
lan then teach hundreds of others
he fundamentals that save many
ives, time and money, and this conributes
directly to the war effort.
Mr. Barber is an outstanding auliority
on first aid and water safety.
Slavy Recruiting Station;
To Be Open In Boone On!
^ext Monday, Tuesday
In his regular coverage of this viinity
as a Navy recruiter, M. F.
'ord will open a Navy recruiting
ubstation in the postoffice building
t Boone on April 12, 13, and men
nd women interested in volunteerrig
for Navy duty are invited' to
neel him for an interview.
While enlistment regulations still
estrict wide-open enlistments of
raft-age men, several branches arc
iow open to Selective Service regitrants.
The Seabees, the Navy's
onstruction hatallions, now are opn
to men between the ages of 18
nd 38 who have had experience in
ny phase of construction. They are
o'nsequently eligible for petty offier
ratings in the Naval Reserve.
Seventeen year old men are still
ligible to volunteer for the Navy
r Naval Reserve. However as soon
s the youngster reaches his 18th
irthday, he is placed under the juisdiction
of Selective Service and
; no longer eligible to volunteer for
ny branch of the service.
Women who are interested in the
VAVES may obtain complete inormation
and Application blanks
rom Recruiter Ford. North Carolina
as been assigned a quota of 3,000
or the WAVEJ^.
Education and physical requirements
of the WAVES have been reaxer
considerably, it is said. Now,
woman ne?d only have two years'
ligh school work to qualify. Age
imits for the WAVES are 20 and
0.
reachers To Gather in
Boone Next Saturday
The final meeting of the Watau;a
County Teachers Association for
he current year will be held at the
Appalachian High School at 2:30 p.
n. Saturday April 10, it was anlounced
today.
Tentative plans to hold a dinner
neeting have been cancelled on acount
of the rationing program, it
vas stated.
Officers for the coming year will j
>e elected and other business tranacted.
During the 5-year period 1936-40,
in average of 970,000 man-days anlually
were spent in fighting forest
ires that burned more than 30 milion
acres yearly on the average.
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TAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CA]
FARMFRS ra-OP TA
M. X &XlflfXIJl?4J W VI K VI
OPEN STORE IN CITY
NEXT SATURDAY
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Shortage Of Feed Prompts Organization
Of Farm Cooperative;
Sale of Feed Principal
Present Activity; Profits Ol
Store Go to Farmers.
Announcement of the opening ol
the Watauga Farmers Cooperative
Store in Boone on Saturday April
10th, is made in the columns of the
Democrat today, thus marking the
| beginning of an aggressive organi1
zation for the benefit of the farmen
of this county.
For the present the store will handle
only feeds and grains, but it i:
said that ultimately the cooperative
will handle everything the farme)
needs, and will likely in turn provide
facilities for the local marketing ol
j farm products.
The coop store is located in the
; Karl Cook building on Depot streel
I and Mr. Grady Tugman, well-knowr
I farmer of Meat Camp township i;
I in charge. The store will open promp
tly at 9 a. m. Saturday, and two eai
loads of feed has already been received
with another on the rails.
Feed Shortage Prompts Co-Op
The alarming shortage of feeds
particularly for dairy animals, in tht
oruinfir uror 4-Wi.ir?/innft<r/v /m?
ganization of the Farmers' Cooperative,
it is said. Several weeks age
at the behest of a number of lead
ing farmers of the county, Harry
Hamiiton, farm agent, called a meeting
for the purpose of considering
the organization of a co-operative
Mr. P. M. Hendrix, county agent ol
Davidson county was present, and
I gave the farm group a glowing account
of the success of a similar venture
in his county. Therefore the or
ganization was formed to the end
that feed might be bought in huge
quantities, thus minimizing the effect
of the general shortage, and providing
feed of dependable quality,
and of the same brand every day in
the year.
The officers ol the Watauga Farmers'
Cooperative. Inc.. are D. M.
Edmisten, Sugar Grove, President;
W. M. Winkler, Boone. Vice-President;
Barnard Dougherty, Boone,
Secretary-Treasurer.
The board of directors is: Walter
Hampton, Blowing Rock; Glenn
Howell, Todd; Ernie Triplett, Banner
Elk; D. M. Edmisten, Sugar
Grove; W. M. Winkler, Boone; Barnard
Dougherty, Boone.
Some stock in the $50,000 corporation
is still available it was said.
which may oe sola 10 larmers and
users of farm products.
The organization is unique in that
the voting power of each stockholder
is equal, regardless of the number
of shares owned. The profits
from the operation of the store revert
to the farmers who hold the
stock, and added dividends will be
paid them, of a certain percentage
of the total purchases of each year.
