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o watauga democrat An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. ^ . v ^-^L? 29 BOONE- WATAUGa"cOUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944 ^ ^ S1 50 A vttap, ^ a ,^opY UNITED STATCS WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ai RED CROSS NAMES SLATE OF OFFICERS AT ANNUAL MEET Bev. Edwin Troutman is Chair man of Watauga Red Cross Unit; Reports Heard of Vari ous Committee Activities Dur ing Past Year At the annual meeting of Wat auga Chapter. American Red Cross, held in the courthouse Monday evening. Rev. Edwin F. Troutman was named chairman, routine busi ness matters were discussed and re ports of the different committees presented. Other officers elected were: Vice chairman. R. W. Watkins; secretary, Mrs. Russell D. Hodges; treasurer, Mr. Alfred Adams; executive secre tary, Mrs. F. E. Warman; executive committee. Wade E. Brown, G. K. Moose and. Dr. W. M. Matheson Reports were heard from the fol lowing committees; First aid and accident prevention rt ported by Wade Brown, that 265 certificates were issued during the past year. Mrs. lieighty, chairman of knit ting. accounted for 2,850 hours of volunteer work within the county. The home service chairman, Mrs. J. E. Warman, investigated several r.undred cases, securing support for families of service men and also personal aid to others in service Miss Thursa Steed's report on water safety and life saving showed thai four courses had been offered during the year. The surgical dressing report, made by Mrs. Warman, brought forth a problem in the need of a work room for the township of Boone. There is .1 demand for its use, thus necessitat ing a stoppage of work and the moving of material and supplies to other quarters. The county centers are responsible for the county's quota until there can be a suitable room for use here. Each working Kroup heretofore in the town has rolled during one evening any where from 400 to 3,000 bandages so the stoppage of work here will cut 6owr. the possibility of reaching the county's quota. Home nursing report by Mrs. Glenn showed that several courses nave beep, taught with certificates issued within the county. Mrs. Glenn also reported the desperate need Tor volunteer nurses' aid at the hospital. A meeting for such vol unteers will be held at the home of JVjfcpr, Glenn Friday evening. All thftf-e interested in this work are urged to take part. The reasurer's report \vas omitted due to the absence of the treasurer, Mr. Harmon. A constitution for the local chap ter. drawn up by the executive committee, was read and adopted by the organization. Mrs. Warm a/i was commended by Rev. Mr. Canipe for the excellent work accomplished by her during the past year. Miss Alice Brown Succumbs Saturday Miss Alice Brown, aged 55 years, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brown, of the Rich Mountain section, last Saturday. Al though Miss Brown had been ill with influenza recently, her death was unexpected. Funeral services were conducted irom the Oak Grove Baptist Church Sunday morning at 10:30, Rev Ronda Ep.rp and Rev. Burl Culler being in charge of the rites, and interment was in the Hine cemetery. Surviving arc the parents, and the following brothers and sisters: Stuart Brown, Lenoir; R, S., Mack and Kenneth Brown, of this county; Mrs. R. F. Tate, Mrs. Daisy Hardy, I Mtf. Granville Norris, Boone: Mrs. | Ray Hodges, Lenoir, and Mrs. W C. Beach . Bluff City, Tehn. ie ? r To Suggest Means of Abolishing Cattle Lice J. Myron Maxwell, in charge of the entomology extension service, Raleigh, will be in the county on Friday, January 14, to give sugges tions on how to get rid of cattle lice. While in the county, Mr. Maxwell will conduct a demonstration on va rious ways- to destroy cattle lice. This demonstration will be held at W. H. Walker's farm at Sugar Grove at 2 p. m., on Friday, Jan. 14. A number of farmers are always having trouble in getting rid of lice in their herds, therefore, I want to urge as many farmers as can to at tend this demonstration op Friday! afternoon. I Rickenbacker No. 2? Maj. Gregory Boyirtglon. who shot down 25 Jap planes and vowed he would fly every day until he broke the record of 26 air victories set by Capt. Eddie Hicketibacker and equaled by Maj. Joe Foes. SEAL SALE QUOTA ALMOST REACHED Total of S9 17.97 Collected From Sale of Health Stickers Thus Far A total of $917.97 has been col icctcd up to the present from the sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals and bangles, states M-s. J. E. Hol shouser. chairman of the campaign in Watauga County, who believes that when all funds are turned