PAGE TWO NEWS FROM LOCAL RATIONING BOARf By R. A. OLSEN. When we in Watauga partake c Thanksgiving Day dinner, let u give thanks that we are not uncle the rule of Hitler, that the vacan chair at the dinner table will soon b occupied again by him. who is non with the armed forces. That we will do our utmost in al respects to help win this war wheth er it is rationing, ceiling prices farming, pulpwood. lumber. o whatever it takes to win it. That we do not want folks to b loafing when there is so much worl to be done. The dictionary says of ideals That which is accepted as a stand aid of excellence." We choose ti place on that statement the interp retation that our ideals or my ideal: are those things that we or I accep within ourselves as being the bes possible thing that we know of tc do at that particular time. This then, implies that there may be < better way. and when v\ e have founc that better way and used it ou: idea! has been raised on that par ticular thing. Take specifically our job of ceil ;ng prices. In visiting throughou the territory" it is evident that \vt have varying degrees of those wht want to comply with regulations down to the black market. Wh> does this difference exist? From discussion it develops thai in practically all cases the one responsibly feels that he is doing s good job. In other words, it meets his standard. In the case of a black market we usually find it the result of little thought given to the importance of ceiling prices. The more we question ourselves as to whether the job we are doing ts the best lhat can be done, the higher our own individual ideals will be raised and the stronger our foundation will become. The above sketch is intended to bring out the thought that to improve ceiling prices and to raise our ineais. it uecomes a never-enamg job of questioning, first ourselves and then anyone else or anything else with the one thought thai we never reach the point of excellence when we can stop going for ward. As I have told you, we are trying to do everything we can to muki this whole program a little easier U live with, and I certainly wish w< could have found some way to tak< care of the car owners who have been wanting to pool their "A" coupons in one car to go deer hunt ing. The plan that was suggestec looked good to me at first, and -.veni into it very thoroughly. In the end however there were just too many important obstacles Of course the big trouble was thai if we allowed pooling of "A" coupons for deer hunting we wouk have to allow it for dozens of oth.ei similar purposes and that woulc create a long list of new problems Right now one of our bigges* worries is the tire situation. A; you know the national office had tr reduce our quota of both truck anc passenger ear tires sharply for th< month of November. I have jus seen the figures showing how many tires of ail kinds, both new and used we have had. The total is roughly 5.800.000, and the experts say thai four million is the absolute mini mum if even a few tirc-s are to be available in all parts of the country They say if our stock gets down below four million, there is going to be a good many towns where nc tires of any kind will be available. In view of these facts, conservation certainly becomes all the more important. Bicycle Tires It has been brought to our attention that in many instances the ceiling prices for new bicycle "tires have not been adhered to. Such a condition makes dealer education in this regard most important. Fruit Cakes Let us repeat, the retailer is not entitled to more than a 25 per cent markup on fruit cake. Word has reached this office that some retailJust Ret New shipment of L Egg Mash, E Also Corn Meal, Lai many ol Prices are advancir you to Watauga Farmei Earl Cook Rock Buildii ; V--' ' Passing Back > | t [ Sid Luckman, Chicago Boar rjuar, terbaok whose passing has beta. credited with putting his team wKh) ; in one same of the National Pop; hall league's western championship 11 , I : ers arc using a higher mark-up. Eggs Egg grading charts may usually - be obtained front county agents. We ' suggest that a supply be distributed ' to interested farmers. The difficulJ ty concerning the matter of opinon 1 as to the various grades of eggs can easily be settled if the seller will take the trouble to grade them. It i is a simple procedure and avoids j any question as to their true value. i Egg which are not graded cannot be, : [ old legally as anything other than ; ungraded eggs. The difference in price is well worth the bother of grading them. Nuts ; The retailer has a 35 per cent i mark-up on pecans, English walnuts, almonds and filberts either in the ; shell or shelled. New Furniture It is illegal for manufacturers sell' ing furniture to retailers and other distributors to charge prices higher than the maximum prices that have been in effect prior to this time. Likewise, it is a violation of the emergency price control act for re tailors and jobbers to pay more than these authorized ceilings. In gen eral. the effect of these regulations is the highest price charged by the ; seller during March, 1942. shall he the maximum coiling price for the ) same commodity now. Coal Bituminous coal delivered from - mine. We understand that many of you have received advice from your suppliers reading, "The price of coal 1 will be higher '" We are in receipt 1 of information from Ihe national of, fice under date of Nov. 16. 