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ms i WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper? Established in the Year 1 888. j WATCH the LABEL ; ou your pzpax a* it ahowt date j your 5ubr-cirI?tion wriH ?xpsre> tujd j ?ia?? your paper vriii bt .Uiipjwd onion? | sooner icnewea. Tfcia Dcmocral !# 1 operating- ??Ir icily on a catab it* ?4~ | v^nce basL%. Ther? are r*o ^xcopiiofl* J la ilsis rule. VOL. LVI1, NO. 9 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944; $1.50 A YEAR? 5c A COPY WATER SHORTAGE SERIOUS BEFORE THE RAINS CAME Many Residents of City Failed to Get Water Saturday After noon. Bui Co-operation of the People Restored Service Be fore Effective Rains The drouth of the last few weeks resulted in a water shortage in Boone which became rather critical Saturday afternoon when the di minished supply in the mains could not reach the higher elevations in the city, but riven before the entire citizenship was aware of the situa tion. the long-awaited rains began to fal), and Mayor Gordon H. Wink ler says that the. rather steady downpour which continued through Sunday has resulted in a plentiful supply for the time being, but that a few more days of dry weather may bring another shortage. He insists, therefore, that the people conserve water as much ss possible until the drouth is definitely broken. Mayor Winkler also takes occasion to thank the n-.any people of the town for their fine co-operation Sat urday in cutting down the use of water, in answer to telephone con tacts. This co-operation, he said, enabled tho e out o: water to have their services restored, even before the effects of the ram were noted in the water reservoir. Reports from over the county in dicate that ihe rains of the week end were general and brought great benefit to the farmers of the entire region, (muMsumIer QUARTER ENDED ..... ? tlr. W. Canon Ryan DsHvors Ad dross ss 22 S?niors Roceive B.5. C?j??s The summer quarter of Appalach ian Suite Teachers College came to a close Friday evening, when Dr. W. Carson Ryan, Kenan professor of education at tho University of North Carolina, delivered the address. I>r. Ryan's two points of empha sis were, first, the curriculum .-honld be adapted to the needs of 5ife; sec ond, the teacher must acquaint him self with the fundamental problems of government and society to fit himself for wise leadership. Bachelor of Science degrees wore conferred upon 22 members ci the senior class, three men and IS women. Twenty have already sign ed contracts to teach Only two have selected other fields of serv ice. Director Polio Center Speaks at Appalachian Dr. Edward A. Piszcek, head of the public health unit of Cook coun ty, lil.. and director of the new Hickory polio emergency hospital, , spoke Friday night in the audi torium of Appalachian State Col lege to a large group of .citizens and teachers from most of the Southern states on the polio epidemic in America. Some of the encouraging and interesting things said by Dr. Pisczek were that no cases cf polio have developed in Watauga county for the past two months; that the hospital is able to give as good treatment as can be given in Chica go; that the best protection against polio is good, vigorous health; that over a period of years, the epdimeic area shifts from one part of the Uni ted States to another and that it seems to be shifting from North Carolina. , School Bus Drivers To Be Given Tests Mr. C. E. Jones, of the state high way safety division, will lie at the county garage Sept. 12, at 9:20 a m~ to give tests for school bus drivers. All prospective drivers who have not previously been certified, should be present for this examination Pfc. Paul J. Carroll Is Reported Missing Private First Clan* Paul J. Car roll, son of Mn. Mode M. Car roll. of Boone Route 2. hu boon itpatKd by lk? War D^utinat as missing in action. No further details are giren. Pic. CsnroJl'f name was includ ed asooog 1-418 D. 8. soldvacs re ported fey the Way Department May day as veSadag ia kCm. Killed in Italy I HI I? masBsammmms^ Pvt. James Archie Holder was killed in Italy on July 5. according to a War Department message re ceived by his wife, the former Miss Edith Allgcod. of Siarty Fork. Prior to entering the service. Pvt. Holder was employed in Lenoir. Kc was inducted into the service Ociob-s: 3, 1942, and received, his basic training ai Camp Blinding, Fie., being sent overseas in March. 1943. Pvt. Holder's immediate survivors are the widow end one little daughter, Snisdra Kay. who are now making their home on Stony Fork. TEACHERS REPORT ON SEPTEMBER 14 Two-Day Co nieruoce to Proc?i? Opening of County Schools or SflptemlMHr 18 The State Board of Education, ?s has been previously announced, has set September 18 as the date for the opening of the county schools. Pu pils will enroll on that date, bat Superintendent S. F. Horton states that all leachers are to report to the t-enral school on Thursday. Sept. 14, where a two-day work conferenec will be conducted under the super vision c.f the district principal. Complete plans for the two-day conference will be announced at the principals' meeting on Saturday, Sept. 9th, Mr. Horton said. Teach ers will receive pay for this two day pre-enroilm?nt period of work, it is said Preachers and Deacons To Meet On Monday The monthly meeting of preach ers .