Watauga Democrat
An Independent Weekly Stewspaper
Established in 1SSB and Published
lor 45 years by the late
Robert C. Rivers, Sr.
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N. C .. as second ciass maii matter.
"The basis of our governmenf being '.he
opinion o I the people. thr very ! ob
ject ibouM b<- keep that
. riffhx. arid were it left : o
>!; me to -ieeicJe whether w
Ij should have 'i government
| T.-itho'it newspapers. ot
f newspapers without ?<?v
H emmc-nt. 1 should not i'CM
ij late a moment to choose th <
iatter. Bui F r-houid mean
that every niar. should re
ceive these papers and be
capable of leading them.'
? Thomas- ,reft'er;or..
THURSDAY, APRIL. 20. 1944
Letters To the Editor
WRITES FROM PACIFIC
South Pacific
March 30, 1944.
Dear Air. Rfcyits:
I don't k?sow if you remember mo
or not, but it Was well over a year j
ago when 1 last wrote to you I was
thanking you 'or the paper that
meant so much to mi;. 1 noticed
something in The "Democrat"' today, !
dated Feb. 24. 1944, that I do not |
jndcrstord I! was in reference to
the Servicemen's Rotation Plan. It
read something like this: "Mop.1
than 200,00(1 troops, exclusive of
sick and wounded, have been sent
back to the U. S. A., from overseas.
The army':; rotation policy provide*
that tflose with the longest service
overseas will be returned 'first'! "
Actually, it isn't being done like that
at all. Instead of sending the men
with four years overseas first, they
collect all the names of mt-o with
two or more years overseas, along
with all the others. It doesn't mut
ter if they have been two or ten
years overseas, they ail have the
same chance at g;.;ng back home.
For instiir.ee, 1 have oeen overseas
;incc Sept. 20, 1940 I don't have to
remind yon of what happened on
Dec. 7 134!. Not so long after that,
we were on Guadalcanal showing
them thai they could be beat at
ihetr own game. We. meaning my
division, played the major part in
either k i!lin;; the Japs or chasing
them off Guadalcanal, as history will
Show. You also will remember the
other islands in the New Georgia
group that were taken from the
Japanese, up as far as Bougainville.
During the action on Guadalcanal, I
was an infantryman, and all of the
wilt! stories that have been told from
time to time about thai campaign,
tor the most part hove been true. I
know what means to feel the very
breath ot machine gun builets in the
tail grass, along with the concussion
of bombs that were entirety too close
1'or comfort.
Going on patrols and having the
snipers banging away at you at reg
ular in'.eival;:, an occasional artillery
shel! landing here and there. Mostly,
here! Seeing a pal that you have
known, and grown to love almost as
a brother, laying in pieces, wonder
ing just, how many will fall before
it comes your number, not exactly
caring! Hoping only to see that li'
tie slant-eye somewhere up aheac
that is setting somewhere up in a
thick tree with a light machine
gun that is no respector of persons.
Sleeping in a foxhole, or 1 should
say try me to sleep, with at least six
ivnche1 or more of stagnated water
in ic, with mosquitoes picking you
up by the ears. Every sound you
hear can be, and usually is, a Jap.
We know better than to go walking
around after dark. Thai was an in
vitation for sudden death. Either
from a Jap, or some trigger-happy
pal in the next hole. All of this
goes to make up quite a little of
my last two years of overseas duty.
Now, there are fellows that have
never seen ari enemy dive bomber,
or heard the scream of artillery, or
any of these cute little things that
go with actual combat. Yet, they
have their names dropped in the hat
along w-ith our to be drawn out for
the trip back home! That is the part
that I don't understand about the
situation. Why do they print things
like this in the paper? Is it for our
morale, or the people that have boys
overseas for three to five years that
they know have been through hell
that goes to make up war? Is it so
they will be expecting their loved
ones home on the next boat? We 1
aTe taught to try and believe that
our leaders back in the states say.
