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i STAMPS H|l* VOL. LVI, NO. 28 * ? An Independent Weekly Newspaper -Established in the Year^ JBOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTJH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JAf $1.50 A YEAR-Sc A COPY CHRISTENING OF U.S.S. KEPBART SET FOR FRIDAY Mother of Blowing Ro& Hero, Killed in the Fighting ou Guatlak-anai to Take i$art in Ceremony at Charleston Navy Yard This Week Charleston, S. C., Jan. 1 ? In cere monies at the Charleston Navy Yard Friday, Jan. 7, Mrs. A. P. Kephart, ol Blowing Rock, N. C., formerly of Greensboro, N. C., will christen a new destroyer escort, the U. S. S. Kephart, named for her naval hero sop, the late I.t. William Perry Kep hart, a naval flier killed in the struggle last year for control of Guadalcanal. Citizens of Greensboro provided money for the new warship when they purchased $5,000,000 worth of war bonds in the third 'war loan drive and earmarked them for the construction of this fighting vessel. Mrs. Kephart, as a sponsor, will have as her maid of honor her daughter. Miss Margaret Kephart, of "Washington, or in the event of Miss Keph art's absence. Mrs. W. E. Dill, oi Brooinall. Pa. "W. H. Sullivan, mayor of Greens boro, and long-time friend of the Kephi.?rt family, will be ? principal speaker at the christening of the TJ.S.S. Kephart. The U. S. S. Kephart. named for the daring naval filer who lost his life in aerial action against the Japs over Guadalcanal on Oct. 14, 1942, was officially undockcd in the Charleston navy yard some time ago. It is one of the destroyer escorts constructed in building docks under an accelerated navy ship construc tion program. In the effort to save time and to speed the new warships to the fleet, ceremonies for chris tening the vessel were not held at the tjjne it was floated. | Sttsru in Pauuriranla Lieut, Kephart was the son of Dr. and Wjte- Adam Perty Kephart He ww bora in Mayeredale, Pa., and "ipeat his ' boyhood in Greensboro. "While living in Greensboro he kt tehdad the University of North Caro lina at Chape! Hilt, graduating in 1937 with a bachelor of science de gree in mechanical engineering. Following his graduation from the university, he enlisted in the naval reses-ve in Washington on Aug. 15, 103V, and received his preliminary flight training there. He was ap pointed aviation cadet in November, 1937, and ordered to the naval air station, Pensacola, Fla? for aviation instruction. "In November, 1838, he was designated ntVal aviator and was assigned to the fleet air detach ment naval air station, San Diego, - Calif. fg& - After duty with the carrier air grbup attached to the U.S.S. Sara toga, he yras transferred to a scout ing squadron of the U.BJS. Wasp. From May, 1940, through October, 1940, Lieutenant Kephart served as a flight instructor at the Pensacola, Fla., naval air station. He returned to duty in a squadron attached to the U. S. S. Wasp and continued saving in the- fleet until he was trilled in enemy action over Guadal canal, October 14. 1942. Lieutenant Kephart was awarded posthumously, the Purple Heart medal. He was also entitled to the Aiaerican Defense Service medal with fleet clasp and the Asiatic-Pa ciUc Area campaign medal. FOURTH WAR LOAN STARTS JAN. 18TTH ? ? Ouo la far Wttoag* County WUl Likely b? About SIM^OO. Says Chairman Thp Fourth War Loan campaign gets; under way over the nation on January 18, and continues until Feb r.-i ruary 15, during which period it is proposed to sell fourteen billion dol lars worth of war bonds, and while Watauga County's quota hcs not been established definitely, infor mation coming from Mr. W. IX, that local people will be asked to subscribe uo leas than $130,000 to this huge war-financing fund. Mr. Farthing states that Mr. W. pUjjE Neal, of Winston-Salem, chair- J man of the war loan in the north western tier of counties, will be here Thursday of this weak to aid in per fecting the local organization, and to assist in getting the drive off to a good start in this county. De tailed plans for the band campaign win be uli?e il shortly. tmBrtt woman knows who,. Predicts *44 Victory Gross Receipts for 1943 Over 1942 at Local Postoffice is 18 Per Cent: Money Order Sales Sltow 38 Per Cent Rise; $127, (H 0 War Bonds Sold A genera] increase in the business at the Boone postolfice during the year 1943 is shown in figures made pubtii by John E. Brown, Jr., the postmaster, who reveals that the gross receipts for the office as of Decerr ber 3!, 1943, were $A2,289 in. a*. -a*t inst $l8ji79.43 for- ifeu A?ne period in 1942. Mr. Brown further states that stamp sales for December, 1943, were $2,643.39, as compared to $2,256.90 for Dc-cem Der, 1942, or an increase of $386.49. The increase in