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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. LVII, NO. 3 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1944 WATCH the LABEL on roar paper m li Bhawi 4b? Anfe* your ?uJ>?crlpfia? will <?:?plro and Vfcw dale yoar p,tp#r *?riU ix? stepped natoaaf :oon? renewed. T&ot ?<KBO>CX?!t fcc operalin? sliictly ou ? oub la ad? vmnc? basis. Th?r? ?*? no ?xc*pKasi> to this CMln $1.50 A YEAR? 5c A COPY FARTHING URGES INCREASED SALE SERIES ? BONDS Despite Exceeding of Overall Sond Quota. Increased Pur chases Necessary to Reach Goal in 'E" Series Although most of the promotion work for the Fifth War Loan cam paign is over. Mr. W. D. Farthing, chairman of the local War Savings Staff, reminds citizens that Watau ga count} has not reached its goal in Scries E bonds and urges that everyone who has not bought all the bonds possible, do so at. once. While the overall quota for war bond sales in the county has been exceeded by $126,000, sales of Series E Bonds through July 15, totaled only $64, 147.75, short of the quota of $96,000 by approximately $32,000. Total bond sales in the county and cleared through the Federal Re serve Bank at Richmond, Va? through July 15th. totaled $263, 227.75. The county's overall quota is il 43,000. The quota of Series E bonds must be reached before Mr. Farthing con siders that the county's participation in 1he Fifth War Loan campaign has been a success. All purchases of bonds of this denomination made through July 29 will be counted to ward the campaign quota, and Mr. Farthing expressed confidence that when th.- complete report is made, this County will have reached its goal. The Series E bonds arc the bonds bought by most >ndividua!s. and every bond that a person buys not only helps to defeat the enemy but also helps to keep down inflation, said Mr. Farthing. The bonds bought before the end of July will be dated July 1 and will thus draw interes; from that date. When they mature, the patriotic citizens who have bought them to help support the war will have money to buy the tilings they have done without in order to help their country, Mr. Farthing explained. He urged that all persons in the county who can possibly afford to buy more of these bonds do so at once and add their money to the many fighting dollars which Watau ga county citizens have already sent to help the soldi .-s fight in the many battlefields of the world. , Arthur D. Adams, 63, Dies at Vilas Home After a Long Illness Arthur D. Adams. prominent farmer of the Vilas section, died at his home on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Adams had been in a state of bad health for a long time. Funeral services were conducted from the Brushy Fork Baptist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. D. Ashley and Rev. J. C. Canipe conducted the rites. Interment was in the Adams ceme tery, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home being in charge of the ar rangements. Surviving are the widow and two sons John T. Adams, Boone, and Walter Adams, Portsmouth, Va. There is one surviving sister, Mrs. G. L. Hodges, of Boone Route 2. Mr. Adams was a son of the late Tilman Adams and Mrs. Nancj Ad ams. He was bom and reared in Watauga county. He engaged in farming and cattle raising until ill ness forced his retirement. He had been a member of the Brushy Fork Baptist Church for 26 years, and when his health permitted took an active interest in the activities of his church. He was a member of the Junior Order. Mr. Adams was one of the county's fine citizens. Jake Caudill Heads Local Wildlife Club Jake V. Caudill was named presi dent of the Watauga Wildlife Club at a meeting of the organization held at the Parkway Company on Thursday evening. Other officers elected were Kenneth Linney, vice president, and Dr. R. C. Busteed, secretaiy- treasurer. It was said at the meeting that there :s a slight prospect of the fed eral government establishing a fish hatcheiy on the property owned by the state, and which was abandoned some time ago. Two Bound to Court For Selling Whiskey Niley and Joe Trivett, of Boone, were tried Thursday before U. S. Commissioner S. C. Eggers on a Charge of selling non-taxpaid li quor and were bound to federal court at Wilkesboro. Killed In Action ! JAMES WILLIAM LOOKABILL ! ibodyofTocal ! I SAILOR IS LOST; [Telegram to Parents of James Wil i liam Lookabill Indicates Body Has Not Beon Recovered The body of James William ] Lookabill. shipfitter -c. U. S. Navy, j who xm kiiied in action as an- ! nouncod ir. the: last edition of The Democrat, hasn't beer, recovered, according to information contained its a telegram' to the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lookabill, of ?ion ville. The full text of the message which is signed by Vice -Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval personnel, follows: "The Navy Department deepiy regrets t.