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VOL. LVI, NO. 22.
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GAINS IMPETUS
AT DINNER MEE1
Subscriptions Arc Now With!
#500 of Goal; All Sections o
County Are Organized; End e
Campaign December 1
'The National War- Fund campaig
gained new impetus at a dinne
given for the workers by Mr. an
Mrs. George C. Greene at the Gate
way Cafe last Thursday evening, a
which time the different outlyin
districts of the county were organiz
CO and Mrs. M. R. Maddux, count,
chairman of the drive, submitted
report showing that the sum a
$2,106 had been raised, bringini
"Watauga County within S5G0 of it
quota of $2,600.
Airs. Maddux states that betweei
new and December 1, the officia
date for the closing of the cam
pa'ign. solicitors will canvass eacl
section of the county, in an effor
to gain an oversubscription of th
quota.
Beginning next week, the name
oi the contributors wiii bo pub
iished
Farm Machinery Repaii
Shop to Open on Nov. 21
A class in farm machinery repai
will start on Monday, Nov 29, ii
the agricultural farm shop of thi
Cove Creek High School.
The class will be supervised b;
Ernest Hillard and taught by Chas
A- Hartley. Classes will bo con
ducted cin Monday, Wednesday an<
Friday of each week, beginning a
7 p. m. and closing at 10.
Many of the farmers fill be in
teresieji in enrolling for the course
They will bring their own maehxn
ary and equipment to repair or con
struct and with the help of Mi
Hartley ' do their own . work. Wit!
the help of Mr. Hartley and the tiro
machinery in the shop, a fanner cai
repair anything from a wagon to i
hw There will be no cost for thi
course-. Each farmer will pay lo
materials which he uses.
Berlin is Smashed
!n History's Record
Aerial Bombing Tri*
London. Nov. 24?Berlin, Ihi
heart of the German war effort
tonight lay sprawled, smasher, smok
mg and trembling afler the greates
atrial blow ever struck in warfar*
?a 1,000-bomber RAF raid last nigh
night during which more thhn 2,
300 long tons of high explosives anc
ijKendiurtes were hurled down or
the Wait capital from its center t<
the suburbs.
The correspondent of a Stock
holm newspaper said preliminary es
timates of dea dand injured totallec
10,000 and that the Nazis official);
announced a "very large number" o
casualties.
The allies did last night what tbi
Germans once dreamed of doing t<
London, but on five times the scali
the Germans ever attained
The record raid on the Nazi capi
tal. which German leaders onci
boasted never would feel the terra
of allied bombs, was made despih
bad weather, and the huge blacl
night bombers of the RAF flyinf
through thick clouds not o n 1;
smashed the industrial suburbs bu
hit government buildings in th<
great city with their record weigh
of explosives. The previous recort
weight of just 2,300 long tons pour
ed down on Hamburg last Aug. 23
Reports tonight from Stockholn
said a heavy pall of smoke huni
over the stricken Nazi capital al
day, and tonight parts of the cit;
atjll were in flames with fire fight
ers and other air raid v/orkers, al
ready weary from coping with
heavy attack four nights before
still toiling desparately.
And tonight, as the terror-strick
en population of Berlin attempts
to check the devastation of las
night's raid, continental radios sud
denly closed down hinting that th
world's fourth largest city agai
was being pounded by the allies.
Mrs. ?l?a Moody
Die* in Cievelant
Funeral services for Mrs. Els
Moody, 37, who died Saturday i
Cleveland, Ohio, were held at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon froi
Hen son's Chapel Methodist Churc
on Cove Creek, and the body wa
interred there.
Mrs. Moody is survived by he
huband, Grady Moody, of Cievelan
and Sugar Grove.
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An Indep*
Marines Win First Rt
^ 1 Unitwl tnsrinAC Knttliwil
^ Japan 'r. defeases by forming a six
s vilJe. This photo shows a port of
liam F. Kalsey. Jr.. commander of J
n landing one of the most difficult oi
5 AAA COMMITTEE TO
' BE NAMED LOCALLY
s
9.000 Community Committeemen to
Be Named in Stale; Local
Meetings Announced
) Meeting in a scries of community
sessions. North Carolina farmers
soon will elect more than 9.000 corar
munity committeemen and altera
nates who will represent them in
b operating the War Food program
and the Agricultural Conservation
program of the AAA in 1944. it was
. announced this week by G. T. Scott,
1 chairman of the State AAA cdmmitj
tee.