money order sales was $43,812.29, or 38 per cent over 1942. In 1942, money or ders were issued in the amount of $115,341.63, in 1043, $159,231.63. War savings stamps to the amount of $7,121.35 were sold during the year; internal Revenue stamps amounted to $622.65, and motor ve hicle st.imp sides were $5396.90. United States War bonds were sold in 1943 to the amount of $127,000. Postmaster Brown states that dur ing the year the rural routes were adjusted in such o way a 6 to afford additional and improved service to the patrons of the two routes nut of the local postoffiee. Allies Blacken Nazi Skies ra>Mightiest Air Raft of War gf P London, Jan. 4. ? Allied, heavy, medium and fighter bombers hit northwest Germany and the French invasion coast with more than 3,000 tons of bombs today' in a dawn-to dusk offensive employing probably the war's greatest number of fight ing aircraft in a single day. Allied air officers threw about 2,750 planes at northwest Germany and the French invasion coast in the daylight hours. Approximately 1,500 American heavy bombers and escorting fight ers blasted Germany's great sub marine dotted northwest area in a massive attack which blackened the skies. s. y . ....... Eighteen bombers and two fight ers were lost. American Marauders, shuttling across the channel 200 strong, twice during the day pounded military objectives along Ihe : French coast for the sixth consecutive day with out a loss. ; - ~;C ?. They raised to 1,500 the number! of individual sorties they have flown | avainst the same taraete. Tonight the German long wave] SEASON BURLEY SALES PASS MILLION POUNDS Opening Day of Post-Holiday Period Sets New Regard on Floors of Local Warehouses; 47-Cent Season Average; Four Sales Weekly Tobacco sales on the floors of the Mountain Burley Warehouses on Wednesday will bring the season to tal to more than one hundred thou sand pounds above the sale for the entire 1942-43 period, if conservative estimates of Mr. R. . C. Colemafa. warehouseman, on the poundage of the auctions now being conducted, (ire borne out. If the sales of today reach 125, 000, as is confidently expected, the total sales as of tonight will be 2, 030, 0&0, as compared with 1,906, 000 for the entire period last year. The season average is reported by Mr. Coleman as being 47 cents per pound. The first post-Christmas auction held on Monday, resulted in the sale of 179,000 for an average of 48 cents, breaking all former records of the local market for a compar able day," both as to total tonnage and average price: on Tuesday 124, 0C<) pounds were sold, and today's sales will easily reach 125,000. With a large amount of tobacco on the floors, 17 trucks, most of them large ones, were unloading as the sale opened, and receipts are expected to be large for the next several days. Banner Crop's One of the best rfales to be made Tuesday way by Mr. A. T. Arnold, of Crumpler, Ashe county, who sold 480 pounds at 60 cents, with an" average for his entire big crop of 55 cents. Before Christmas' Nata Jar vis, of Madison county, sold the to bacco from one acre for an average of 54 cen.U or for the net sum of $1,367,. with transportation, ware house fees and . all charges paid. v Four S*1sb 7/?*kir | . Storing week, it ? said tbejfs *ft 5^ciflyto?r,3ns?i*TTrpe rather than as formerly. This change which affects the entire burley belt, was brought about be cause of th- difficulty redrying plants are having in keeping up with deliveries, due to the shortage of labor Boone Lion* Club Meets With OP A Board Ihe Boone Lions Club met at the Gateway Cafe Tuesday evening, Jan. 4. The Watauga County Ration Board were guests cf the club for the evening, and intioduced by Dr. B. J. Whitener, publicity director of the board, the members spoke briefly, jM In commenoing the fine work of the board, Lion Wade E. Brown gave something of the history of the board's activities. Chairman Gordon H. Winkler spoke of the dif ficulties of administering the pro gram. Mr. Winkler, one of the original members of the committee, has seen the work grow in import ance in the lives of Watauga coun tians. Mr. S. F. Hortoa, another member, spoke briefly. Other mem bers who spoke were Rev- Walter K. Keys, of. Blowing Rock, and Mr. W. C- Greene. | The feature talk of the evenirg was delivered by Mr. Richard E. Olsen, executive secretary of the local rationing board. In explain ing the purpose of OPA, he stressed the importance of rationing as a means of holding back inflation and protecting the economic life of the post-war period. He asked that peo ple learn to like rationing- better than they have in the past Guests of the evening were Dr. A. P. Kepbart, Lion -on- leave; Mr. Mor ris O'Sullivan, manager of the local ten cent-store, and Prof. A R. Smith of Appalachiac College. Rites For Mrs. Geo. Cottrell On Thursday * Funeral services for Mrs. George Cottrell, age 34 years, were conduct ed from the Oak Grove Baptis^ Church last Thursday afternoon by the pastor. Rev. G. A. Hamby, and Rev. J. C. Canipe. Interment was in the Hine Cemetery. 