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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, M^gjSH 2. 1944
HOUSE APPROVES
BILL TO INCREASE
BURLEY ACREAGE
Congressman Doughton Aids iu
Passage of Bill Offered by
Rep. Fiannagaii; Would In
crease Acreage lo One Acre j
For All
The bill introduced in Congress
by Representative Flannagan, of
Virginia, and which had the active
support of Congressman Doughton.
designed to provide burley tobacco
growers with a minimum allotment
of one acre has passed the House of
Representatives and been sent to the
Senate.
Information of the success of the
measure in the lower house first
came in a message to Mr. W. H.
Grngg. of Boone, from Congressman
Doughton. which said:
'House today passed the Flanna
gsn bill increasing acreage of small
tcbacco growers. Did all I could io
be helpful."
The Boone Chamber of Commerce
hud long been active in its advocacy
oi increased acreage for the small
planters of this section and a special
committee had been assured of Mr.
Doughton's support of the measure.
A large percentage of the burley
growers of Watauga County now
have bases less than one acre and
by making one acre the minimum i
the yield here will be greatly in- 1
creased Sims aiding the individual '
larmcr and guaranteeing further in
creased sales at the local market. I
Statutes now provide that any
larra having an acreage allotment in
1942 shall be given an allotment of
not less than one-half acre.
If the legislation becomes law. it
Will affect primarily farms now hay
ing allotments of between seven
tenth-s and one acre. The addi
tional acreage provided would be
distributed among about one-third
of the burley farms, proponents said.
"It is believed," said the agricul
ture committee in n report, "that the
effect of the resolution will be to
further encourage the farmers by
gtving them an opportunity to ob
tain a slightly larger income from
burley tobacco and as a result will
tend to increase rather than de
crease the production of food and
feed during the war period."
Provisions of the Bill
The text of the resolutions passed
by the House is as follows:
Whereas the increased demand for ciga
rettes" and other tobacco products has re
sulted in record usages during recent years
of burley tobacco: and
Whereas, cfuc to a shortage of labor and
equipment and the need for the produc
taor of essential food and fiber crops, the
production of burley tobacco has not kept
pace with this increased usage; and
Whereas small growers of burley tobacco
could, it their acreage allotments were in
creased. produce addit ional burley tobacco i
without adversely affecting their produc
tion of. essential food and fiber crops;
Therefore, be it
Resolved, etc.. That notwithstanding the
provision? of section 313 (a) of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amend
ed. th?* burley tobacco acreage allotment
which would otherwise be established for
any farm having a burley acreage allot
ment in 1943 shall not be less than one
acre, or 25 per cent of the crop lan
whichever ib the smaller, ana the acre
age required for apportionment under
this joint resolution shall be in addition
to the national and state acreage allot
ments.
Local burley growers are being
urged to have plenty of plants avail
able this year to take care of their
needs. In the event of final pas
sage of the bill, the demand for
plants will be increased here im
measurably, and those fortunate
enough to have more than they need
can readily dispose of them to neigh
bor farmers.
Additional Report of
Bond Sales in Schools
Following is the final report of
purchases of bonds in the schools of
Watauga county during the Fourth
War Loan drive:
Deep Gap school 425.00
Valle Crucis school 22,552.10
Blowing Rock school 1,718.75
Carolyn Mast, of the Valle Crucis
school, has sold $19,229.25 worth of
bonds during the drive. Other
schools in the county reported last
Course in Farm Repairs
At Local High School.
A course for adult farmers in con
struction and repair of farm ma
chinery and equipment will begin
Saturday, March 4, in the vocational
agriculture shop of Appalachian
High School, Dr. Orby Southard,
instructor, has announced. Any
farmer wishing to construct or re
pair any piece of farm machinery or
equipment may do so at the shop
under the supervision of a compe
tent instructor while the course is in
progress.
The course will run for at least
six weeks and meetings will be held
each Saturday from 9:30 a. m. to 4
p. m. The use of such shop equip
ment as a forge, drill press, power
saws and electric welder in addition
to common hand tools will be avail
able to fanners, without charge,
during the course.
Red Cross blood plasma was the
number one life-saver in the Afri
can campaign, according to Major
Norman T. Kirk, surgeon-general of
the army?. Death rate of wounded
men was kept down vo 3 per cent
instead of the 15 to 18 per cent cotn
tiori in World War I.