Farm Machinery Repair
Courses Being Expanded
At Appalachian High
The war production training courses
in farm machinery repair sponsored
by the vocational agriculture
department of Appalachian High
School are being expanded to meet
the increased needs for farm implements,
Dr. Orby Southard, instructor.
has advised.
In addition to the repair center already
open to farmers in the local
high school shop each Saturday, two
more classes are being started this
week. One of the new classes will
meet each Saturday from 1 to 7 p.
m. in the Hampton garage at Laxon.
The other will meet two nights
weekly in the Blowing Rock garage.
At each of these centers a skilled
mechanic will serve as instructor to
farmers who wish to construct or
repair any farm machinery or equipment.
No charge will be made for
the service of the instructor or ordinary
supplies needed.
Dr. Southard stated that if a
sufficient number of farmers availed
themselves of the opportunities provided
through these centers it is
planned to operate them through the
spring and summer.
Numerous harrows, plows, culti|
vators, planters, etc. have already
been put in a good condition at the
school shop through this program, it
is learned.
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on vour saner as it shows the dalt
your subscription will expire and
Ihe dale your paper will be slopped
unless sooner renewed. The Democrat
is operating strictly on a cast
in advance basis. There are no exceptions
to ibis rule.
DEM<
per?Established in the. Y<
SOLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1
| DIES IN FIGHT FOF
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LIEUTENANT B
| son of Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kepharl
. Watauga man to lose his life in
is to be linked with Watauga coun
; second war loan campaign which
Name Of Lieu
Linked Will
Victory Lot
LIONS MINSTREL ~ j
NEXT TUESDAY
Proceeds From Local Talent
Show Goes to Band, Milk
Fund and Blind Aid.
The Boone Lions Club Dixieland
Minstrel will bo presented on the !
stage of Appalachian Theatre at 4:15 :
and 8:15 Tuesday April 13, and a i
large attendance is anticipated. Ev- 1
ery member of the organization is ]
represented in tne large cast rot 10- i
cal talent. Committees of Lionesses J
are busy with costumes, and every 1
indication is that this will be the <
most successful show ever presented
by the local organization. <
Thirty per cent of the proceeds f
will be given to the milk fund for i
undernourished children; thirty per f
cent will go to the High School :
Band; and forty per cent will be 1
used for blind work activities spon- r
sored by the local club. \
The highly entertaining program 1
will consist of jokes and gags by the 1
blackfaccd endmen and the Interlo- i
cutor; the Lions quartet and Lions i
Chorus will present a number of old ;
time songs; and a special group will I
appear in a very amusing dramatic 1
farce, entitled, "The Worst Aid Station."
One of the chief features of i
the program will "be an old-fashion- c
ed sermon, preached by Lion Milt i
Greer. The Lions will take over the i
theatre for the afternoon and even- '
ing. They will sell tickets, issue '
programs, and usher the patrons.
Members of the Cast.
Among the popular local citizens
' Jjjpcaring in the cast are Paul Coffey,
Lee Stout, Harry Webster, Wade
Brown and Ray Manship all of whom
will be endmen and will crack jokes
i which will tickle the funny bones
of all present. These endmen will
' be led in their wisecracking by Ted
' Norman, manager of the Appalachian
Theatre,
In the Lions chorus will appear
' Harry Hamilton, D. J. Whitener,
> Frank Payne, Cratis Williams, and '
J. C. Cline. A harmonica and dance
specialty will be one of the features
of the program.
The dramatic skit will exhibit the
talents of Dr. Robert King, Dr. Bill
> Matlieson, Dr. Robert Busteed, Dr.
I Orby Southard, W. A. Smith, Her1
bert Wey, Star Wood, and Lee Rey
nolds.
i Bleckface ushers will be Chapell
Wilson, Vance Howell, W. M. Bur(Continued
on page eight)
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[LL KEPHART
. of Blowing Rock, was the first
the present war, and his name
ty's drive to raise $5.1,900 in the
i starts next week.
it. Kephart
i Watauga's
in Campaign
Well Organized War Bond Sales
Group to Push Campaign,
Bearing Name of County's
First War Casualty; Lieuten
* it i i rv*? n..
uiu ivcpiiari uics 111 ri^iu wn
Guadalcanal.
At the request of Chairman Farthing
and other leaders in the April
War Bond Drive, Dr. and Mrs. A. P.
Kephart of Blowing Rock have consented
to allow the local phase of
Lhe second war loan campaign to be
known as the "LIEUTENANT KEPHART
VICTORY BOND DRIVE," in
memory of their son. who gave his
life in the early attack upon and effort
at holding Gudaleanal Island on
Dctober 14. 1942.