'Mrs. Cottrell; a daughter of Mrs. F. M. Maltha of Boone, and the late Mr. Maltha, had been residing with her husband in Lenoir , for some time, and came to Boone Thursday before Christmas for a visit with her mother. She became seriously' in Sunday evening and died hi the local hospital Wednesday morning. 4hf fuftfrOTw! mother, I Mm Cottrell is I "U J' yrg','.* ' xBTd Supplying M, on Apamama Marines and navy Seabees roll drums of gasoline and fuel oil through the water at Apamans, one of the Gilbert aiolis thai fell to ihe marines. The defending Japanese offered only light resistance to the invaders at this point. HAKE BOWLES IS MISSING IN ACTION i Former Assistant County Farm: Agent in Air Corps, Reported Missing Dec. 20 Lieut. W. Flake Bowles, formerly assistant county farm agent here, was rcportc-d missing in action in the Mediterranean theatre of war cn December 20th, members of his fam ily at Hiddenite. N. C., have been advised. Lieut. Bowles came to Boone in June. 1941. and was assistant farm agent until Nov. 33, 1942, when he went into the air corps. He receiv ed his wings and commission on July 23, 1943, and was navigator on a B-17 bomber when he failed to re turn from duty No further word has been heard of Lieut. Bowles and his many friends here are still hopeful that h* will. later be reported as safe. BAPTOHAVE BANNER YEAR Reports Show Best Twelve Month* Financially in State Con vention's History Raleigh, Jan. 2 ? The North Caro lina Baptist convention had the best financial year in its history in 164S, L. 1. Morgan, statistical secretary, said yesterday in his year-end re port The convention, made up 69 white and two Indian associations, received a total of $6,454,818.82 in gifts for ail purposes, a gain of $974,809.88, or 17.8 per cent, over last year. Gifts to all missions, educational institutions and benevolences totaled $1,420,869.19, a gain of $304,595.57 over the previous year, and gifts for local work amounted to $5,033, 949.63. 15.4 per cent molt than last year. Morgan said that the number of churches had been increased to 2,644, with a combined membership of 551,348, a gain of 35 churches and 13,668 members. There were 21, 308 baptisms among white associa tion churches and 244 in 35 Indian churches. With 2,537 churches contributing to denominational' objects, the per capita gift' to denomination objects was $2.58, and the per capita gift to local objects was $9.14. The report showed there are 2, 642 Sunday schools, with a total membership of 402,244. Thirty-six Indian Sunday schools have a mem bership of 3,887. The four churches reporting the largest Sunday school average at tendance in the convention were Tabernacle of Raleigh, with 1,053; First of Charlotte, with 816; First of Greensboro, with 805, and First of Winston-Salem, with 806. In Bible school and training work, Morgan's report showed that 564 churches held Bible schools,' a drojj of 85 from last year, which Morgan attributed to the shortage of gaso line and tires; and 995 had some form of training "union work, com pared with 1,049 last year. E. E. McGuire Dies On Tuesday Evening ffe Mr. E. E. McGuire, of Todd, died at the Wilkes HoHspital Tuesday night, from an illness of only a few hours: Funeral details had not been as this was written. 'mm*, Netherlands West Indies, MWM ' ; a .itiiJ WEATHER DATA FOR OLD YEAR Local Man Submits Interesting Fig ures on Temperatures. Etc., For 1343 Mr. W. H. Smith, who makes a hobby of recording the whims of the elements in this locality, furnishes j The Democrat the following concise summary of the weather in Boone during the year 1943: Average low temperature 418 Average high temperature 66.8 Mean temperature 52.3 February 13, 14 and 15 was the coldest period with temperature 4 to 9 below zens. January 27 and 28, we had an all time lecord sleef storm. , April 13, 14 and 15 were snow blizzard days. January ? five snows. February ? si* scows. Mayrh"~<Jnht wwiw? ? April ? one sncw and three a?y? of bltezarn. October ? two light snows. November ? two light snows. December ? two light snows. First killing frosts ? Sept 14 and 18. June, July and August weather: Low average. 