~W2SW x ( KITED STATES 11 M WAR %/% ?o?0?s T f STAMPS UH* VOL. LV1. NO. )7. INSTITUTE FOR DRIVERS BRINGS BIG ATTENDANCE Many Aitend Meeting Designed to Train Pro-Induction Drivers Of Area; Other News of the Srhtxsl System of Watauga County is Given. In institute for the training of preinduction drivers, was held on Thursday October 14th. in the audiorium of the Science building at the Appalachian State Teachers College. Present for this occasion was Mr. Ralph J. Andrews, issistan'. supervisor of high school education; Mr. Ro- ; nalri Hocutt. chief of highway safety : division: Major I. N. Can-, division | chief for seven southern states of pre- j induction training: Captain Nelms of j Quartermaster General's departmentj Superintendents, teachers and prin- j cipals from Avery. Ashe and Watau- j ga Counties were in attendance. A ] full days program was given over to j the different phases and the importance of this work. The purpose of the institute was to train those in attendance in order that they might return to their schools and put in 1 the course as a full time part of the High School Curriculum. Special emphasis was given to the mechanical training, essential for safe driving. The Highway Safety Division will . cooperate with the various schools in J putting on the necessary road tests j if called upon for assistance. The Su- . perintendenl of Watauga county schools, strongly urges all high r schools to follow out the suggestions , made at the meeting and put this , course into effect at once. I Mr. Andrews called attention also < to the importance of continuing and i enlarging the Victory Corps organ- , ization in the schools. He painted j out that this program lends material t support to the war effort in that the ! pupils will have an opportunity to | work as a unit in many activities diaectly related to aid in all volunteer : work. Current campaigns, such as the reeeni Bond Drive, the present salvage drive and rationing off book no. 4 which will be a responsibiility 1 of the schools next week, will give the members of the Victory Corps something to work for. The Victory , Corps can also lender aid to the man : power commission by working part i time in stores, filling stations, offices dairies, and on the farms in order to relieve the manpower shortage in | all industries. It is hoped that all the j schools in this area not having an acive Victory Corps will organize at . once in order that the services men- ; tioned above may be carried out in a systematic manner. A teachers' meeting' for the Watauga County Unit of the N. C. E. A. was held last Saturday afternoon. 1 Miss Pearl Weaver of the State Department of Health was chief speaker for the meeting. Miss Weavespointed out by means of charts and posters a very practical way just how a complete and well rounded health program can be carried out in every ' class room. The counties of Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga have requested the services of the health department in putting on a full-time pro kiuin tur iical year, miss weaver thinks that this request will be gran- 1 ted. In the meantime if the teachers will follow the suggestions made, the groundwork will already be laid. Superintendent S. F. Horton of the Watauga county schools attended a conference of Superintendents, principals a.id Teachers of the Northwestern District in Winston-Salem last Wednesday night. The purpose of the conference was to discuss our responsibility in helping secure the passage of the Federal aid bill to education now being considered by the Senate. A resolution was passed requesting our Senators and Congressmen to support this bill. The bill as now written gives thirteen million to the State of North Carolina with the distribution and use of this money entirely within the discretion of the State Board of Eduat / 1 * Mwiui. l.