. AU community elections will be
held between November 29 and De.
comber 4, Scott said, and county con- I
. venlions for the purpose of electing
Z a county AAA committee will be
. held folio wing final community
. elections in each county,
j ''Shape, beginning the national
J, farm program ten years ago, the
A AAA has been operated on fhe prin- j
|V ciple that farmers themselves run i
s the program," he said. "Each year i
r fanners from every community in j
tiie State elect three of their neigh- j
bore as AAA committeemen _ to ]
handle their farm program business.!
They also elect a delegate to repre- <
sent the community in selecting a
committee of three farmers from the
> county to serve as the county AAA.
committee for the following year."
The dates for the meetings in
Watauga County are as follows:
Monday, November 23
t Bald Mountain township, at Wala
ter Cook's store, from 9 a. in. to 10:30
? a. m.
Meal Camp township, at Green
j Valley school, from 11 a. m. to 12:30
1 P- m.
3 Meat Camp township, at WinebarJ
ger sehopl, from 1 p. m. to 2:30
p. m.
Stony Fork township, at Deep Gap
j school, from 3:30 to 5 p. m.
Tuesday, November 30
'j. Blowing Rock township, at Lentz's
store, from 9 a. m. to 10:30 a. rn.
Blue Ridge township, at Bamboo
~ school, from 11 a. m. to 12:30 p. ni.
_ Elk township, at Simmons' store,
-\trom 1:30 p. tn. to 3 p. m.
Boone township No. 2 at county j
, office building, from 3 p. m. to 4:30 j
P- mBoone
township No. 3 at Green
^ (Continued on page eight.)
} F.F.A. Livestock
I Judging Contest
t
l ine annual fareway r.r.A rea
oration livestock judging contest was
held recently at the Cove Creek
i High School. The Cove Creek chapg
ter was in charge. Chapter judging
1 teams entering the contest were
f Sparta, Newland. Cove Creek, Cran
berry. Daniel Boone, Jefferson and
- Piney Creek.
a The classes judged by'the boys
i, were breeding beef cattle, farm
draft horses, fat hogs, dairy cows
- and poultry. County Agent H. M.
i Hamilton" made official, placing for
t the contest.
The Cove Creek team, composed
s of Truman Billings and Carl Campn
bell, placed fiist with 775 points, and
the Newland team placed second
with 760 points. Todd Lacka, of
Newland, was the high scoring boy
qfjthi. contesst with 425 points out
J of 50o possible points.
The Cove Creek chapter will receive
a nice present for team winning
first place and Todd Lacka,
" the highest scoring individual, will
** receive a pin for his score,
n
h LARGE CORN YIELD
is Mr. Robert L. Norris, of Bald
Mountain township, reports that
ar from two acres planted to corn this
d year, he made a yield of 160 busheis
to the acre.
JGA
endent Weekly Newspap
BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY
>und on Bougainville
their way through another pari of
-mile-long beachhead on Bougainthe
landing parly. Admiral Wilthe
South Pacific forces, called the
t the Solomons campaign.
BURLEY HOUSES
TOOPENMONDAA
Auction Sales of Tobacco to Star
December 8: Prospects
Are Bright
The Mountain Hurley Tobacct
Warehouses will be open for the re
ceipt of tobaeco next Monday morn
ing, and auction sales of the lea'
will begin on December 8
Mr. R. C. Coleman, of Tabor City
operator of the local warehouses
has been in town for several days
and he and other members of th<
local force have loured the burlej
area in three states, getting read}
for the opening of what he believe;
will be the most successful season ir
the history of the local market.
The tobacco this year it said tc
be of high quality, and more thar
two million pounds is expected to be
sold during tl>e season.
Dr. Whitener is
Lauded For Work
On War Records
Dr. Christopher Crittenden, eo-ordinator
of war records office of civilian
defense, writes to D. J. Whitener,
collector for Watauga County:
"The Office of Civilian Defense and
the State Department of Archives
and History are highly gratified
over the work you arc doing. Records
of our state's part in the war
are being collected in large numbers.
Before the task is completed,
it is believed that we will have one
of the largest and most valuable collections
of its kind to be found in
the United States."
The collection and preservation of
the war records for Watauga County
is a task which should enlist the enthusiastic
support of every citizen.