in there will be no trouble in meeting the county quota of $950. Mrs. Holshfcuser insists that all those who have not remitted, do so at once, in order that the books may be closed ;ind reports made. Following is a list of the receipts from the different sections of the county: Bethel, received for seals. $09.70; for bangles, $51.13; total, $74.83. Boone, seals. $329.80: bangles, $21.99: total, $341.77. Valle Crucis, seals, $76.21; ban gles. $14.14; total. $90.35. Bald Mountain, North Fork, Stony Fork. Elk. seals, $86.50; bangles, $9.50; total, $96. Cove Creek, seais $135.04: ban gles, $32.28; total, $137.32. Blowing Rock, seals, $135.25; ban gles, S13.49; total, $148.74. Following is a list of contributors from Blowing Rock. The names of other contributors will be used as space permits: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bannei, Mr. and Mrs;. Bryce Beard,. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Charles BoHck, Mr. ar?d Mrs. W. M. Boiick. Mrs- Charles F, Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Broum, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cannon. Mrs. Joseph F. Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Cannon, Charles M. Carson. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. . Castle, Miss Ann Cotiey. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Justm Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Uoyd Coffey, Miss Luda Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coffey. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Coffey, Jr., Mr. and Mi's. E C. Coker. Mrs. J. L. Coker. A. M. Critcner, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Critcher, Mrs. w. L. Daugherty. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dula. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dunn,. Miss Vida Hunt Francis Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gragg, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gracs. Mrs. Ben J. Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Greene. Collis Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Don Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Lyles Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Ed gar Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartley. Miss Grace Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Hartley, Wade Hartley. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hodges. Mr. and Mrs. Ed HollifieJd. Mr. and Mi's. Howard Holshouser. Mrs. W. L. Hol shouser, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Icenhour. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Icenhour, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Icenhour, Mrs. Carrie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Kairallah, Miss Epsle Keller, Rev. and Mrs. W. K. Keys. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Kluttz, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Klutz. Mr. ?nd Mrs. Paul KlutTz. Mrs John Lentz. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lentz. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lentz. Dr. and Mrs. S. G. Main, Mi*, and Mrs. Hal Mar tin, Mrs. H. C. Martin. Mrs. Alma Miller, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Moody. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moody. Mr. and Mrs. David Ovens, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pendley. Mr. and Mis. Coy Pennell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Phair. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Pitts, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Presnell, Mrs. C. S. Prevette. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Razook, Miss Lena Reeves. Mr. and Mrs. John Reineking, Mr and Mrs. G. C. Robbins, Lee Robbins. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robbins, Mrs. Minnie Robbins. Miss Virginia Ryder. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Snyder. Mr. and Mrs W O. Stone, Miss Blair Sudderth. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sudderth. Mr. nad Mrs. LIcyd Tate Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Tes ter. Dr. Ann Thomas. Mrs. James Tram mel h Mrs. James L Vance. Miss Margaret Vance, Mrs. E. B. Walsh. Jhdgu and Mrs. W. E. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Walters, Dr. Mary C. Warfleld, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Weedon. Mrs. Robert WhccVAnright, Mr. and Mrs. Joe White. Mrs. C. A. "Williams. Mrs. John Williams, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Winkler. Mrs. Wayne Wixgman, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Young, Blow ing Rock High School. Tugman Resigns as * Manager Farmers Store Mr. Grady A. Tugman, who has efficiently managed the Watauga Farmers Cooperative store since its establishment here, has resigned his position, and after a few days spent at his home on R. F. D. 2, will enter upon his duties with the public health service at North Wilkesboro. Mr. Tugman is being succeeded by Mr. Glenn Howell ,of Laxon, who b now in charge of the Coon store BEA VER DAM MAN IS KILLED BY FALLING TREE Virgil Harman Meets Death Monday When Trapped by Falling Tree in Clearing Right of Way for REA Extension: Funeral Thursday Virgil Iiarrrian. 45 years old, resi dent of the Beaver Dam section, met instant death Monday when crushed by a falling tree, as he and a num ber of nther workers were clearing the right-of-way for an extension of a REA transmission line. The men, who were working on the farm of Mr. Will Wilson, were engaged in felling a large beech tree, when the fatal accident occur red. When the tree was cut free it fell in an unexpected direction and Mr. Harman was unable to escape. No one else was injured. funeral services are to be conduct ed from the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church at 10:30 a. ni. Thursday by Rev. Nathan Greene, and interment will be in the cemetery there. Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home being in charge of the arrangements. The widow. Mrs. Cora Hicks Har man, and the following sons and daughters survive: Mrs. Cecil Mar shal, of Vilas: Mrs. Jas. Isaacs. Rook well, N. C.; Mrs. McCoy Franklin, Connelly Springs; Edith Harman, Vilas. Henry Harman, who is with an overseas army, and Roy Harman. Highlights of Roosevelt Message to Congress Washington, Jan. 12. ? Highlights from President Roosevelt's message to Congress on the state of the na tion: As you know, I have for throe years hesitated to recommend a na tional service act. Today, however, I am convinced of its necessity. Although I believe that we and our allies can win the war without such a measure, I am certain that nothing less than total mobilization of ell our resources of manpower and capital will guarantee an earlier victory and reduce the toil of suffer ing and sorrow and blood. Over-confidence and complacency are among our deadliest enemies. If ever there was a time to subor dinate individual or group selfish ness to the national good, that time is now. Disunity at home ? bicker ings, self-seeking partisanship, stop pages of work, intlation, business as usual, politics as usual, luxury as usual ? these arc the influences which can undermine the morale of the brave men ready to die at the front for us. We are united in determination that this war shall not be followed by another interim which leads to new disaster ? that we shall i>ot re peat the1 tragic errors of ostrich iso lationism ? that we shall not repeat the excesses of the wild twenties when this nation went for a joy ride on a roller coaster which ended in a tragic crash. The best interests of each nation, large and small, demand that all freedom-loving nations shall join in a just and durable system of peace. Unquestioned military control over disturbers qf the peace is as ne cessary among nations as it is among citizens in a community. Returning from my journeyings, I must confess to a sense of "let down" when I found many evidences of faulty perspectives here in Wash ington. The faulty perspective con sists in over-emphasizing lesser problems and thereby under-em phasizing the first and greatest problem. The overwhelming majority of our people . are ready and eager to make whatever further contribu tions are needed to win the war as quickly as possible ? if only they are given the chance to know what is requirrci of them. We cannot have stabilization by wishful thinking. We must take positive action to maintain the in tegrity of the American dollar. Soviets Drive Deep Into Pre-War Poland London, Jan. 12 ? Red army forces, in a simultaneous attack with Rovno region guerillas, tore through bewil dered Germans 35 miles inside old Poland, forcing the Sluch river near Samy yesterday while Moscow an nounced that 15,000 Germans were killed in last week's smashing vic tory at Kirovograd. Sheep in the Meadow and ^Sr All Around i Unmindful of the dangers about them and in the sky above, these sheep graze peacefully before an allied antiaircraft battery in Italy. | The gunners stand ready to repel an enemy air attack. Despite meat | rationing these gunners concentrate their efforts oil bombers. ; All Records Are Eclipsed at Burley Warehouses With Sales oS 2,404,298 j Pounds; Market to Close January 20 1 RAILWAY EXPRESS SERVICE ASSURED Number of Imporiant Matters to Be, Considered at Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hallw ay express service for Boone i has now been assured, states W. H. Wilcox, president of the Boone .Chamber of Commerce, who has de voted much effort toward securing faster transportation facilities for this area. Mr. Wilcox states that tile details of the new service will fie released in time for the next edi tion of The Democrat. :v^ i Mr.