But can we? This isn't a complaint,
it is only an explanation so you
won't be misinformed.
Personally. I had just as soon stay
out of the states until it is all over,
then I can go home and live in
peace. I have all the confidence
that it won't be long. If you could
see some of our boys in action, you
would see what I mean!
Sincerely yours.
RALPH E. GREENE.
China's first blood bank has been
established on the Yunnan front,
where it will be used as a model for
other blood banks.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
| By DON ROBINSON |
TALENTS babies j
From the time a baby boy In
comes old enough to talk most par
ents begin looking for signs of what
he is apt to be when he- grows up.
If Junior starts marking the wall
paper with crayons his mother is
sun- to feel that there is a budding
artist in the family. If he chews
on a monkey-wrench his father wit!
hopefully buy him a set of tools i<f
nis own in order to encourage his
mechanical leanings, and il he goes
after the cat with a knife the par
ents begin thumbing through medi
cal school catalogs.
A few years later come periods of
disillusionment when the budding
urtist tails i;i his drawing class in
school, the promising young me
chanic breaks his tools in a fit of
i age over not being able to fix any
thing, and tne born surgeon Cairns at
the sight of b}ood;
Parents arc notoriously over
eager in jumping to conclusions
j about tht talents of their children
and many are also over-zealous )?;
trying to interest, their offsprings in
the tilings thai interest IhemI We
sometimes hear of a doctor's son be- i
coning a good doctor <>r of a lav.--!
Iyer's son becoming ar-. outstanding !
iawyer. 'out these cases are excop- j
tie-nai. In The majority ol cast.- the]
tah nts of children differ widely j
(nfi those of tlieir parents an;! can i
illy be discovered after a long pe- j
riod of trial and error.
SPECIALISTS doctors '
But, although it is probably in- 1
advisable to push children into ,
adopting interests which later prove j
to be foreign to their make-up., it
is also becoming increasingly im- \
portant to expose them to as many j
fields of interest as possible so that ;
their true leanings can be discover- j
ed at an early age.
For there is no doubt that, when |
I the present young hopefuls grow up.
we will have reached an age of
specili/ation undreamed of in the j
past. To succeed :n that age of |
specilizution a young man wiii need
to be an authority on something
even Ihouglj it may be a thing of
minor importance.
There are still plenty of family
doctors, tor example, who cope with
all diseases, and all types ef sur
gery, hut in another 20 years, the |
medical profession agrees, most all
young doctors will have s*. specialty.
In the smaller towns it will still Tie
necessary lo have some doctors who
can cover a multitude of complaints,
but even ihere. whh improvements
in rapid transportation, the people
will foe educated to go to city special
ists for serious troubles.
And. just as there may be one
group of doctors trained to special
ize in nose troubles, another group
111 throat troubles, another group 1X1
ulcer operations and still another
group in heart ailments this same
trend toward specialisation will be
noticeable in all fields? whether it
is law, fanning. Store-keeping 01
selling.
J FARMERS start
A professor in an agricultural col
jioge told me, half humorously. that
' he could foresee the time when
, t arming would reach tile point
i where one farmer would grow to
j inatoes to the stage where they
I were green and would then turn the
!? field over to another who was. an
?expert on turning them red
j Kami specialization may riot go
| quite that far. but it seems highly
probable that the general (arm
which includes cows, chickens, pigs
ana vegetables, will soon be a thing
of the past. For fanners will find
it more economical to spend all of
their time specializing in the de
partment they know best and like
best. The dairyman will devote all
of his attention to cows and buy
his pork from the farmer who spe
cializes in pigs, his chickens from i
the man who is strictly a poultry j
farmer and his vegetables trom a !
truck farmer.
