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VOLUME LVI.?NO. 2.
DAVID OVENS TO
ADDRESS MEETING
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Part Blowing Rock Is Playing As
Resort in War Effort to Be Evaluated
at Mass Meeting: Civic
Leaders From Boone Invited:
Other Blowing Rock News
Blowing Rock. July 3 David Ovens
of Charlotte and Blowing Rock
will address the mass meeting at
Blowing Rock High School on next
Friday evening, under the sponsorship
of the Blowing Rock Chamber
of Commerce F. W. Webster, the
president, will preside.
The primary object of the gathering
will be to evaluate the contributions
which Blowing Rock and
similar summer resorts are making
to the all-out war effort. Plans for
post-war developments will also be
discussed. Reports will be heard
from the finance and advertising
committees for the Chamber of
Commerce, and contributions will be
received for underwriting the advertising
campaign of the summer.
Special music will be provided by
local artists.
Special invitations have been is- J
sued to the officers of the Boone
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, as well as other
civic leaders in that, community.
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Lieut. Frederick Mancss of Camp
Maxey, Texas, has been the guest
of his mother, Mrs. John Sehenck
Sr.. and Mr. Schenck at "Lawndale
Cottage" for ten days. This is his
first leave of absence for almost a
year, and he has been the recipient
of many social favors while in Blowing
Rock. He returned to duty Sat-1
urday.
Sgt. Charles Brown is spending
his first furlough in two years with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F.
Brown, in Blowing Rock. Set.
Brown has been in the South American
area Cor the past two years '
and only recently returned to the
States.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Grier and
daughter. Miss Alice Grier. went to |
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Nazi Lose 13,000 in
? ' New Drive on Russia
The big German offensive against
Central Russia drove into two pop- .
ulated places near Belgorad at the
southern anchor of the 165-mile
front Tuesday despite terrific losses
which mounted to at least 13,000 1
German dead, in two days of fierce '
fighting, the Russians announced to
day. '
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WAR RATIONING
GUJDE ;
SUGAR?Stamp 13, good for '
five pounds of sugar, valid June
1 and good until August 15. '
Stamps 15 and 16 now may be J
used to obtain sugar for canning
good tor five pounds each, valid
until October 31.
COFFEE?Stamp 21 became va- 1
lid July 1 for one pound and will 1
expire July 21. Stamp 22 will be '
valid from July 22 until August '
11. 1
GASOLINE?Coupons No. 5 in J
A book good for three gallons but
must last through July 21?four
months, instead of two. as here
tofore.
In getting renewal of supple- J
mentary gasoline rations, renewal
applications should be obtained
at nearest service station, filled
out, and mailed, together with
tire inspection certificate, to the
s: j hl:- on
cauon uuniu buiuciuut; wuiun ou (
days before fhe old book expires.
Issuing new books requires 10 (
days, after which new book and
tire certificate will be mailed to
applicant. Avoid visiting ration
board personally whenever possible.
TIRES?Owners of passenger
cars and commercial vehicles may
get their casings recapped with
reclaimed rubber camelback with
out applying to their local War
Price and Ration boards for certificates.
SHOES?Coupon 18 in the su
gui ana couee raiion book vana
for one pair of shoes expires October
31. ,
FOOD?Blue stamps K, L and
M. which became valid May 24 (
will expire at midnight July 7.
New red stamps for purchase of
meats, fats, oils and canned fish. ,
are effective as follows: P, June
27 through July 31: Q, July 4
through July 31; R July 11 thru
July 31; S, July 18 through July
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BOONE, W/
Armored Vests
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?v n OLI1UU1GU * ?_oAO VVWA1A WJ
our airmen on bombing missions
may quickly be removed in an
emergency by a lug on a rip cord.
Lieut. L. L. Cox and Lieut. J. T.
Lundy demonstrate. The pilot and
co pilot are protected by the vest
in front only as they have armor
built into the backs of their seats.
Other crewmen are protected back
and front.
EDUCATIONAL
MEETING FRIDAY
rcachcrs. P. T. A. Leaders And
Others Interested Are
Asked to Attend.