In many counties where there is no
fireproof building for storage purposes,
the records are being sent to
Raleigh for safe keeping. Fortunately
Watauga County has the fireproof
library at the college, and all records
will be kept at home where
they will be open and available to
the people.
Collector Whitener states that
newspaper accounts of our boys
should be clipped and sent to him,
but the name and the date of the
newspaper should be written on the
clipping. Accounts of bond sales,
Red Cross drives, OPA activities.
United Service Fund campaigns, and
all other activities and work connected
in any way with winning the
war are included in the scope of the
collection.
Plans are being made to preserve
the service record of each soldier.
With the aid of the American Legion
and other groups and individuals,
the service records should be collected
without delay.
Elsewhere in this newspaper will
appear a form for Watauga Countj
Service Record, World War II. Fil:
it outj clip it, and send to D. J
Whitener, Boone, N. C.
Dr. Ralph A. Herring
Heads State Baptists
Winston-Salem, Nov. 18?Dr. R. A
Herring, pastor of the First Baptis
Church of Winston-Salem, was elect,
ed president of the North Carolint
State Baptist convention here today
Other officers named at the fina
session of the annual meeting were
Rev. Perry Crouch, Fayetteville
first vice-president; Dr. Claude Gad
dy, Raleigh, second vice-president
and J. W. Kincheloe, Rocky Mount
third vice-president.
Dr. Herring succeeds Mr. I. G
Greer, of Thomasville, as head o
the Baptist State convention.
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DEM(
er?Established in the Year
NORTH NOVEMBER 25. 1943
COMMERCE BODY
HOLDS MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
1
Interesting Program is Arranged
for Dinner Session; Standard
Oil Representative and
Others Appear on Program
About 30 members of the Cham ber
of Commerce gathered for an
important dinner meeting at the
Gateway Cafe Tuesday evening, at
which time a number of guests were
heard, and many matters of civic
interest discussed.
Mr. J. E. Baker, president of the
Bakcr-Commack Hosiery Mills,
spoke and told of lite plans of his
company, which is now operating a
small plant here, pending the completion
of the new boiiding. Mr.
Baker stated lhat it is the purpose
of his firm to co-operate in all matters
looking to the betterment ot the
community, and that Boone was
chosen as the logical place to locate
a plant in line with his program of
j. decentralization of his industries.
Mr. G. F. Ball, of the Standard
Oil Company, showed an interesting
and instructive picture, showing _
i mi- memoes usee oy Esso reporters
in gathering news.
Mr. Clyde R Greeje presented in- ~
teresling figures on agriculture and t
> other activities in Watauga County, |
- and the matter of .selling license
-i tags in Boone came up for discusf!
sion. The following committee was *
appointed to investigate the possibility
of getting these tags: H. Grady
. Farthing, chairman; Harry Hamilton
. and Clyde R. Greene.
' The advertising of this section in C
! co-operation with the Blowing Rock t
' Chamber of Commerce was dis- j,
cussed, and given favorable eonsid'
oration The matter was referred r
1 to the board of directors for further S
consideration The matter of ad- n
' vertising the tobacco market was n
1 brought up. and it was decided that tj
; the Chamber of Cormnerce would as j
sist to a limited extent in this activity.
'*
Mr. H. W. Wilcox, president of the ^
commerce body, stated that progress
is being made in regard to establish- ,,
. ment of express service here.
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler spoke
on the possibilities of post-war air ^
Height service. j
Success of Pacific * b
Venture Assured ?
Pearl Harbor, T H., Nov. 23.? $:
, Success of the first American offen- nr
sive of the war in the Central Pa- s<
cific is assured, Admiral Chester W. n
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xvawtavf. iiiuiuuiti cu vi IU~ Ci
day. ri
Already the 27th divison has tap- v,
tared Makin atoll. The capture of E
Tarawa, where tlie marines have fi
consolidated their positions, is eer- b
tain. Amphebian forces cracked the
beach defenses of both places last 1c
Saturday. it
The situation on Abemama atoll. c'
80 miles south of Tarawa. was re- !ported
well in hand. The marines J"
landing there was announced only J'
yesterday.
IS]
An excellent bomber field within ^
striking distance of strong Japanese
bases in the Marshall islands }o the
north will become available with
i tlie capture- of Tarawa. Fighting c|
on Tarawa was believed to l>e confined
to Betio island, which has air j.
base facilities. The enemy was '
i strongly entrenched on Betio, at the
. southwestern tail of Tarawa atoll. ^
1 The island is a sand waste less than w
two miles long and about a thou- j(
! sand yards wide.