So parents who want to give their
children every possible opportunity
to make good must probe deeper
and deeper into their interests. If
Junior actually does prove to be
handy with tools and shows promise
of being an expert mechanic, it
must be determined just what form
of mechanical work appeals to him
most. If, on the other ^iand, he per
forms a successful operation on the
cat at an early age, the search must
go on to discover into what depart
ment of surgery his particular lean
ings can best be cataloged. And if
he wants to be a farmer, it is neces
sary to find out what, kind of a
farmer.
The schools will be called upon
more and more to cater to speciali
zation and to analyze the special in
terests of students, but the parents
who can actually determine theij
children's true leanings at an early
age will be able to give them a
headstart which will be invaluable
to them.
The paper shortage is so acute in
England "that a book publisher, on
returning a manuscript to the auth
or. remarked: "We're not interested
in your manuscript, but we'd like to
make you an offer for the paper." ?
Punch.
I H&tfadPd&Hjfo
DOUBLE DUTY
L_D0LLMS._j
USED IH.EGAJLLY EACH
DAY IN WESTERN St C.
Charlotte. April 17. ? The Char
loUe OPA office reported today that
between 20 and 25 per ccnt of the
gasoline coupons in circulation in
this district, embracing 4o western
North Carolina counties, were coun
terfeit.
L. W. Driscoll, director, estimated
the diversion is 35,000 gallons per
day.
A new drive to enforce the regula
tions. he said, may force some fill
ing stations out of business.
"Want
ap m
SPECIAL ? Western Supreme House
Paint. Guaranteed. Quality un
surpassed hv any other brand of
paint. On sale this week at $2.39
per gallon. Western Auto Asso
ciate Store. le
TENDERGREEN BEANS ? Idaho I
| grown, 24c per pound. We have j
Ab pacR radio batteries. Western
Aulo Associate Store )e
WANTED TO BUY? 3 or 4 horse
power electric motor. W. C.
Greene, Laxon, N. C. -*-2u -2c
FOK SALE ? Carter's Champion
White Rock pufEts. 75 cents each.
(5 v.eeks old. Yatsa Greene.
Rulhenvoori: W. C. Greene, Lax
on. K C. 4-20-2c !
NOTICE
This is to state that my wife has |
left my house and that I am not re- I
sponsible -or any debts she may |
make This April 19, 1944.
le W. H. JONES.
FOR SALE ? Registered 8 months old
horned type hereford bull. Also
; one registered horn type Hereford
bull for public service at my
iiarr;. O. Biand Wagner. Boone
Route I. 4-20-2p
WANTED ? White girl or woman to I
care for small child and do gen
eral house work. $5.00 per week
and board. Reply to Margaret
Greene Eubanks, Route No. 1,
Box 83, Durham, N. C. 4-20-2p
FOR SALE? (J-room house, lights
and water, 3 acres land Hi miles
west of Boone on new highway.
See Jim H. Brown. lp
WANTED? DRY CLEANING HELP
? Prefer women over 18 years.
Experience not necessary. Pay $15
per week while learning. Wanted,
housekeeper with room, ltundry,
dry cleaning furnished. Write for
full details. S. Allen Home, 720
E. Davis St.. Burlington, N. C.
4-20-tfc
WANTED? Office girl, high school
education, capable: of dealing
with public. Write for particu
lar;;. S. Allen Home, 720 E. Davis
St.. Burlington. N. C. lc.
FOR SALE ? Biiby crib, with new
mattress. Mrs. Sumner Willis.
Phone 213-R, Boone, N. C. lp
l.OST ? In Boone Saturday, yellow
gold link bracelet with 3 blue
stones. Return to Democrat of
fice and receive reward. lp
GARDEN' FOR RENT to reliable
party, located at 531 Queen St.,
Boone, N. C. Write Lloyd Cole
man, 11.S0S St. Clair Ave, Cleve
land, Ohio. 4-20-3p
FOR SALE ? On? Dunbar Piap.o and
one electric sewing machine, desk
model. Mrs. Connie Cook, Hotel
Watauga, Phone 9118. 4-13-2p
HELP WANTED ? Want two cocks
ana two girl workers in Princess
Cafe, North Wilkesboro. Phone
206, North Wilkesboro, N. C.