An educational meeting will be
icld at the Appalachian High School
Friday July 9. starting at 10 a. m.,
ind continuing to 5 p. m. and is bong
held under the sponsorship of
he North Carolina Education As
iociation. All teachers, P.-T. A. lealers
and other laymen interested in
;he educational program are invited
Lo attend the conference.
The following are the topics to
je used for open forum discussions:
1. In-Service Training During
the Emergency.
2. Federal Aid to Education.
3. War and Peace Fund Campaign.
+- Fall Program Planning.
5. Future Steps in North Carolina
Education.
Lions Club In Meeting
At Green Park Tuesday
The Boone Lions Club lield its atimal
ladies night banquet at the
3reen Park Hotel Tuesday evening
it which time R A. Manship was
nstailed as president along with
jthc-r new officers by District Governor
Amos Abranis.
There was a full attendance ol
:lub members, their wives and incited
guests. An interesting feature
if the gathering was a radio pro
jrani by Cullen Johnson, who with
Vlrs. Johnson, are spending some
ime in Boone.
Other guests included Mr. and
Vlrs. Chas. Burns, Shelby; Dr. and
Vlrs. J. Harold Wolfe; Mr. and Mrs
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Winston-Salem.
Besides president R. A. Manship
,vlio succeeds Dr. D. J. Whitener,
>ther officers installed were: P. M.
Payne, first vice-president; J. E
tiolshouser, second vice-president;
Dr. R. C. Busteed, secretary-treas
jrer; Dr. G. K. Moose, lion tamer;
red Norman, tail twister; Wade E
Brown, Dr. Abrams, M. R. Maddux
and Dr. W. M. Mathesor>, directors.
Five More Wataugans
Accepted into Navy
Navy Recruiter. J. E. Huffman,
who is in Boone at the Post Office
on each Monday and Tuesday announced
that five more Watauga
:oimty seventeen-year olds, had been
accepted and sworn into the U. S,
Naval Reserve. In addition to these
five already sworn in, five addition
al young men left Tuesday night foj
Raleigh for final physical examinations
and enlistment.
Those already in and at Naval
training stations are: Jack Edward
Kerley and William Berle Storey
both of Blowing Rock: W. G. Greene
Jr., of Laxon; S. V. Davis of Todd
and William Roy Johnson of Boone
Those who left for final physical
examinations include R. H. Moret;
and Daniel Webster Lewis of Deep
Gap; Lonze Triplett of Triplett; and
Dallas Grimes and Coy Hagler, both
colored, of Boone. According to Reiniifor
Wnffmnn fVtneA
uuiKi ttviiiuaii, viicoc icti jruuui;
will defer that much longer the induction
of ten Watauga County fathers.
While enlistments are volun
tarily open to seventeen year old:
at the present time, it is thought
that there may be some curtailrnem
and possible elimination of all volunteering.
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tTAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAF
LOCAL PUNS MADE
TO PUT LOAFERS TO
WORK IN THIS AREA
Committee Named To Act In
Accordance With Froclama
tion ot Governor: Many Reports
Being Received; Committee
to Meet Regularly.
A mass meeting of local citizens
was held in the courthouse Thursday
evening to set up an organization
to deal with loafers and idlers
in this county, in line with the proclamation
of Governor Broughton.
looking to the full-time employment
of every able-bodied person in the
State.
The meeting which was called by
,H. G. Farthing, recently named county
chairman of the campaign by the
Governor, was attended by a representative
group of citizens and the
loafing in this area was discussed
freely. The following committee was
appointed to make a further study
( ot ir'ensyivama.
By Wednesday, union leaders pre[
dieted all. workers would be on the
job.
[ COUNTY SCHOOLS
; TO OPEN AUG. 30th
i
i At a meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation held recently it was decided
> to open the Watauga County sphools
on August 30.
This next term will last for nine
months, the term would likely have
> started earlier but for the fact that
t many of the children will help with
t farm work during the month of Au
gust, and aid in relieving the serious
war-time labor shortage.
and survey of the situation and to
cooperate fully with the Governor in
his emergency war-time move:
Bernard Dougherty, Herman Wilcox.
Richard Olscn, Russell D. Hodges.