-ind deacons will be held at the Boone Baptist Church or Sept. 4, at 2 o'clock p. m. The program, re leased by Lawrence Hagaman, is as follows: What is a Woman's Work in the Church ? Rev. J. C. Canipe. Dees the Christian Have the Mind of Christ? Rev. Ronda Earp. What Are Some of the Greatest Evils that Confront the Church? Rev. Tipton Greene. A11 preachers and deacons are in vited. Open discussion for all. Dates Changed at Community Cannery The Cove Creek Community Can nery, in the future will be open on Tuesday of each week only, it is stated by Mr. Ernest Hillard, op erator of the establishment. Serves In Italy LOCAL HOSIERY PLANT NOW ON WAR PRODUCTION Mr. Baker Says Entire Produc tion of Local Husicrj Mill for Remainder of Year Goes to Navy: Possibility of Institut ing Another Shift Mr. J. E. Baker, president of the Baker-C';mmaok Hosiery Mi! Is of. Burlington, was igt town iast week, and told the Democrat that the en* tire facilities of the Boone mill were being tui nnd into war produc tion for the remainder of the year. A deal closed '>,v Mr. Baker's in terests with the navy calls for the delivery of 1,400,000 pair; of socks ironi ins plants by (he end of this year. Mr. Baker remarked that the j tot.ai purchases of the army and navy were 24.000,000 pairs of socks monthly. Mr. Baker stated that with this huge order from the navy there is a prospect thai another shift, will have to be added at the Boone mil). If this develops, of course, there wi!) be an inci'easea need of work ers to take rare of the expanded output. Moat of Stores to Abandon Half-Holiday Or> Next Wednesday The laisfc majority of the store* of the city, which since spxing have i&ken a holiday each Weri ri?? d?y afternoon, will abansi&ri Jbi* prtcSice a? of the {iret wwrit in September. it was anaoanceA this week by L. H. Cfowell, pro? dent o{ the Merchants AssoaLa tlttR. Information received Tuesday indicated , however, that the fol lowing grocery stores and mark ets will continue to be closed on Wednesday afternoons through tho month at September: King Ssreel Grocer}, HoUrr'a Grocery and Market, A, <k P. Store, City Morket, Dixie Home Stores. Boone Oii Co.. and Thompson's Grocery. Laie War Sews SOUTHERN FRAKCE Five American military tidal waves surge east and north of Paris toward Belgium 50 miles away and Germany 90 miles away; capture Chalons, Vitry-Le Francois and Sois soris: threaten Reims and Com piegne as German resistance les sens; British and Canadians push toward robot bomb coast in gains up to 15 miles. : V: SOUTHERN FRANCE Fifteenth day of battle for South j France finds Allies in virtual con- j troi as French forces point toward j Spanish frontier. Americans spear: to within 20 miles of Italian border, j and other columns point north to- 1 ward union with Lt. Gen. Pattern's ( army; destruction of 15,000 trapped ! Nazis completed. RUSSIA Soviets take Black Sea port of Constanta in 67-mile advance from Tulcea; enter Buzau 39 miles from Ploesri oil fields in Romania and 58 miles northeast of Bucharest; smash into Hungarian Transylvania; estab lish major bridgehead on Vistual River 26 miles south of Warsaw. IN THE AIR British and Normandy based v/arplanes blitz fleeing German army in France; 750 heavy bomb ers blast c-nemv targets in Czech Silesia, Yugoslavia, North Italy and Hungary. ITALY Germans wheel toward Gothic line as eighth army unils probe mountain outer defenses in central and eastern sectors of the front. SOUTHEAST ASIA Japanese drive Chinese from northwestern part Tengchung: British capture Pinoaw. Pavs to Advertise Sometime ago Mr. Lester Canoll inserted a want ad in tbe Democrat offering seed wheat for sale, and im mediately orders came pouring in. One lot of wheat wets sold to Mr. Fred Baumann, of Port Huron, Mich., who had come across a copy of the local paper, and different oth er states were represented in the 30 to 40 replies which Mr. Carroll had to the ad. Always a firm be liever in advertising, Mr. Carroll is even more thoroughly convince ! of the effectiveness of space in the lo cal newspaper. ' Maid of Orleans Welcor 'ar*ks mmm The statue of the Maid of Orlc-fins, in the square oi the ciiy of Orleans, bids the American liberators welcome. Photo radioed from France is the Ajnericsn snd Allied troops were pressing through the diy on way to Paris. Wins Junior Post BaSHS?BUMM Clydt H. Greene of Boone, who whs el?ctad last w ?o!c as State vice