53.5 degrees. High average, 82.0 degree*. Mean, 72.2 degrees. Dr. and Mrs. Kephart Spend Week in County Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart, own ers and directors of Camp Yonahlos see, and of the Out of Doors School at Sarasota, Fla., have been at Camp Yonahlossee for the past week after a visit to Miss Margaret Kephart, who is with the Australian Minis try of Supply in Washington, D..C., and a short stay in Greensboro. They are on their way to Charles ton; S. C., for the christening of the U. S. S. l^ephart, destroyer escort, named in honor of their son, Lieut. William Perry Kephart,. which will occur on Friday. Dr. and Mrs. Kephart and Miss Margaret ? Kephart have purchased and reorganized the Out of Door School in memory of Lieut Kephart On October 14, the first anniversary of his death, they set up a fund for a special shelf of books in the school library also in memory of Lieut Kephart Since then this fund has been added to by friends of the school and the Kephsrts. The Kepliarts expect to return to Watauga County not later than the first of June to operate Camp Yon ahlossee for its 23rd season. They are expecting a full season since half of the places hare already been reserved. Very many were turned away last- year and early en troli menU, indicate that registration will be complete at an earlier date this ?year. .. ... The Out of Doors School is devel oping very encouragingly and the enrollment for the current year will be beyond expectations for a first year. It is being operated as a non-profit corporation. Five mem bers of the' Camp Yonahlossee staff] arc members of the faculty and a number of students' are from North Carolina. Annual Red Cross , Meeting January 10 The annual meeting of the Wat auga Chapter, American Bad Crons, will be held Monday, Jan. 10, at 7:80 o'clock. There will be *n elec tion of officers and reports of the -? 1?--V -1 1 ? I HOSIERY PLANT NOW OPERATING IN NEW BUILDING Large Number of Machines Now in Operation at Baker-Com ruaek Plant: Bad Weather De lays Plant Getting Into Pro duction IBB Manufacturing -operations started at the big new plant of the Baker Comir.ack Co. here Monday, morn ing, and although oad weather has interferred with the installation of machinery, a good part of the equip ment was ready for operation, with the opening shift being composed of 27 people. Already installed are 33 knitting machines, 10 libbers, 10 loopers, cuid there will be gradual expansion until the plant gets into Xuil operation, |5J when there will be no less than 100 people employed. Mr. L. E. Veale, oi Burlington, who supervised the installation o? the new machinery, left Wednesday, and the plant will be in charge of Mr. Melvin Y. Holt. Mr. Veale states that the plant is not organized yet, and is working with little mere than ?s| n skeleton crew at this time; how over, as- more workers arrive, ond trained, the plant will gradually get into full production. Due largely to the had weather, a number of those having in applica tions for work have not appeared. The management asks that workers make every effort to report for duly |g|2S when notified. Messrs. Veale and Holt are well pleased with their new building, and with the prog ress being made by the workers who have been recruited in th __ wuu lie county. $20,000 LOSS IN LMter Carroll Lone Lug* Bora. Ttrad and a&ON J-**. Mfaailfcot l-estex CairoH, lumber and man at the PerliinsviUe? hood, suffered a ioss of al , ? , 000 in a fire early Saturday morn ing, which destroyed a laicge stock barn, a quantity of feed, and a yard containing some 200,000 feet of lumber. Insurance was in forco covering something like 20 per cent of the loss, St is said. The cause of the ionf?agra.?.. ? not known but the fire originated in the barn, and the structure htumed rapidly. The Boone fire department responded, but since city water lines were not available in Perkin* vi'le, st;ch water as could be secur ed from a well was used to protect property of the Watauga Livestock Market- A number of cattle -were taken from the building, and the structure was destroyed at about 2 a. m. When the fire appeared to be burned down, and no further, dan-* ^ ger to other property apparent, fire fighters returned home. At about 6 *?3?3?! o'clock, the lumber yuei burned, only about 15,000 feet of lumber be ing saved. Hotel at Elk Park Destroyed by Fire Fire of undetermined origin com pletely destroyed the Elk Park hotel iand all of the contents about 5:30 a. m. Thursday. Several per sons living at the hotel were forced to jump from windows, the fUiuee had gained such headway before be ing discovered. A trailer, occupied by a diamond driller making tests at the Cran berry iron mine, and an automobile parked on the lot next to the hotel also were destroyed. Diamonds valued at $4,000 used in the drilling were lost. The Elk Park hotel, only hotel in the town, was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Dogger, who went to Elk Park a number of years ago from Watauga County.
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