Mrs. May Miller. Walter C.
Greene, Wade E. Brown. Watt H.
Gragg. A. E. South. H. M. Hamilton,
Tom Jackson. Grover Robbins. Gordon
Winkler and Mrs. F. E. Warman.
The committee met at the office
of Attorney Wade E. Brown Monday
evening. The conviction of the group
is that it is the duty of every ablebodied
man and woman in this coun
ty to devote their full time to the
[ war effort, regardless of their finan,
cial standing. In many parts of the
world Watauga men are fighting that
the American way of life may be
preserved, and the home folks
should do their full share.
Various reports have already been
received by the committee, and all
1 loafers should be promptly reported
to some member of the group so that
i action may be taken. Meriting will
be held regularly to act on information
gathered.
County agent Hamilton has a
farm committee working in cooperation
with the central organization,
, which is gathering data on the labor
situation among the farmers, where
a rather acute shortage exists. A!1
those, incidentally, who are interested
in doing farm work, should ap.
ply at the county agent's office.
Receipts at Local Post
Office Show Large Gain
Receipts at the Boone posi office
' for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1943, were $20,580.79. as compared
, to $18,815.84, for the year ending on
' June 30, 1942, a gain of $1,770.95.
in ic-fjunuifc nit: giiui :ii JUCiU i?2coipts,
John E. Brown, Jr., postmaster
also states that, there was an in|
crease of 50 per cent in insured and
registry services, and that the C. O.
D. business was tripled.
! Mr. Brown reports the sale of
' $109,255.75 in war bonds during the
; period just ended and $8,505.30 in
War Stamps.
July Bond Quota For
County Set at $17,841
Watauga county's quota of war
bond sales for the month of July has
been set at $17,841.00, according to
Mrs. J. A. W. Davis, head of the women's
division of the local war savings
staff.
It is urged that everyone make
their current purchases of bonds
promptly in order that the quota
may be subscribed as quickly as possible.
Less Than 9,000 Of
Coal Miners Absent
L
| The big, two week coal strike ebbed
today as United Mine Workers
. district officers reported less than
9,000 of the nation's 521,000 miners
remaining away from the pits?all
of them in the great producing pits
DEM(
>er?Established in the Ye
tOLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1!
U. S. Railroac
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A railroad system of 20 miles
ican supply depot in Great Brit
are standard guage and three l
switch engines built in Anieric;
erate on the standard sections. C<
N. Y., commanding officer of tli
tructions to the engine crew.
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jjGveiiiy-rivt? ueieya
Of Southeasiern Ins
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! SUGAR, COFFEE
1 RATIONING MAY
BE SUSPENDED
President Roosevelt Friday held
out the prospect that sugar soon may
be removed from the ration list, followed
later by coffee.
It ail depends upon how successfully
the Allied anti-submarine campaign
goes.
The possibility was set forth in
Mr. Roosevelt's message vetoing the
congressional ban on subsidies. He
said:
"We must not only keep the price
of . . . necessities down, but we
must increase when wc can the supwhich
b.cms relieve the pressure
r<5r higher "prices and helps reduce
the temptations of the black markets.
"With the improvement in the war
against the submarine we may even
I lie .'thin Koori to rf.rnmm cnoar :inH
possibly later coffee from the ration ,
list." !
Local Farmers Sell 1
Lambs Through Pool:
Forty-three farmers sold 252 lambs 1
through Hie Watauga Lamb pool onj'
Friday July 2.
The Iambs were soid to Armour '
& Company, Abingdon, Va., for the :
following prices: Blue O (ehoice) '
14,50: Red O (good) 13.50. Bucks 1
were discounted 51.00 per hundred
There- were 159 blue ewe and we- 1
tlier lambs, and 16 red buck lambs
in this shipment.
The next shipment will be made 1
sometime during the first week in :
August.
Six Jap Ships Sunk ]
And Four Damaged !
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Six Jap ships probably were sunk j
and four damaged in the battle with
American warships in the Kula gulf .
allied headquarters said today.
One United States cruiser was ,
sunk in the battle fought the morning
of July 6 in the narrow body of
water between New Georgia and
Kolombangara in the Central Solomons.