> inform you that your son, James William Lookabill, shipfitter third class, U. S. N. R., was killed in | action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his coun try. The department extends to you its sincerest sympathy in your great loss. On account of existing con ditions .the body, if recovered, can not be returned at present If fur ther devils are received you will he informed. To prevent possible aid to our enemies please do not di vulge the name of his ship or sta tion." Entered Service July. 1943 James William Lookabill entered the navy in July. 1943, and received his boot training at Great Lakes, ill- . after which he spent Uvo weeks ;n Norfolk, going from there to Bos ton, Mass., where he spent a short time before sailing for England on his 19th birthday, November 20, 1943. He spent some lime in Glas gow, Scotland; in Iceland and Eng land, and had written an interest ing letter as to a visit to the Isle of Man. It is presumed he lost his life when the vessel on which he was serving participated in the in vasion of Europe. Dr. Len Hagamam Will Enter Navy Lenoir. July 18? Dr. Len D. Haganran, Caldweli county health officer, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the navy and will leave Lenoir to report for duty at Camp Peary. Va., on July 21si' No successor has as yet been' named to bin post here. Dr. Hagaman has been head of the local health department since July, 1941, and for several months prior to becoming head of the department he had sewed as assistant health of ficer. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Hagaman, of Winston-Salem. Dr. Hagaman was graduated from Wake Forest and received his M. D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He served his internship at Galiin ger Municipal Hospital in Washing ton. D. C? and received hi? public health training at the School of Public Health of the University of North Carolina. Mi's. Hagaman and little daugh ter, Margaret Lynn, will make their home in Statesville with Mrs. Haga man's mother when Dr. Hagaman leaves for Camp Peary. American Legion and Auxiliary to Meet Ralph G. Greer, post commander, has called a meeting of the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary for Fri day night, July list, at 8:30 p. m. Besides the regular routine of business, there will be an installa tion of officers for the ensuing year, after which refreshments will be served by the Auxiliary. All ex-service men and their wives are invited, and all service men are cordially invited to attend this meeting. ALLIE BREAK NAZI LINFS ON DRIVE TO PARIS I Americans Capture St. Lo and ' Force German Withdrawal, as ! British and Canadians Lung j Into Plane Leading to Paris Allied Supreme Headquarters, London. July 19 ? Behind an 8.000 lon bombardment by 2.200 planes, the most concentrated in history, the British Second Army burst wide open the German !ine at Caen Tues day and. sweeping across the flat plain toward Paris, met Field Mar shal Erwin Hommel's panr.ers in a showdown tank battle. American troops captured St. Lo, j central bastion of the enemy line, j and the simultaneous blows shatter- I ed the communications of between [ 20 and 25 German divisions ? pos- [ sibly 250,000 men ? threatening them ; with disaster as the Allied power ex- j ploded in a massive co-ordinated drive toward the heart of France. Gen. Sir B. L. Montgomery's tanks smashed the German line in a surprise offensive from the Orne bridgehead just above Caen. They then veered southward to lunge out on the :>pen plain and engage the enemy's armored strength. Richard D. McMillan, of the United Press, reported that dozens of separate tank battles, parts of or.e mighty struggle, broke out as the German panzer crews, with no more hedgerows and gullies to hide in and with Paris itself only .15.2 miles be yond, turned and fought. Huge pockets of Germans were passed by m. the sweeping advances as tlie tanks plunged through su burbs of Caen where the enemy had held out stoutly after the main city fell last week These were being rapidly mopped up by the infantry. Fighter and dive-bombers pound ed the enemy in direct support of the Second Army, reaching over deeper into France. More than 7,500 sorties were flown during t!ie day. Even conservative headquarters spokesmen described the day's suc cesses of "gigantic proportions" as the German reverses flared west ward along the entire 120-rr.ile front and the Lessay-Periers ? St. Lo line facing the Americans began to dis integrating. The new offensive, announced in the first special press conference called at supreme headquarters since D- Day, caught the Germans by suiprise, and the headquarters state ment said. "Gen. Montgomery is well pleased with the progress made in the first day's fighting of this bat tie. AIRPORT PLANS HEARD BY C. OF C. Meeting Last Thursday Devoted to Discussion of Air Transportation Facilities For This Area At a meeting o? the Boone Cham ber of Commerce last Thursday ex ening, called for the purpose of discussing plans for the postwar construction of an airport in this area, heard talks by Messrs. Stout and Tyson, representing an airport engineering firm, who spoke on air port designing and construction. At the meeting the joint airport committee representing the Boono and Blowing Rock Chambers, un animously agreed to concentrate on one airport for the two towns. H. W. Wilcox, president of the local or ganization, states that engineers from the Civil Aeronautics adminis tration will be here some time this week to