1943, ' that there will be no retroactive price increase allowed nor will adt justable pricing be granted to cover any increases which are made. I To All Retail Food Dealers We sent you a new community I j ceiling price poster Order No. H. . This poster replaces the old poster L Order No. !). ; Prices on the new poster oecomo > effective Nov. 25. 1943. Therefore, i we ask that you please destroy the 5 olcl poster and display the new one l in a prominent place. Should you ' need extra copies, please contact . your local War Price and Rationing r Board. We wish to express our apt precision for your co-operation in upholding price control in the past 1 and we fee! confident that you will . continue to give us your loyal support. i It is the habit of chickens to ; scratch and of ducks to swim, of , women to button their coats on the left, and of men on the right. But :! ; the custom that has retail food j stores baffled is the habit of market- j | ing, especially on Saturdays. Week- , 1 end buying stiil accounts for three- 1 j fifths of all sales, which is hard on j i consumers, transportation and clerks ! and managers during this period of i clerk-shortage and customer-plenty. I Shoppers who are ehoosier about choice or feel frustrated in long ' waiting lines may beat the buyers ; bugaboo by buying on days other 1 than Saturdays. j rs u i wnn ajmjj &T/uvar?j zeived.J. .arro Feeds, including )airy F eed, etc. rro Enriched Flour and cher items. ig rapidly. It will pay buy now. rs Cooperative, Inc ng. Depot St., Boone, N. C. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVi Bethel School News Last Friday afternoon most of the Bethel students enjoyed seeing a comedy. "The Pincushion Man." and a news reel. "The Invasion of: Sicily ' The money received byj charging each student five cents is] used to buy more films Mr. Grady Tester, the principal.; has been using some of his films and j his moving picture camera to take- j pictures of all the students at; school. Some time in the future these pictures will be shown at. a j meeting of the parents and teachers, i Last Friday morning at the regu-j lar assembly period of the school.: the student body greatly enjoyed hearing Rev . E K. Troutrnao. of; Boone, speak in behalf of the Na- ; ( tional War Fund drive. Since it is such a worthy cause, it is hoped that the patrons of the school will give' liberally. j At the assembly period the mem !' bers of the junior class presented a 1 short skit shewing the importance!; of mathematics and another show-! mg w;>iK would happen if everyone i 1 should do just us he pleased. The 1 bits of humor in the skits rnadc the I lessons concealed in therr. even more !' I | Wf I m. I ai!> ?? 1 ha: I * lar I wii i 8 De; I | pre I wil I ! cfai I 1 Th 1 al] | mc 1 G01 I We she B< DRY THURSDAY-BOONE. N. C. Appalachian High School News Items\t?lt^Ldii ! is well pleasee S3.631.45 WOHTH OF BONDS brought the toU SOLD AT RALLY sales for the en On Friday morning, the high TOO- The goal school students sold and bought i,nc' we fee $3,631.45 worth of bonds and 3tamps >' during a 30-minute period. The rally was opened with a special SCHOOL OBS number by the high school band, BOO under the direction of Mr. Felts. During the p This selection was followed by the lachian High S singing of the Air Corps Song by 'nE paft in N; Stanley South, baritone. Jean "Wil son then sang a medley of songs. jfVWWVWW^ The girls octet and the boys' quar- W* YWfl'C'S' tet sang "This Is Your War." At Jfi JUw J his time, pledges were taken from 3[ !be students and teachers and stamps > ^ new s] wen' sutd by the senior girls. At 5 Coats M the close <>; th" sale, it was found I5 m.. ' effective. s Th Iv.'.ski lbsdi teams. both bovsj^ "'8 Slttpr and girls. have been greatly enjoy-: % ing some practice games played with ' 5[ ? outsiders, and are looking toward; 5 ivith great pleasure to the time when 5 they ran start playing games with j 5 Depot Stl other schools i? ( AWAV.V.W ~ ? ? - ? I now have all our Christmas display, and desire to particu eniion to our big Toy Depas semen! floor, where we hav? ge line of all the things that li enjoy a! Christmas time. spite war conditions we havi iseni a large amount of mercii II provide acceptable gifts, m Idren, but for the adults as w e postoffice department has j [packages he mailed durin _tL Ml- ! miu. we mviie your co-ope] mection. i would suggest that you do y ipping early, before our stock >lk-White Co BOONE, N. C. NOVEMBER 25. 1943 t. ami teachers them- Miss Helena Clardy. librarian. and ;ht SI. 131.45 worth of her library committee, sponsored > bonds. This amount cook contest in which they decora' ir goal and everyone e Blacks at very special prices. J ECONOMY STORE | rcet Boone. N. C. \WAV.-AVV?WVV.V/A"J,.V.W.V"VVWAVAW tpaM I KWEHfOAfE | it 1 | v inanikaiiilfeA ^ r UlUbUOUUUC larly call your | imeni on the ? b assembled a 1 the children 1 e been able io 1 tandise, which | si only for ihe | *11; I requested thai 1 r. * y uic picscui | ration in this 1 our Christmas I s are depleted. | mpany 1