Namur Jap Surrenders to Leathernecks
During the four: h marine division's bailie for Namur Island,
these leathers cks a sccvered an occupied Jap pillbox. With guns
trained on the only ,'xit. they yelled for the Japs to come out and
surrender or be blown up. One Jap surrendered and after being
lifted from the dugout informed the marines that a comrade remained
in the dugout but wis afraid to give himself up. Photo shows the
reluctant Jap. wearing a stomach bandage, as he gave up.
C. L. DUNCAN IS
FATALLY BURNED
Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. I Duncan ol
Todd, Dies in Baltimore
Hospital
C. Lester Duncan, son of Mr and |
Mrs. I. E. Duncan, of Todri, and
brother of Brantley Duncan, former
Boone resident, died February 22 in
a Baltimore hospital, five days after
he was fatally burned at his honje
in Bel Air, Md.
Mr. Duncan, it is revealed, was
worRing nights at the Glenn Mar
tin- Aircraft Corporation, and had
come home from the plant, seated
himself in a chair near the stove, to
smoke a cigarette before retiring.
Exhausted. Mr. Duncan fell asleep,
the cigarette butt ignited the 'pack
ing in the upholstered chair, and
medical opinion was that he was
overcome by carbon monoxide from
the burning chair before the fire
reached his body. When he was
found, he was horribly burned, and
there was no hope for his recovery.
Mr. Duncan, who was 43 years
old, leaves a wife and four sons and
daughters, two of whom are in the
armed services. The: family had
lived in Bel Air since 1932. The
parents also survive, together with
four brothers and a sister.
The body was brought back to the
old home where funeral services
were conducted from the home by
the Rev. Mr. Winkler. Burial was
in Beaver Creek cemetery.
ACCOUNTING OF
SEAL SALE FUND!
Final Report of Chri&imas Seal |
Sales in County; Balance
Sheet of FVmd
Following is a final report of the
1943 Christmas Seal sale campaign
in this county, released Tuesday by
Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, chairman of
the campaign:
Amt. taken in for seals, 1943 $888.56
Amt. taken in for bangles 96-53
Amt. taken in after March 1. 1943
for 1942 drive L_; 25.52
Grand total _ .$1,010.81
Distribution of gross receipts:
Percentage to state $252.65
Balance for Watauga Co. 757.96
Total distributed $1,010.61
Total received from communities:
Boone , $386.81
Cove Creek 80.53
Blowing Rock 164.24
Valle Crucis 93 .35
Deep Gap, Laxon. Boone Rt. 1.. 91.60
(Stony Fork. Bald Mountain and
North Fork)
Total - $935.09
Bal. brought forward Dec. 1942 $ 28.42
Total sale for 1943 880.54
Total fund for 1943 $908.96
DISBURSEMENTS
Boone Drug Co., first aid supplies
for schools $ 19-21
Frank Webster. State's ? percentage
of seal sales 'i ? - 212.02
Frank Webster, supplies for seal
sale 14.57
W.N.C. Sanatorium. Miss Foster 141.87
W.N.C. Sanatorium. Miss Foster and
Mrs. Logan 136.89
W.N.C. Sanatorium, Miss Foster 32.71
W.N.C. Sanatorium, Miss Foster 34.98
N. C. T. B. Association, Book 1.00
W.N.C. Sanatorium, Miss Parks 8.15
W.N.C. Sanatorium, Miss Parks and
Mrs. Hodges 22.50
Herman Wilcox, freight for supplies 3.59
Mrs. J. E. Holshouser, stamps, enve
lopes. etc., for sale 42.90
W.N.C. Sanatorium, Mrs. Lula
Town send 22.17
Mra. J. E. Holshouser. supplies for
workers 7.50
Total expenditures for 1943 $700.06
Funds . 1943 $ 908.96
Expenses 7G0.06
Bal. Jan.. 1944 _$ 306.90
Sales. 1943 985.05
Bal. Feb. 29. 1944 ?$1,193.99
To State Association 252.56
Bal to date $ 941.43
Names of contributors who have not
heretofore been acknowledged: Robert
Greene, Clark Greene, E. N. Norris. Geo.
Norris. Spencer Warren, W. E. Roark.