Mr. and Mrs. Kephart at first dedined
the suggestion, with the insti;ation
of which they had absolutely
lothing to do, but finally agreed
or the name of their son, Lieutentnt
Bill Kephart, army air force piot,
who was the first Wataugan to
nake the supreme sacrifice in this
war, to bo used in this connection,
-.ocal leaders of the bond sale are
lighly pleased with the final decison
of Mr. and Mrs. Kephart, and it
s believed the sale of bonds will be
accelerated by using the name of
this gallant soldier who died fighting
for the cause of freedom and justice.
Two other Watauga men have givsn
their lives, Lieut. John Conway
of Boone, and Private Henry Proffit
of Meat Camp township and their
names will also be linked with the.
"Lieutenant Kephart Victory Bond
Drive," at different ^times.
It is all the more fitting that, the
local campaign be conducted under
the name of the late lamented Watauga
flier, due to the fact that his
property, by his own direction, has
been placed in war bonds. Of this
Dr. Kephart says:
"In one of his last letters to us he
asked that if anything happened to
him, we were to put all his insurance
and everything he left (and it
was very considerable) into war
bonds until after the war. This we
have done, and will not disturb them
until after the victory has been won."
In referring to the death of Lieutenant
Kephart, Mr. Farthing chairman
of the war loan effort says, "X
believe nothing has ever touched
the county as has the death of Bill
Kephart."
Lieutenant Kephart who was 27
years old. was a young man of un
usual intellectual attainment. He
graduated from the University of
Nortfo Carolina in aeronautical en(Continued
on page eight)
$1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY
COUNTY FOLLOWS
CITY IN MOVE TO
BAN BEER, WINE
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Board Of Commissioners Resolves
to Refuse Issuance of New
License for Beer; Ministers In
Meeting Thank Boards For
Action and Pledge Support.
The Board of County Commissioners
on Monday followed the lead of
the city administration and passed a
resolution not to issue any license
for the sale of wine and beer in Watauga
county after April 5, 1943.
At the regular meeting of the Pas
tors and Deacons of the Three Forks
and Stony Fork Baptist Associations,
.held in Boone 011 Monday, Rev. R. C.
lEggers. Rev. W D. Ashley and Rev.
N. M. Greene were appointed as a
committee to express to the county
and city officials their appreciation
for this action. The statement issued
by the committee follows:
"Recently petitions were circulated
in Watauga county addressed to
the board of county commissioners
requesting that they not issue any
more licenses for the sale of wine or
beer in Watauga county. Almost four
thousand voters of the county signed
these petitions and they were
presented to the board of commiss
lunula on me morning 01 rtpru oxn,
1943. The commissioners adopted a
resolution in keeping with the request
made in the petitions and we
hasten to congratulate tbem upon
their stand for righteousness and so
briety in the county. We also pledge
to them our support in their decision
and we ask every citizen of the
county to join with them in this cm
try, which did an average annual
business of about $100 millions, has
grown to a war industry with a
monthly output valued at $130 millions.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMF6
deavor to nd our county of the evils
of the sale and consumption of
wine and beer. We also desire to express
our thanks to the Board of Aldermen
and Mayor of Boone, N. C.
for their like decision and to them
we also pledge our support."
Lions Club Holds First
Meeting For Month
t The Boone Lions Chlh held its
first meeting of the month ot /rjJttv
Tuesday night at the Daniel Boone
Hotel with a good attendance and
a happy spirit of accomplishment.
Lion Harry Hamilton spoke to the
club on the necessity and reason
for victory gardens and following
his talk it was decided that the
club would promote a V-Garden
Club.
Dr. Orby Southard, Messrs Harry
Hamilton and Harry Webster, were
named as a committee to work out
the details for the club's organization
and a meeting has been called
for Friday night April 16, at 8 p. m.
at the high school building. Everyone
interested irt gardens is urged
and invited to come and share experiences.
Those owning vacant lots are asked
to make them available to the
club for gardening purposes. This
is an opportunity to display patriotism?not
to make money, but to
make food.
It was also decided to hold an eye
clinic on the 22nd and 23rd of April
for the children who have been
checked at school and a number of
Lions and Lionesses will have their
cars out for transportation on these
days.
The Club was glad to note that the
attendance contest has stimulated
Lee Stout's boys to some extent and
some of these days they may really
get to rolling.
Milk Producers Asked
To Gather Saturday
A meeting of all milk producers
of Watauga county has been arrang
ea ana win dc neia ai uie watauga
Fanners Cooperative store in Boone
Saturday April 10th at eleven o'clock.
Officials of the Coble Dairy
Products Co., in cooperation with
the county agent and leading farmers
in the county have outlined an
interesting and educational program
to which all farmers are cordially
invited.
A dairy extension specialist from
State College will be present and
will offer some timely suggestions
concerning the production of milk
economically.
The need for milk in our war effort
is vital, the production is off,
the price has already advanced 10
cents per hundred pounds, so it is
important that each farmer dc his
best to produce for victory.
The ore-war machine tool inane