further investigate pros pects for the proposed airport Mr. Smith Hagaman of Winston Salem. spoke briefly on the possi- 1 bilities of aeronautics for this imme- 1 diate section and the country in general. He said iie believed air transportation will lower hospitali zation costs, since a large number of patients can be carried to hos pitals by air. and this will 3id con siderable in lowering costs and as sist in aiding serious cases in speed ing aid to them. Mr. Hagaman be lieves the Chamber of Commerce is showing foresight in its endeavor to develop this kind* of transportation. He believes the time will come when airplanes will be as cheap as automobiles, and air travel will be the most economical method of trav el, considering the time saved. Attending the meeting Thursday evening from Blowing Rock were F. W. Webster, Dr. A. P. Kephart. G. C. Bobbins and Hal C. Martin. ELECTRIFICATION Federal funds loaned for rural electrification, or set aside for ap proved loans, show an all-time to tal of slightly over SO, 000 million dollars. Evacuate Children Fro: ndon ?wwsaeaasBffl IliiP m School children in the London area are shown as ihsy wew prc: pared for evacuation to salety rones. The death toll from the Nan flying robots since Jirne 14 has averaged ouo person per bomb with considerable property damage reported, i COBLE TO PAY | MORE FOR MILK Processor Announces Increases ! Which Will Benefit Watauga Milk Producers George S. Coble, owner of the i Coble Dairy Products Company, | Lexington, announced Saturday auj increase in producer prices for milk affecting thousands of farmers in Piedmont and Western North Caro lina and Virginia. Coble said the increase was made possible by recent contracts be tween the company and the array to supply milk at Cam LeJueum; and Cherry Point, which previously had been supplied by out-of-state dai ries. Coble added his company had negotiating with the array for several months in regard to the contracts and that it was necessary to expand the facilities at the com puny's plants in order to process nulk to meet, the army specifica tions. The increased price schedule was announced by Coble after a confer ence with W. Korr Scott, state com missioner of agriculture; John A. j Arey, extension dairyman: I.. L. j Ray, lecturer of the State Grange; Hairy E. Caldwell. State Grange master, and others. The schedule, effective immedi ately, is: Grade A milk received at Ram- i seiir, Lexington and Guilford Col lege, $4.40 cwt.; grade a milk re ceived at all other points where the retail price is 16 cents a quart or is subject to long haul in tank truck quantities. $4.05 cwt.; milk purchased from farmers who have mechanical milk cooling equipment i only, $3.40 cwt.; all other mi!k, $3 | cwt. All these prices are based j on four per cent butterfat. Prices prevailing before the change were $4 for all grade A to $3.20 to farmers with mechanical cooler only and $2.80 for all other milk. Lions Ciub Favors Recreation Center The boys' and girl's committee of the Boone Lions Club favors the de velopment of a recreation center for the youth of the town. Boys and girls need wholesome recreation in a desirable place and under adult supervision of a sympathetic nature. Drinking fountains have; been I purchased by the Lions Club and 'have arrived and will be installed at the first opportunity. These drink ing fountains are to be placed in the business section of the city. The new Lions' community bet terment committee favors placing j benches in the business section for j the comfort of visitors. The Lions' j health committee urges everyone to i co-operate with the health officials ? in curbing the polio mfnace. Mr. Tom Cash of Winston-Salem, and Mr. S. M. Ayers of Boone, were guests of the club at its meeting Tuesday evening. Fifteen committees presented ex tensive plans for work to be done by the Boone Lions Club during the coming year. The ladies are to have four opportunities (four ladies' nights) to show their power to tame I the Lions. WHEAT The War Food Administration has announced higher loans on wheat for the present crop, jar. increase of 7 cents a bushel. EMORY M'CAlLflO SPEAK SATURDAY Republican Convention to Hear Ad dress by Ninth District Con gressional Candidate Hon. Emory C. McCaii, of Leftoir, Republican candidate for congress in the ninth district, will deliver an address at the courthouse here Sat urday, when the Republicans cf Watauga meet to nominate candi dates for the various county offices, according to an announcement by Earl D. Cook, chairman of the Re publican executive committee. The convention will be called to order .it 2:00 o'clock, and candidates wili be nominated Sar tha -thTfts, places on the board of county com missioners, representative to the genera' assembly, register of deeds and county surveyor. The various precincts will meet at 2 o'clock on Friday to name dele gates to the count j- convention. Plans Being Made For Annual Horse Show The annual Blowing Rock Hcrse Show will be held on August 4 and 5, with War Bonds and Stamps of fered for prizes, it has been an nounced following a meeting of the hoard of directors of the annuai event. It was decided by the directors to name the show grounds "Broyhiil Park" as a tribute to Tom H. Broy hiil. an outstanding patron of the show. Improvements so the build ings and grounds is underway in preparation for the show. J. Luther Snyder is president of the show, and members of the board of directors are Mrs. Joseph Can non, Mrs. W. B. Wools ton, L. M. Tate. C. G. Beck, Milton Chapman, Dr. A. P. Kephart, William Ncbei and Rev. Walter K. Keys. Annual Report of County Library I Following is the annual report of the Watauga County Public Library for the year ending July 1, 1944, as submitted by Mrs. Maude P. Ingle, librarian: Total appropriation front county and school board $ 443.00 State grants ? 