Contribute to the Bed Cross!
I
Lieu!. Aldridge
Killed in Action
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Linville Ald
ridge Moots Dealh in Italian
Campaign
First Lieutenant Shona Ald
ridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lin
vilie Aldridge. of the Foscoe
neighborhood, was killed in ac
tion in the fighting in Italy on
January 22, according to a brief
message received from the War
Department last week. The mes
sage stated that a letter would
follow.
Lieut Aldridge was attached to
General Mark W. Clark's Fifth
army, and ha?i been oven ess for
a number of months.
He had seen, service irs Africa
and Sicily, before taking pa*3 in
the invasion of Italy.
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET SATURDAY
Chairman Cook Calls Convention
to Meet Saturday Afternoon:
Precinct Meetings Friday
Mr, Earl D. Cook, chairman of
the Republican Executive Com
mittee of Watauga County, has is
sued a call for the members of his
party to gather in convention at the
courthouse in Boone Saturday aft
ernoon, March 4, at 2:30.
In the official convention call
which is published in this newspa
per today, it is stated that the con
vention will be for the purpose of
naming a chairman and secretary of
the executive committee; the ap
pointment of an executive commit
tee, and the election of delegates to
the State and Congressional con
ventions, as well as for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before the conven
tion.
Township meetings will be held
in the various townships Friday,
March 3, at 2:30 p. m. These meet
ings will set up a township organi
zation, recommend a member and
associate member of the county ex
ecutive committee, and elect one
delegate and one alternate to the
convention for each 50 votes or ma
jority fraction thereof cast for the
Republican candidate for Gover
nor in the 1940 election.
15,780 No. 4 Ration
Books in County
Washington, Feb. 28 ? Distribution
of war ration book four now totals
128,760,419, the office of Price Ad
ministration disclosed ' oday in mak
ing public a tabulation showing the
number of books issued in each
county throughout the country. Dis
tribution of the book began Oct. 18,
1943.
Tabulation for North Carolina, in
which 3,423,109 books were distri
buted, follows, in part:
Watauga, 15,780: Ashe, 19259;
Avery, 11,839; Caldwell, 34,355. and
Mitchell, 14,184.
Baptist Pastors to
Hold Conference
A conference of Baptist pastors of
Watauga County will be held at the
Boone Baptist Church on Monday,
March 8. The program for the
conference, prepared by Rev. B. L.
Ray, of Blowing Rock, is as follows:
What i3 Fellowship? Grady Min
ton; Why We Need Fellowship,
Raymond Hendrix; Introduction to
the Epistle of John HI, J. C. Canipe.
WATAUGA ONE OF
FEW TO REACH 'E':
BOND QUOTA 17TH
Total Bond Sales for County
Near $260,000, With Four More
Days to Go; E Bond Sales
More Than Cover County's
Overall Quota
Sales of Scries E bonds, according
U< Federal Reserve clearances up to
Friday of iast week, had more than
reached the total overall bond quota
for this county .according to Mr. W.
D. Farthing. chairman of the local
War Savings Staff, who further
states that sales of bonds of all types
in the county during the Fourth
War Loan doubled the quota for the
county, with $10,000 over.
The quota for the county was
$122,000, and S122.212.50 in E bonds
alone '??ad actually cleared the Re
serve Bank. Overall clearances
were $250,401.50.
Watauga county is one of the few
counties in the state reaching its
E bond quota as is evidenced by the
following excerpts of a letter to Mr.
Farthins from C. T. Leinback. chair
man of the War Fina7.ce Committee,
under date of Feb. 21:
"I want to congratulate you
upon having reached, according
to Federal Reserve report as of
February 17, your E bond quota.
There are only 18 counties thai
previously had reached their E
bond quota, and on the l?lh Wat
auga was one of the four addi
tional counties to reach it, so thai
you are now one of the 22 to reach
that goal."
WANTS SCHOOL REPORTS
Mr. Farthing states that so far re
ports of the student selling the most
bonds in the county have reached
him from only three schools. He in
sists that each school report to him
at once the leader in bond sales.
also the names of those deserving
honorable mention for their efforts.
It is to be remembered that sales of
E bonds only coiuit, and that total
sales are to be in terms of actual
sales value.