- Wilcox has called a special meeting of the Chamber of Com merce for Tuesday evening at 7:30, which will be held at the Gateway Cafe. Several important matters arc are to come up for discussion at this meeting, it is said, and a large | attendance is desired. James O. Phillips Dies in Capital City James O. Phillips, E. M. 1-c, U. S. N. Fleet Reserve, died Jan. 2 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, D. C., of a coronary heart disease, at I the age of 40 years. 1 month and 12 clays. Funeral services were conducted at Old Mt. Pleasant Church Jan. 5, at 11 a. m., with the pastor. Rev. Mr. Leonard, in charge, assisted by Dr. W. A. Deaton. A son of the late Roe and Ida Moretz Phillips, he spent most of his life with the I). S. Navy, serv-l ing at different periods in the Uni ted States, the Philippine Islands, China. Cuba and other points on land and sea. His last work was with the naval radio station, Charles ton, S. C. He had been a patient at the naval hospital at Charleston. Bethesda, Md? and St. Elizabeth during his illness of nine months, with only occasional over-night and week-end leave at Charleston. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Susie Lookabill Phillips, and two children, Peggy Joan and George Edward: four brothers, A. C., C. G. and W. W. Phillips, of Baltimore, Md., and Robert Phillips, of Blow ing Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Gene Norris, of Arkansas, and Mrs. Fin Winebarger, of Boone Route 1. Miss Lois Stanbury Dies in Winston-Salem Miss Lois Stanbury. daughter of Mr. and Mrs S. O. Stan bur of Boone, died in a Winston -Salem os pital Monday, where she had en a patient for a long period of i ne. Miss Stanbury had been in or health for a long period or ihtlp -iid her condition had been critics' 'or the past several weeks. Funeral services were ccr.uucted from the Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon by Dr. W. A. Stanbury, Methodist minister of Winston-Sa lem, assisted by Rev. J. C. Canipe, and interment was in the city ceme tery. ? Miss Stanbury was held in high esteem in Watauga county where she was reared. She was a graduate nurse by occupation and was em ployed in a Greensboro hospitali when she became ill. Thirty to 40 million tons of raw material and foodstuffs are import ed into Great Britain annually. Hurley Selling Going Into Home Stretch of Season, With High1 Prices Prevailing; Consider able Amount of Burlcy Now Arriving j Announcement is made that the j Mountain Barley Warehouses will i close the 1943-44 season with the sale.; of Thursday. January 20. and figures gathered Wednesday morn ing indicate that the market has broken all of its Conner records both as to poundage and price paid the planters. Sales up to Tuesday night, it is revealed, total 2,404.298 pounds, for SI, 122,736.37, as against total sales of 1042-43 when 1.913,000 pounds were auctioned for a little better ! than $780,000. With six more sales of the season j yet remaining, it is predicted by i warehousemen that the final total j sales will be near the two and three- 1 quarter million pounds. Early Wednesday morning more than 25.000 pounds had been placed on the baskets, a number of trucks were arriving, and it is thought quite likely that before the close of the afternoon auctions, 50,000 pounds will have been sold. Sales Monday consisted of 77,404 pounds for $35, 402.56. On Tuesday 112,776 pounds were sold for $50,754.64. It is stated that there is considerable burley still left in the bolt, which will be sold during the closing days of the market. Warehousemen and planters alike are highly pleased with the sales this year, and an increasingly large number of farmers are looking to Boone for t'\e highest prices and the best treatment. This is evidenced by The fact that for three years the sales have increased about a half million pounds annually. WAR LOAN DRIVE TO GET UNDER WAY ON NEXT THURSDAY Quota of $122,000 Given Wat auga County in Current War Financing Campaign; Organi zation to Be Completed Next Friday Kvcning Watauga County's quota in the Fourth War Loan campaign has been established at S122.000. says Mr. W. D. Farthing. Watauga County chair man of the war finance committee, who points out that the figure set for the county is only two thousand dollars more than was the case in the Third War Loan, in which $243. 