Scouts To Enjoy
Banquet On Monday
e
The Boy Scouts of Boone will c
enjoy a venison banquet at tire n
, Scout Hut next Monday evening at p
7:00, according to an announcement F
. made by Mr. B. W. Stallings, Scout- (j
master. c
The following have been invited
to attend: Buck Bobbins, W. B. York, c
Bill Greer, Grady Moretz, Bill Aid- o
ridge, Pete Stcrie, Buddy Moretz, E
, Jack Whilener, George King, Junior t
' Cook, Fred Council), Donald War- d
man, Fred Miller BiUie Btisteed, d
. Donald McCracken, Gene Black- f
t burn. ?
Each Scout is requested to fur- ?
i nish his own plate and iork. b
i ANOTHER LOCAL HUNTSMAN h
: BAGS DEER IN MITCHELL AREA a
I
Bill Rush, of The Democrat staff, I
. bagged a 109-pound buck in the d
, Mount Mitchell Co-operative Wildlife
Management Area last Saturday, 1
- bringing to four the number of deer c
f taken by local men during the an- "
nual hunts there. t
3CRA
1888. Jf
JjjmAR Veteran
?B8&s?eb?: *$&hSL
d$ffl fflwWlffiS
Mr. William H. Blackburn, Watauga's
last veteran of the Grand
Army of the Republic, whose
death occurred at his home at
Laxon on November 15. Mr.
U1 1.1 " * ' " *
uiovivi'Uir?4 was uuia rmyuii <?*.
1846. arid was enrolled as a private
in the Onion Army under
Capt. John C. Garland in Co. F,
N. C. Infantry, July 17. 1364. He
was discharged on August 8, 1865,
ai Knoxville, Tenn.
1MAS SEAL SALES
)FF TO GOOD START
Vatauga County Chairman Says
Initial Response is Highly
Encouraging
The first day's returns of the
Ihristmas Soul sale of the Watauga
uberculosis Association wore "high/
oneouiaging," according to offtials
of the association. Christmas
cals were received in the mail hy
tost citizens on Monday. Tuesday's
rail brought a number of contnbuons.
"'These prompt responses to our
Pfvsal show that the post office au- i
fori ties did an excellent job of ,
andling the seal mail and that the j
eaplc in Watauga County recognize
re association's work ar. vital to the ,
ealth and welfare of the communi- ,
Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, county (
hainnan of the campaign, said to- (
ay.
Mrs. Holshouser, who has long (
een active in the association, open- ,
:1 the first letter on Tuesday. It
as from a prominent local lady
ho raised her contribution from
? to $5. writing. "In spite or the
laiiy worthy appeals this year, it
terns to me that the Christmas Seal
ecd is greater than ever before beMtse
of the threatened wartime
se in the disease. I remember
hat happened during the last war.
ven though we were in that war .
tr only a relatively short time, tuerculosis:
increased.
"And 1 understand that lubercu- ,
isis is now on a dreadful rampage 1
t certain European and Asiatic
luntries. I think the fact that, aliough
tuberculosis has increased in
te United States in certain areas,
terc has been no general increase j
iroughout. the entire country is a ,
[-eat verdict on the value of the
tberculcsis associations."
Mrs. Holshouser said that first
mtributor was correct in' summing j
p the wartime problems of tuberilosis
here and abroad. "While the < j
eath rate increased during 1943 in ,
1 states, it continued to drop in the '
fher 35, including North Carona,"
she said. "Consequently, the ,
eath rate for the country as a
rbole for 1943 is expected to be the '
iwest on record."
EJTLER'S BERLIN HOME
IS SET AFIRE BY RAF
The nerve center of Hitler's govrnment
in the Wilhelmstrass reeived
a paralyzing blow Tuesday
iglit in the greatest deluge of ex- j
losive and incendiary bombs the j
!AF yet has dropped on Berlin,!
ravelers from the stricken Nazi
apital to Stockholm said.
Hitler's home adjoining the reich's
hanceliery was set aflame and that
f Foreign Minister Joachim Von
tibbentrnp was destroyed. A Reuers
dispatch said Hitler's home was
estroyed. The home of Propagana
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels,
routing on the Hermann Gorir.g
itrasse and just behind the United
itates embasse, was gutted and
urning.