J ames Piperis. 3-30-4c
FOR SALE ? Thoroughly recondi
tioned electric radios, also battery
radios. Dacus Radio Shop, Boone.
N. C. 3-30-4p
HELP WANTED? Man with small
family to work on small dairy
farm. Straight salary, house, gar
den. This should carry draft de
ferment. Reply to Box 408,
Blountville, Tenn. 3-23-4p
OLD GOLD WANTED? We buy old
gold watch cases, rings, dental
gold. etc. Highest prices paid.
Walker's Jewelry Store 12-1-tf
DR. C. G. BAUGHMAN, eyeT ear,
nose and throat specialist of Eliza
bethton, Tenn., will be at the
Hagaman Clinic in Boone the first
Monday in each month for the
practice of his profession. 12-1-tf
DR. L. E. WELLMAN, optometrist,
invites you to come to Mountain
City, Tenn., for your next glasses.
You will receive a thorough scien
tific examination and the finest
of lenses. The latest styles in
frames or rimless mountings at a
very moderate cost. Office days,
Wednesday' Thursday each week.
DACUS RADIO SHOP
EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING
ALL MAKES
20 YEARS EXPERIENCE
217 Main St. Phone 119
Boone. N. C. 3 2-8p
TO THE VOTERS OF BRUSHY
FORK AND NEW RIVER
TOWNSHIPS
This is to give notice that we have
established a voting place in Brushy
Fork Township at the old store
building of T. L. Mast. In New
River Township the voting place
will be at the Harrison Baker place
at Perkinsville.
This April 11, 1944
R. T. GREER, Chairman,
C. F. THOMPSON,
R. D. HODGES,
Watauga County Board of Elections)
HITLER'S PALS
H " - '
CflOOKED
gSfctlN? SlATtOsi,
OPSSATOB,.
GARDENS
Cnnners have been asked to set
aside about 10 per cent oi this
year's pack for war uses as com
pared with 25 per cent last year.
More and better Victory gardens
are needed this year.
JAP LOSSES TOTAL 26,000
Washington ? More than 26,000
Japanese have ix-en killed in fight
ing in the Southwest and Central
Pacific (iuring recent months. Sec
retary of War Stimson said last
week.
A customer entered a liquor store,
put a Bible on the counter, told the
clerk io place his hand on it, and
said: "Now swear you haven't any
whiskey." P. S. ? He uot a quart. ?
Reader's Digest.
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War is a long way from North Carolina
? but in so many ways ifs mighty close
to us. Our men are fighting all over the
world ? our factories and farms are
producing an endless stream of supplies
our troops depend upon. But even that
isn't all ? it wouldn't be enough!
We have so much more to do right
here in North Carolina ? jobs that are
up to all of us, jobs that must be well
done. In the 4th War Bond Drive, for
instance, North Carolinians bought
$172,000,000 worth ? 37% above our
quota ? but we're keeping right on buy
ing more and more! We've gladly given
our money to the Red Cross ? and hun
dreds of thousands of hours of our time
to making surgical dressings and kits for
out. men overseas.
We've supported and worked for the
U.S.O. and various war relief groups.
We've built and maintained an efficient
Civilian Defense organization. We've
collected scrap and rubber, tin and fats.
Whatever has been asked, North Caro
lina has done ? and then some!
The men end women o? the Greyhound
Lines, like their fellow-citizens of North
Carolina, have shared in ail of these
activities. They've also shared in the
vital job of moving wartime manpower
? in uniform or in work clothes. On
special occasions they've transported
U.S.O. Camp Shows and brought part
ners to camp dances. Greyhound buses
? by making near neighbors and good
neighbors of all the communities they
serve in this State ? by linking cities,
war plants, farm canters, and military
camps and bases ? are hciping to keep
North Carolina's war efforts rolling to
ward Victory!
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