Plsun To Speed Rate
Of Military Draft
Officials of the local selective
service board are expecting a sharp
ly accelerated draft rate as a re
sult of the President's order for an
immediate review of occupational
deferments and a speedy start on
making up a 200,000 man deficit in
army inductions.
Moving toward that end, selective
service already has lightened rules
for deferment of agricultural work
ers and draft officials told congress
last week that it may be necessary
to rule out industrial deferments for
all men under 26. The minimum
age for industrial deferments now
is 22
Selective Service headquarters
sent copies of President Roosevelt's
order to all state directors imme
diately after its issuance at the
White House Saturday and directed
that it be transmitted to all local
boards and appeal boards.
The state directors were directed
to review the cases of all men be
tween agas 18 and 37 deferred in
classes 2- A, 2-B, 2-c and 3-C.
MISS HODGES ENLISTS IN
U. S. CADET NURSES CORPS
Miss Willie Lee Hodges, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Finley Hodges, of
Boone Route 2, has enlisted in the
TJ. S. Nurses Cadet Corps. She is
now at Shelby Hospital, Shelby, N.
C.. where she is taking training.
Miss Hodges is the first young
lady from Watauga County to enlist.
She received her education at the
Appalachian High School.
ed Cross Starts Drive
With Gifts Of $758 to
Better All Past Records
K. Grady Farthing Ht-tlKled Presi
dent. W. H. Gragg Secretary at
Board Mealing
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Watauga. Building and
Loan Association, which was held
Monday evening, Ii.^Grady Farth
ing was re-elected president of the
.organization, and W. H. Gragg,_ sec
retary-treasurer.
Among other officers re-elected
were: A. W. Smith, vice-president;
J. E. Holshouser and Wade E.
Brown, attorneys: H. Grady Farth
ing, R. L, Bingham and C. M.
CritcHer, loan committee; Mi's. Car
rie H. Bingham, bookkeeper, and
Miss Mabel Bingham, assistant book
keeper.
Jay Edmisten Returns
From Italian Area
Sgt. Jay Edmisten, who was per
haps Watauga's youngest soldier in
the fighting in the Mediterranean
area, has returned to the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Ed
misten, at Zionville, and has been
discharged from the army.
Sgt. Edmisten, who enlisted in
the army when he was 15, is now
18 years of age, ana was overseas
lor about two years. He was in Ire
land and England before participat
ing in the victorious African cam
paign against Marshal Rt>mmel's
legions, and was in the first land
ing at Salerno, in Italy# where he
was attached to the Fifth argny
Young Edmisten declines informa
tion concerning the actual occur
rences on the fighting fronts, but
has seen plenty of action, although
not suffering from serious injury.
Among his souvenirs is a metal di
vision insignia with the swastika in
relief, which came from the coat
lapel of a German soldier.
BLDG. AM) LOAN
NAMES OFFICERS
Her anguished father carries
this little Italian girl to an Allied
first aid station near the front
lines, somewhere in Italy. She
was wounded by German strafing
planes.
Mayor Winkler Asks Full Support of
Red Cross in Current War Fund Drive
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler on Tuesday issued the following procla
mation, urging the people of the town to contribute to the Red Cross to
the limit of their ability, during the current War Fund campaign:
Whereas, the war in every part of the world is in its most critical
stage, requiring overy ounce of human endeavor possible on the part of
those on the home front; and
Whereas, the young men of this city are fighting and dying on far
flung battle fronts ? from Europe to the islands of the Pacific and in the
Far East, both on land, on sea and in the air; and
V.'hereas, it is not only the privilege, but the duty as well, of every
American to serve the cause of humanity to as great, an extent as pos
sible, and in every way possible; and
Whereas, it is our common aim to contribute to the welfare of our
sons and daughters in the armed forces, wherever they may be, even to
the point of sacrifice; and
Whereas, we must also protect our families remaining at home in
the event of any great man-made, or natural disaster, which may strike
without warning; and
Whereas, the American Red Cross is serving our fighting men the
world over, bringing them the comfort and cheer that we ourselves would
like to give them, and at the same time is prepared here in our own con.