000 worth of bonds were sold, ex reeding the quota by more than 100 p-?T cent. The War Savings sales organiza tion in the county will be virtually the same as heretofore, and a meet ing of the workers will be held at the Gateway Cafe next Friday eve ning, at which time the organization will be completed, and plans laid for pu energetic campaign to raise the local share of the war-financing fund as quickly as possible. The campaign will start next Tuesday and continue until Febru ary 18. and during the period an ef lort will be made to give everyone a chance to buy his share of the war securities. Mr. Farthing, in noting the en thusiasm with which Watauga Coun ty people have responded to the ap peals of their government in past campaigns, solicits a continuation of the fine co-operation here in order that Watauga may even exceed its fine performances of the past. No effort will bo spared to make this the most successful bond campaign thus far carried on in this county. BIDS T0BETAKEN FOR MAIL ROUTES Contracts to Be Let for Number of Star Rouies in and Out of Boone Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr., states that proposal-: will be receiv ed at the office of the Second As sistant Postmaster General until 5:15 p. nv. February 23, 1944, for carry ing a number of mail routes in and out of Boone, as follows: Boone to Lerioir, No. 18228: Beorie to Lenoir railway station, No. 18227; Boone to West Jefferson, No. 18224; Triplett to Boone, No. 1822G; North Wilkesboro to Boone. No. 18192; Mountain City to Boone, No. 18236; Elk Park to Boone. No 18234: Hick ory to Boone. No. 18333. The contracts will be let for the period of July 1, 1944, to June 30. 1948. Proposal forms and all ne cessary information will be furnish ed upon application t.o the Boone postoffice. Before the war the city of Khar kov, Russia, had 135 schools for a population of 925,000 persons. Name Of Lieut. Kephari Perpetuated In Christening of New Destroyer Escort Charleston, S. C.. Jan. 7 ? The heroism of a Greensboro naval of ficer who gave his life in action over Guadalcanal was perpetuated by his hometown and the U. S. Navy today when his mother stood on the forecastle of a sleek new man o' war in Charleston Navy YaYrd, smashed a silver bottle of champagne over the bow and named her the USS Kephart. The sponsor. Mrs. A. P. Kephart, now of Blowing Rock, was escorted to the bow of the speedy gray war-j ship by Rear Admiral Jules Jones, USN, commandant of the Sixth Na val District, and the Charleston Navy Yard, after fiearing Mayor W. H. Sullivan, of Greensboro, pay an eloquent tribute to her son ? Lieut. William Perry Kephart ? in whose -hwvai-fc-jiYc-'ivi- Gremtore- ^srefcas ed $5,000,00.) in bonds, especially earmarked to fcc -d a ship to bear his name. Relating the incidents which led up to Lieut. Kephart's heroic death ir. battle over Guadalcanal. Mayor Sullivan declared: "Until October 14, 1942, when he paid the supreme sacrifice for his beloved country, he was our home town boy of whom we were justly proud. Since that date he has be longed to the nation and his name is written with the names of our heroes. His life and example are a challenge to the highest type of young American manhood." Standing by on the forecastle as Mis. Kephart advanced to send a shower of champagne streaming down the bow of the ship were her husband. Dr. A. P. Kephart, and their daughter. Miss Margaret Kep hart, of Washington. D. C., who served as her mother's maid of hon or. Introduced by Admiral James to the assemblage on the pier along side, Mrs. Kephart said: "I can't say anything? except that I appreciate this honor which has come to our son? an honor which seems to us so perfect." Miss Kephart made a brief state ment, expressing "my joy to know this ship bears the name of my brother." Then the proud mother advanced to the bow and brought the bottle crashing down, and as the cham pagne sprayed Mtf. tfiKfflft T'W ' IvaVy yard Band struck up "An chors Aweigh" ? and the USS Kep hart was christened Mayor Sullivan began his tribute to Lieut. Kephart by quoting the Scripture, ''Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," and de clared: "As one example of this principle, I cite the supreme and patriotic love of one's own country which knows no limits as to sacrifice when the life and well being oi that country are at stake. Such was the love born in the heart of Lieut. William Perry Kephart and nurtured there so beautifully while he lived." The mayor brought out that his (CONTINUSD ON PAGE SIGHT)
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