The foreign office between Hitler's
ome and the president's palace was
blaze and the British embassy
luilding near Unter Den Linden at
he end of the Wilhelmstrasse was
lestroyed.
The correspondent of the Stocklolm
newspaper Aftoniidningen
[uoted Berlin residents as saying
Berlin can never recover from thi3
dow."
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SI.50 A YEAR?oc A COPY
ANNUAL XMAS
PARTY TO BE
HELD DEC. 26
Democrat, Lions Club and Other
Organizations Co-operate With
Appalachian Theatre in Bringing
Christmas Cheer to Needy
Children
Through the co-operation of the
Watauga Democrat, Lions Club,
Woman's Club and all other civic
organizations who wish, to bring
Christmas cheer to many needy
children of this community, the annual
Christmas party will be held at
the Appalachian Theatre this year
cm Sunday. December 26.
Through the co-operation of the
high schools and the grammar
schools and through the kindness of
Principals Wey and Howell, the
"free" matinee will be held at the
theatre on Thursday. Dec. 2. at 10
o'clock a. m.
Tile principals have offered to
give the pupils two hours off in the
morning of this day to attend the
"free" matinee, the only admission
being a broken toy or discarded one
that can be repaired and repainted
by the local fire department and
Bey Scouts.
The toys will be distributed to the
needy children at the party on Sun day.
Dec" 26, to be held at the theatre
where an interesting program of
Christmas music is to be rendered
by the choirs of the local churches.
hast year, according to Manager
0. J. Normal), the party was a success
through the efforts of the local
[elks who solicited money throughnut
tile town to buy additional fruit
baskets and toys for the children,
t>ut due to the late start, they were
no| able to go into the county home
ar to reach all of the colored chilIren
of the community.
Hopes run high this year that we
:an have the biggest and best party
iver held at the theatre and have
sufficient toys and fruits for ail.
The Watauga Democrat will have
an "Empty Stocking Fund" this year
and if you will send your contributions
to The Democrat Tor this fund
your name and amount will he published
each week.
Let's go, Boone! Let's be sure
here isn't one little wet eye on
Christmas morning due to the fact
ihat "Santa" forgot to stop by, or
that "daddy" is overseas and
'mummy" just wasn't able to buy
:oys this Christmas. You will help,
won't you?
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Annual Financial
: c. D
vcuu^ai^ii rur twy
Scouts Begins Dec. 2
The annuai financial campaign
for the Boy Scouts will be held in
Watauga County on December 2,
1 and 4. This campaign will be condueled
by a committee composed of
Lee Stout, of Boone; Howard HolihoiLser,
of Blowing Rock, and Paul
Bingham, of Cove Creek.
Watauga County is in ihe Old
Hickory Council along with Stokes,
Forsyth, Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes,
Alleghany and Ashe. The money
raised in this campaign goes into
the budget for the council and is
used to promote Scouting in the entire
council. Our (juota for this
rcunt.y has been set at $500.
The organization for this campaign
has been completely set up for
Boone and the canvass will be made
by six teams composed of a captain
r.nd four members as follows:
Team No. 1: Lee Stout, captain;
r. M. Greer, Win. Cook, J. V. CauJill,
Sr., ana A. K. Smith.
Team No. 2: Robert Busteed, captain;
Herbert Wey, John Howell, Dr.
J. T. C. Wright and Chas. Hartley.
Team No. 3: Frank Payne, captain;
Alfred Adams, L. T. Tatum. G.
H. Winkler and W. H. Gragg.
Team No. 4: Rev. J. C. Canipe,
captain; D. L. Wilcox, Made Brown,
H. W. Wilcox and G. D. Barnett.
Team No. 5; J. E. Holshouser,
captain; Guy Hunt. Edgar Brown,
Ralph Greer and W. R. Winkler.
Team No. 6; Dr. R. R. King, captain;
Faul Coffey, H. M. Hamilton.
Grady Farthing and James Council!
CLYDE R. GREENE,
Farkwny District Chairman.
Mrs. Frank Wyke Dies
in Vancouver, Wash.
News lias reached Boone oi the
death in Vancouver, Wash., of Mrs. '
Jean Wyke, 28, wife of Fred Wyke,
of Boone. Mrs. Wyke's death occurred
shortly after the arrival of
the family in Washington, where
Mr. Wyke had been engaged for
some time in defense work.
The body is expected to arrive in
Boone Wednesday, but funeral details
have not been arranged.
In addition to the husband, four
snurll sons survive.
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