munity to aid us in the event of disaster;
Therefore I, Gordon H. Winkler, mayor of the city of Boone, in ac
cordance with the proclamation of the President of the United States,
naming March as American Red Cross Month, 4k> here and now call upon
all citizens ol this city to support the 1944 Red Cross War Fund, to the
limit of their ability, by contributing to the Red Cross through our own
local chapter; and I further urge that the citizens of this city with the
knowledge that the Red Cross must cany a greater burden this year
than ever before in its history, make their gifts larger to enable the Red
Cross to meet every demand placed upon it
Substantia] Sum Contributed to
War Fund in Advance of
Opening Day o? Campaign:
Thermometer on Postoffice
Grounds to Indicate Progress
oi Campaign From Day to
Day; Original Contributors
The Red Cross War Fund cam
paign in Watauga County gets off
to perhaps the best start in the his
tory of the local organization with
contributions of $758.50, this amount
, having been reported to War Fund
Chairman Clyde R. Greene Tuesday
evening. The campaign actually
gets under way this (Wednesday)
morning, and wili continue through
the month, with an organized effort
being made to raise the local quota
of $6,000 within the shortest pos
sible time.
Mr. Greene is erecting on the
lawn at the postoffice building to
day a huge thermometer, on which
will be registered from day to day
the percentage standing of the fund
In commenting on the outlook for
the campaign, Mr. Greene states that
never has there beori such an aus
picious start to a similar effort in
this county, and never has there
been such intense interest on the
eve of a fund-raising drive.
"Every Watauga County citizen
will be given an opportunity to con
tribute to this cause, which is so
close to the hearts of our people,"
Chairman Greene said.
"The Red Cross spirit springe
from human desire to alleviate suf
fering and pain in war and in times
of great disaster. In this war we
have carried that spirit from our
own shores to every pan of the
globe where American men and
women are serving the nation. The
Red Cross is always at their side.
We are. the Red Cross. Subscribe
to the limit of your ability."
The following fe a list of the first
contributors:
Boone Tobacco Basal of Trade ? 50. 00
Si v? EC>-?T?oS'Sfpr::!:.
Watauga Democrat ... "J 55.00
S. C. Eggers 5.00
Union Baptist Church ? 50.00
Boone Tire and Bargain Store.-.? 25.00
Farmers Hd\ve. Sr. Supply Co 225.0ft
Watauga Building & Loan Assn.? ? 7S.fi?
H. Grady Farthing ? - ? 50.00
A. & P. Store 5.00
G. K. Moose 50.00
Hunt's Department Store 35.00
Parkway Company 25.00
Wilt C. Walker 5.00
Goodman Dress Shop _ 5.00
D. J. Cottrell _ 2.50
College Book Store 1.00
Burl Culler 2.00
Boone OH Company 2 1.00
Wade E. Brown _Tr 10.00
- $738.50
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO GATHER HERE
Teachers to Meet at Boone High
School Saturday: Public
Forum Program
Teachers in the schools of Wat
auga County will gather at the Ap
palachian High School auditorium
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The program for the meeting will
take the form of a public forum, and
the following subjects will be dis
cussed:
1. Elementary Principals, Arlie
Moretz.
2. Grammar Grades, Edwin Gun
ter.
3. Elementary Grades, Mrs. Lu
cile M. Wallace.
4 High School Math, Science,
Home Economics and Agriculture.
Herbert Wey.
5: Social Studies. Mrs. S. F. Hor
ton.
6. English, Mrs. Grace Mast.
All teachers arc urged to be pres
ent.
Ration Calendar for
Week of February 28
i
PROCESSED FOODS: Green K,
j L and M (Book 4) expire March 20.
' Blue A-8 through E-8 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, for use with
out tokens; expire May 20.
* * *
MEATS AND FATS: Brown Y
and Z (Book 3) expire March 20.
Red A-8. B-8, C-8 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, for use with
tokens: expire May 20. (Red D-8,
E-8, F-8 become valid March 12;
expire May 20).
* ? *
SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 30 in
Book 4, good for five pounds until
March 31.
CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp
No. 40 good for five pounds of can
ning sugaf until Feb. 28, 1945.
SHOES: Stamp No. 18 (Book 1)
and Airplane stamp No. 1 (Book 3)
valid indefinitely.
? * ?
FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 coupons
(10 gallons) expire Sept, 30.
GASOLINE: A-9 coupons now
valid, expire May 8.
Rationing rules now require that
every car owner write his license
number end state in advance on all
gasoline coupons in his possession.