At Bremerton, Wash, Navy Secretary
Frank Knox said he had received
additional details and was able
to report "the Japs have-taken another
damned good licking."
Allied Planes Strike
Heavily at Sicily
Allied planes struck heavily yesterday
at six town in Sicily and a
seventh in Sardinia in their pre-invasion
campaign to gain air supremacy
in the Mediterranean, shooting
down 56 enemy aircraft for a twoday
total of 101.
Thirty flying fortresses, raiding
Gerbini in Sicily, were jumped by
100 German planes and when the
battle was over. 41 of the enemy and
three of the four-engined U. S.
bombers lay in smoking ruins. It
was one of the greatest single victories
yet scored by the fortresses.
Swap-worlc
Last year Ashe County growers at
Chestnut Hill cooperated in filling
their silos by exchanging labor and
equipment. The plan worked so well
(that it will be followed in hay mak
Iing this year, reports County Agent
R. H. Grouse.
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serves a thousand acre Ainerain.
Seventeen miles of track
uiles are narrow guage. New
i to British specifications opal.
Walter T. Wlcey of Copake,
le depot, is shown giving insites
Atiend Sessions
iiiuie oi Probation
Dr. B. B. Dougherty and Judge John
son J. Hayes Deliver Addresses a:
Probation and Parole Officials Gather
Here From 12 States; Trip
to Blowing Hock and Outdoor Picnic
Planned by Chamber of Com
merce and Retailers in Honor c'
Guests; Convention Comes to End
With Friday Morning Session.
Seventy-five representatives were
iere for the opening session today
>f the Institute on Probation and
'arc.ie of the Southeastern States
teld in the Science building of Appalachian
State Teachers College.
The institute got under way Moniay
morning at 8:30 with greetings
>y Dr. B. B. Dougherty, College
president, and Judge Johnson J
Hayes, of the Middle District Fed
>ral Court, followed by an address
'The Outlook for Federal Proba
.ion," by Henry P. Chandler, direcor
of the administrative office oi
he United States courts.
Lieut. John Rose. U. S. N. R.. us
d as his subject. "Crime and Cul:ure
in the South." "Parole in ;
iiural Setting," was the subject csis
.ussed by Edwin Gill, commission
?r of revenue of North Carolina.
Afternoon Session
Following lunch in the college cafeteria.
a round-table discussion wa:
field. The topic was "Public Rela
Lions." Hathaway Criss, North Carolina
commissioner of paroles, pre
sided, with Harry Sample, directo
of the North Carolina prohatioi
commission as leader.
The closing speech of the day wa
made by John F. Landis, chief U ?
probation officer, of Baltimore, Md
He spoke on "Wartime Probation it
an Industrial Area." The first day'
session closed at 5 p. rn.
Tuesday's Session
Dr. John D. Reichard, medical of
"icer in charge of United State:
Public Health service hospital, Lex
ington, Ky? was the principal spea
ter before the institute on Tuesday
5ome excerpts from his address ar<
>iven:
"We do not yet fully understant
the physiology and anatomy an<
:hemistry of normal behavior, wh;
one person remains well adjusted ii
harrowing combat conditions, am
another one goes all to pieces be
fore he hears a gun fired and thei
for we should be very conservativ
about generalizations concernir.i
misbehavior until we know some
thing more about why most peopl
behave reasonably normally.
"The proper conception of the in
dividual is that of personality," Mi
Reichard went on to say. "It repre
sents the individual as a whole. Th
personality is continuously adjustin
to situations. Certain personalitie
may be described by the term vul
r.erable. Some are prone to brea
under severe stress such as war, ur
aer the impact of giving up their 01
iginal training and unable to aajus
themselves become antisocial.
"The individuals are divided int
two categories as regard attitud
toward the world and themseive:
the neurotic who realizes his diff
culties and will try to conform t
society's demands and the psyche
path, who refuses to admit he is ;
fault, and therefore is much mor
difficult to convert to a co-operativ
point of view."