>uiluiiuui uiticiure, wouia not be affected as the money would be handled in much the same way as the State has handled federal funds for vocational education during the last several years. Suggestions were made at the opening that any friend of education be requested to write their Congressman and do whatever they can to enlist support of the bill. Under a recent allottment for teachers the Blowing Rock ^iigh School secured smother teacher. Mrs. A. E. Hamby, Jr., was elected to this position. Mrs. Joy Greene resigned as teacher in the Rominger school because of the serious illness of her son. Mr. George Harroon was elected to fill this vacancy. (Continued on page eight.) ATAl An Indep BOONE, WA1 'Angels of Mc One of the first groups of Allied of Southern Italy is pictured leaving [ fAftJC CI III? UAf F\C LU/HO WLiLil* ll\JL,LM REGULAR MEETING j Porty-One Children Were Examined 1 In Lion's Sight Clinic Held Here Thursday. The Boone Lions Club held its regular meeting in the dining room of 1 .he Gateway Cafe Tuesday evening. ' ..ion E. C. Holshouser presided in thej! ibsence of President Frank Payne. Hobbies were discussed by the nembers of the club. Reports of committee chairmen revealed the extent if worth while activities engaged in ay the club recently. Lion Burwell, 1 lhairman oi the Blind Work Com- 1 inittee, reported that forty-one chil- ' Iron were examined at the eye clinic held in Boone last Thursday. Of 1 that number, twenty- one were fit- ' ted with glasses, and two were sent 1 to a school for ihc blind. Children ' were transported to the clinic byf members of the club. Dn Robert King announced that; an orthopedic clinic will be held at his office Wednesday October 20th. Lion Gordon Winkler Announced that the club's share of the proceeds from the recently sponsored picture show amounted to $11.50, which will be spent in the worthwhile activities of the club in community service. A program is being arranged by the members of the club who will 50 as guests to the North Wilkesboro Lions Club 011 November 5. ine Lenoir Lions Club will lie guests of the Boone organization I at its meeting November 2. Guests for the evening were Dr. Ralph House, formerly a Lion in Jefferson City, Mo., who joined the faculty of Appalachian State Teachers College this year. Workers Badly Needed At Red Cross Rooms It is reported that there is an increasing shortage of workers at the Red Cross rooms, and production j leaders are asking that every onej posible give at least a little time to this pressing patriotic work. It is stated that a new shipment of navy yam for sweaters has just1 arrived at the Red Cross headquar-1 ters. Your help is needed, and would j be highly appreciated. BROTHERS : :S?^$38D03J9* BBBsI ' v mmBB n Pictured above are two cons of N Mills, N. C.. who are in the army. . son who volunteered for the serric sent to Fort Bragg and from there sent to Camp Butner. N. C., end troi is now in Australia, and would like and Shulls Mills. His address is: Pv H, 34th Inf.. APO 24. Care Poelmi right is Corporal James F. Do term. uijl wwit ui iuv wiTKv w null Bragg- N. C.. and from thm is For ragard. La. After training at Loa at Camp Swift. Tax as. Ha says ha tan from his friands in this sactio F. Dotaoo. 3M33C1S, Co. B. Mth Ens JGA endent Weekly Newspap 'AUGA COUNTY, NORTH CARi :rcv' in Italv [r. and Mrs. H. F. Dolson of Shulls U the left is Pvt. Warren M. Dot November 13. 1942. He was first to Fort Riley. Kans. Then be was n there to the Hiwaiian Islands. He to hear from his friends in Boone i. Warren M. Dolson. 14187922. Co. isier, San Francisco. Calif. To the who won his promotion, after hav:h 1941. He was first sent to Fort t Belvoir. Vs., then to Camp BeauAngeles. Calif., he is now located would like very much to have leta. IBs prsesnt sddtess is CfL Jas. trs, Hv. Pen. Bn. Camp Swift. Tex. J ?J nurses to arrive on the mainland r a Bristol Bombay air ambulance. MR FUND DRIVE PLANS PROCEED Monday Marks Start of Campaign in This County to Raise Funds for War Relief Purposes. Mrs. M. R. Maddux, general chairman for the United War Fund in this county, letls the Democrat that her slans are nearly complete for launching Watauga's phase of the program next Monday. Watauga's share of the gigantic war relief fund is $2,600 and it is believed that the amount can be raised through the efforts of the active committee which Mrs Maddux has formed. The funds as is well known are to be used not only for the enjoyment of our own troops under certain conditions but for the relief of peoples everywhere who have felt the heavy hand of war. and who are in many