1.434.35 Total SI ,927.35 Total amount spent for books $1,025.29 Operating expenses 830.43 Total $1,855.72 Number of books added during the year, 782: total volumes at end of year, 2 -182. Total number of books lent for home use during the year. fi.949. Total number of books lent through the schools, 2,915. Total circulation, 11.364. 334 Register For Second Term at ASTC Registration for the second sum mer term at Appalachian State Teachers College this (Wednes day) morning had reached 334. and registration will continue during the balance of the week. These figures are 28 ahead of the same period last year, and Regis trar H. R. Eggerm expects the lo ta] to reach 375 batons the regis tration period ends. S3K; POLIO EPIDEMIC SENDS COUNTY'S TOTAL TO 14 Four Kdw Cases Reported by Health Department During Past Weok; Five Carried to Hickory Wednesday for Fol low-up Treatment Four cases of infantile paralysis reported by the county health de partment in the past seven days sent Watauga county's polio total to 14. This is a decrease of one for the same period fit; ring the previous two weeks. The four netv cases reported by the hea'tn department are: Buddy CounciJJ, age 12, Son of Mrs. Jennings Lover., Blowing Rock. J,avonne Hampton, age 13, aunt, Miss Minne Day, Blowing Rock Route 1. Johnnie Ray, aged ft. :>-.>n or Mr. Clyde Ray. Deep Gap. New land Wellborn, age 18, of Deep Gap. Buddy Couneill was taken to tile orthopedic hospital in Gastonia Mon day by Mrs. Virginia Smith, coun ty health nurse, but has returned to his home, as lie was pronounced out of danger l>y attending physicians. New-land Wellborn is now at the Hickory Health center. Five children from the county who have been ili with polio, and w hu are said to have passed the three-weeks quarantine period, were earned to Hickory Wednesday tor examination and follow-up treat ment by Dr. Gaul. Tiie county health department again urges that people keep their children at home, away from all types of public gatherings, otl' tlia streets and other public places. Peak Not Yel Reached Raleigh, July 18 ? While health of ficials voiced fear that infantile pa ralysis had not reached its peak in iiortl; Carolina, school authorities today considered postponing the opening of schools in areas infected or adjacent to those where the dis ease is most heavily concratroted. Recommendations adopted by the state board of health for preventing spread of the disease included clos ing all non-profit summer camps' in all parts of the state and close to new campers ali commercial camps operating in counties where the dis ease is prevalent. Since June t and through last night 318 case:, had been reported. Fourteen resulted in deaths. 31 Polio Cases in Ashe Reports Monday revealed that Ashe county now has a total of 31 eases of infantile paralysis, most of which are being treated in Hick ory or Charlotte. In view of the in creasing epidemic, the Ashe county board of health has raised to 1G the age limit forbidding children to as semble in public places. Local Red Cross Makes Fifty Uniforms For Emergency Hospital The Bonne chapter of the Red Cross received a call Saturday for 50 mires' uniforms to be used at the Hickory emergency hospital for polio patients, says Mrs. William Grubbs. chairman of the local chap ter. The following ladies gathered at the Red Cross rooms whore the garments were cut: Mesdames J. T. C. Wright, Mae, Miller, Wiley Smith, I_. T. Tatum, Graydon Eggers, T. M. Greer and Beach Keller. The gar ments were taken home to be sewed by the following ladies: Mesdames James H. Council), H. B Perry, F. M. Payne, Joe Ragan. Floy Haga m?.n, Elsie Hagaman, D. L. Wilcox, Mae Miller, Willie Chester, Alice Council! Bobbins, Beach Keller, R. W. Watkins, James Winkler. Dolph. Lyons, Edwin Troutman, A. An tonakos, Minnie Coffey, J. C. Ca nipe, Mrs. Connie Storie. Mrs. Meecher and Miss Est el le Grubbs. Bound to Federal Court For Retailing Joe Trivett, of Boone, was tried before United States Commissioner S. C. Eggers, on a charge of selling non-t;oc paid whiskey last week and was bound to Federal court in Wilkesboro. The cast was developed through the efforts of Special Investigator Hight Dotson. former resident of Boone, who now resides in North Wilkesboro. COVE CREEK CAHNERY OPENS The new community cannery at the Cove Creek High School will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday arid Thursday of each week, Ernest Hil lard announced this week. The hours are 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
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