Entertainment Planned
The Boone Chamber of Commerc
and the Merchants Association pla
to take the institute delegates on
sight-seeing trip to Blowing Roc
followed by a fish fry at the loc<
hatchery Thursday evening at si
o'clock. Mr. H. W. Wilcox, Chambc
of Commerce president, issues th
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$1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY
LIEUT. KEPHART^
IS AWARDED THE
I PURPLE HEART
I Soil of Blowing Rock Residents
Was First Watauga Man to
I Lose Life in Present Conflict;
! Squadron Mate Tells Of The
I Death Of Local Man.
I
iNews has just been reieived that
Lieut. William Perry Kephart. son
; of Dr. nnH Mrc A "P VonDoet nf
I ?
' Blqu mg Rock, who was the first
| Watauga man to die in action in the
! present war. has been awarded the
Purple Heart. It is stated that there
is a rather definite possibility that
there will be other posthumous citations.
Of interest to the friends of late
air force pilot and his family here,
is the following letter from a squadron
mate, who was present at the
time of the death of Lieut. Kephari:
'"Up until the fatal night, life was
not too bad on the island We underwent
a few bombings of no ser)
ious nature, and although we participated
in quite a few dive bomb
ings attacks, none of our squadron
[ was harmed and we were in high
spirits. 1 remember that the second
day we were on Guadalcanal. Bill
' and Bob Mohler had the "A" sector
' serach and Biil found six Jap destroyers.
With justification he could
' have reported them and returned to
the base, but instead he attacked
; them alone. Although we did not
say much to Bill outside of a few
1 congratulations, deep inside we ail
! had a deep admiration for his cour|
age and nerve, and I write this in
utter sincerity. I think that any of
| the old gang will admit the same
[ thing.
"On the night of the shelling I was
in the hospital with a case of malaria.
so I was in tint sick bay's dugout.
The shelling was pretty bad but ev.
erybody stood it well and I daresay
' it was the same in Bill's dugout. After
the shelling had been going on
! for a couple of hours a wounded
. choreman to say that he had been
' hit by a shell and he needed heip.
We went to the dugout with stretchrlcrs
and cleared the entrance We re
j moved the wounded and as they
| wore still shelling and bombing we
I took shelter until it was over before
'returning. It was pretty dark and I
| could not see much but I can assure
: you folks that Bill's death was i.:|
stantaneous and he underwent no
i suffering.
.! "I can't tell you how badly we felt
. j after this sad experience. If is the
\ j closest that I ever saw tile fellows
j come to breaking down while on the
island when they received the news.
It was no less than everyone of us
1; us expected ourselves, but it didr.'t
seem possible to have it happen to
Bill, because he always kept our
, spirits so high; I always looked up
l" to Bill because he treated me so fine
^ when I came to the squadron as a
' green pilot, and I know that I shall
never have a finer friend than he
was when I knew him."
s Community Cannery
Will Open On Tuesday
e The community cannery at Vilas
sponsored by Ernest Hillard, teachi
er of vocational agriculture, will opi
en Tuesday July 13. At first the
j canning days will be Tuesdays and
a Fridays.
i The lay-out in the cannery is be
ing changed and this with many new
- pieces of equipment which will be
e installed during the season will hasg
ten very much the canning of foods.
- The new equipment includes a powe
er sealer, furnace stove, blanching
vat. exhaust vat, no. 2 retort and
- many other small items.
There will be an adequate supply
1 of tin cans for home canning. The
p ' cannery will be glad to accept fuel
g j wood for payment of cans and pros!
cessing fees.
I-!
k Dr. McDonald Visits
Boone On Saturday
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Demo?
cratic candidate for Governor in
e the primary election to be held in
? May 1944. was in town Saturday,
l" mingling with friends and eettinc
0 the "lay of the land" regarding his
>" political fortunes in this area.
>f Dr. McDonald, who made an une
successful ,but spectacular race age
ainst former Governor Hoey in 1936,
states that while it is far too early
for the campaign to take definite
:e shape, the prospects for his candidat
cy next year look exceedingly good.
a He thinks his chances are far better
k than when he was nosed out of a
*1 place on the second primary ticket
x before, by a very narrow margin.
;r Dr. McDonald's opponent in the
e next primary wifi be Hon. Gregg
Cherry of Ga3tonia.