cases without, even food or clothing. It is urgently hoped that when the solicitor calls, no Watauga county person will turn a deaf ear to the plea for this great humanitarian effort. Flan For Issuing New War Ration Rook Is Outlined bv Board Issuing War Ration Book No. 4 to the families of children in schools will be done during the course of the school day, October 22. Teachers will be given applications to the students October 21st to take home and have their parents fill out completely. The children will bring back the filled out application blanks to the teachers along with War Ration Book No. 3, of each applicant named on the application when they come to school October 22th. Oct. 25th will be the day the remaining public will register at the schooLs. Be sure and bring War Ration book No. 3 with you. We are going to use War Ration Book No. 4 November 1, 1943. Be sure that you have yours in your possession before that date. BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS IN^ERVICE fc If DEM Kir?Established in the 7 OLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBE BURLEY VOTERS TO GO TO POLLS NEXT SATURDAY Number of Voting Places in Oil ereat Section of County Nam ca, vtnere votes i*iay oc On Quota System. Full Infoi rnation Regarding the Issue. The burley tobacco referendum i I to be held on Saturday October 23, a 'the following places'from 8:00 a. rr i until 5:00 p. m. Beaver Dam Township. Donly Ha jgaman"'s Store. Clyde Perry's Stor< Boone, Bald Mountain, Blue Ridg< I Meat Camp, and Stony Fork town thips. County Office building. West Boone Township. Henson' Service Station. Cove Creek and North Fork Town ships. Sherwood's Store. Bert Mast' Store. Laurel Creek township. V. E Ward's Store. Watauga and Shawneehaw Town ships, Howard's Mast's store. Following is further informatio regarding the ballotting and the que ta system involved: Growers will vote on three que: tions: (l)Are you in favor of mark eting quotas for three years? (2) Ar you opposed to marketing quotas fc three years, but favor the quota it one year? (3) Are you opposed l I quotas? ' A Lwn-th irr1. recently in Berlin and radioed to ^ London from neutral Swtrerland. . cr KNITTOG MILL ; WORK GOES ON | th e Small Plant lo Be Made Ready. In El Advance Completion of m ^ Large Mill. in e Considerable work has already S'1 5. beer, done in the Critcher building i- near the Democrat office looking to w n the installation of a hosiery plant for l'' the Baker-Commaek Co.. of Burling- n; -- on, which will serve to train workers i.j until the big new building can be C' ,e completed. h Carpenters have been preparing n the bases for the machines and elec- se n triciana for the New River Light & w .s Power Company have been making 11 their lines ready to carry the in- vv ;. creased load of the plant. While officials of the company j. have given out no definite statement I- it is expected that the small plant lr 14 will be in operation soon. y ^ u Nazis Rusk Men Into .O is Big Russian Battle t- 31 s The Germans were reported Tues- ^ 3" day to be running reinforcements :r '6 from their Crimean manpower res- oi ie crvoir today in a desperate attempt g 10 to hold the South Ukraine strongct hold of Melitopol in the face of Rus- |3, sian offensives from the east and | ;r north aimed at cracking that gate-|s( v/ay to the Crimea and engulfing the ^ hundreds of thousands of Nazi troops y l>" in the great peninsula. w 15 Some of the bitterest fighting of p ,e the war was raging inside of Melito- g pol itself, the Russians said. Red ar- g ,e my shock spearheads, battling with p f- bayonets and grenades in a blinding ? dust storm, inched their way through a formidable maze of blockhouses i se and street defenses, the Soviets said, ^ 1- clearing away several districts of 15 last ditch defenses, hurled back one e" strong German counter attack south of the city and captured large quan'e tities of materials. tl d n I,0 Yanks Seize 5 Italian }, af Towns in Heavy Drive c q 111 hnttl.o r\f tV?n D.v?a?. :h has ended in victory for the fifth ar-1 g- my with the American and British t, al troops crossing the river at all points ti ty it was announced Tuesday. C ;i- American troops captured five vil- t n- lages on the eastern sector of the d Is. fifth army line in a sweeping ad- e a vance of from three to five miles, o ie Simultaneously British troops be- r n- tween Capua and the sea swept over ;d the difficult river barrier at all points J e- on bridges built by American engin- t to eers. l At the same time Gen. Sir Mont- J gomery's eighth army continued to push back the Germans and captur- ? ed the towns of Santa Stefano and t g Montecelifone in their drive from q the Adriatic coast. a The Fifth army put them astride e a the Titerno river where enemy res- n r" istance slackened. 2n The North African air force main- c )n tained its supremacy hammering at * c" the Germans from one end of the line * to the other, but the biggest air news it-. J t- * ui tue uay was maae Dy /vmencan i 'J1 bomber fleets which blasted the rail' " road yard at Skoplje in Yugoslavia ? on the only railroad running from Belgrade to Athens. n" New Office Hours ^ At Ration Board The War Price and Ration Board de at Boone, N. C., has established new ht office hours. Under the new plan the nd office will be open to the public st from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Monday to Through Friday and 9 a. m. to 12:30 JP. M. on Saturdays. ? $1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY (k^7herkfori) = grand champion at elkin show ally Beef Grown by Tommy Vannoy Grand Champion in Cast Week Showing: Second Champion Tommy Has Raised; Other Ndws of the Show. Watauga County 4-H members and rmers exhibited three baby beeves id eight fleeces of wool in the Eln Fat Stock and Wool Shnu- on tursday October 15. and Tommy mnoy. 4-H cli:b member of the imbco section of the county had e honor of seeing the judge tap s steer for Grand Championship the beef show. This is the second time that Tomy has shown a grand champion calf, is steer that he fed last year won e grand championship at the Wesrn Carolina Fat Stock Show at sheville. and both of Tommy's tampions were Dred and raised on s home farm. This year's grand tampion baby beef weighed 820 winds and sold at auction for 40 nts per pound. The calf was bought r Mr. Poindexter. Mayor of Elkin. r. Avery Neaves. vice-president of le Chataham Manufacturing Co., kin. N. C.; and Mr. T. F. Cooley, anager of the Klondike Farm. Elk. N. C. The next highest ranking calf was iown by Fred Councill of Boone, red's calf stood third in the show, eighed 785 pounds and sold at auctn for 24 cents a pound. Mr. Barird Dougherty purchased this calf r the New River Light & Power o.. of Boone. The other Watauga calf was shown f Charles Vannoy of the Bamboo ction. Charles' calf placed 9th, eighed 575 pounds and sold at aucon for 20 cents a pound. This calf as purchased by Mr. Frank M. ayne, of the Security Life & Trust u.. Boone, N. C. These three steers also won first i the county group and first in le class for home raised steers. Chas annoy won the showmanship const to give the Watauga group a per:ct score. In the wool department the Watjga farmers did equally as well > the 4-Hs did in the cattle show. '. H. Mast of the Cove Creek commnity of this county, had the honor f seeing his fleece selected as the rand champion fleece and Henry aylor of Valle Crucis, saw his purered ram fleece take the first place 1 its class. Ralph Wilson. Vilas, al> took second place with his purered ram fleece in this class. The falauga farmers who exhibited the ool also won the county group prize >r the best county exhibit of wool, 'he grand champion fleece weighed pounds and sold at auction for $1.25 er pound. This fleece also won $13 i prize money. lap Advance Repulsed Says Gen. Stilwell Chunking, Oct. 19.?One prong of he Jap drive into southeastern Chia has been thrust eastward across he Salween river which for eighjen months has held the enemy in heck, a communique from headuarters of Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stil ell indiciated today. The communique recorded an atack by fighter bombers of the foureenth U. S. airforce, supporting the :hinese ground forces, on Japanese roop concentrations and supply umps at Lukka. in Yunnan, on the ast bank of the Salween wall north f the point where the old Burma uaa crosses that barrier. It was the first indication that the