councillor of the Junior Or der Unilad American Mechanics et !be closing session of the or der's two- day convention held in Raleigh. Mr. Greene has- long been jiromimal in Junior Order affairs and this honor comes in further recognition at his service to the organisation. LIVESTOCK SALE BREAKS RECORD More Than 1.200 Head Sold on Local Market: Volume of Sale About $1S,9(K> The biggest saie thus far held on the Wataut . Livestock Market oc curred last Wednesday when 1,248 head of sheep, cattle and hogs were sold. It was the occasion of a special lamb sale and Mr. I jester Carroll, manager oi the market, states that 830 lambs were sold at highly satisfactory prices. Armour & Co. buying practically all of the lambs offered. Three hundred and sixty head of cattle were sold at good prices, Mr. CarroU said, while only eight head of hogs were sold. The tot a J volume of the sale was $18,000. CAMP BOONS CLOSES SEASON Camp Boone closed its first season on Aug. 15. Its campers 3il came from Jacksonville, Fla. and Miss Edja Ster.wall of that city was camp director. During the eight weeks season. Camp Boone offered many activities including classes on handicrafts, hikts. picnic suppers, straw rides, tennis, croquet, swimming, ere., with horseback riding a special feature. Friday evening the campers en joyed a delightful banquet, with Dr. B. B. Dougherty delivering the main addi-ess He complimented the di rector on the fine behavior and at titude of the campers and wished for the camp much success. Mayor Gordon Winkler, of Boone, welcom ed Camp Boone and offered the city's support for its continued op eration. V. S. TAX BILL FOR LAST YEAH FIFTY BILLIONS Washington. Aug. 29 ? The na tion's tax bill was $50,106,000,000 for the 12 months ending last June 30. the census bureau said today. Exclusive of unemployment c?n pensation collections, state revenues amounted to $4,100,000,^00. or 3.7 per cent above the previous year, the bureau said. Local tax collections amounted to an additional $4,600,000,000. POUO SITUATION I UNCHANGED HERE One New Case Added to Slate Fig ure is Revealed to Have Been Afflicted its June The polio situation in 'Watauga county remains unchanged, but it is pointed out that the State Board of Hcai'.h figures indicate there now insist in the county 15 cases, rather than the 14, which has remained static for the- past several weeks. The department hastens to explain that this case in no wise reflects a spread of the epidemic here, 3mce the new patient in the Hickory hos pital, CIar'.i Carlton, 8, daughter of Mr and Mrs. G. R. Carlton, of Deep Gap, had been afflicted since June. She hnd been hospitalized in anoth er city before being removed to the Hickory polio center Saturday. The health department states that seven Watauga county persons are now in the Hickory institution, while three rinvfi returned liotr.e and are showing satisfactory recovery. One polio victim, Newlar.d Well born. of Deep Gap. is a patient at the Georgia Warn: Springs Foun dation, Warm Springs, Ga. Boone Man Honored at School of Medicine Grant Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ashley, of Boone, was on Saturday elected president of the Bon-mart Gray School of Medicine student body for the school term beginning' September 28, it was an nounced in Winston-Salem by Rod' Buie of Greensboro, the outgoing I president. ilotb student body and class of ficer elections were held Saturday at the Winston-Salem medical school. Wounded Soldier Is Showing Improvement Mrs. Ella Mae Church, of Boone Route 1, has been notified by the War Department that her son, Pfc. Ivey Church, who was wounded in France on July 26, is making a -nor mal improvement." Pvt. Church suffered injuries to the throat while engaged in thfc in vasion of France, Returns to Duty S-Syi. John R- Herman. 100 of Mr. and Ha Martin I.. Herman, of Vilas, -who was woUMd in France, has retained to duty. S Sgi. Hasmaa. who has bean one seas for two yware. has aasvad ill Africa. England and Franca, JURORS DRAWN FOR FALL TERM SUPERIOR COURT' Fall Sessior; of Court Starts on Sept. IX.; One Week Term to Be Featured bcv Trial of Trt<> iii Connection With Death of David Guy The County Commissioners met in speciai session Saturday find select ed jurors to serve for the fail term of Superior Court, whirl, convenes on September loth, with Judge F. M. Armstrong of Troy, presiding, and Solicitor L. S. Spurling of Le noir. prosecuting the state docket. Of principal interest will be the trial of New] and Dotson and Mrs. Edna Oliver Rhymer on a charge of slaying David Crockett Guy of Beech Creek, whose battered body was found floating in the Watauga River last June, after the two ac cuse<l had been found in possession of the dead man's automobile. Mrs. Maggie Hicks, a sister of Mrs. Rhy mer, is being held under bond as an accessory in ihr homicide Blood had been found in Guy's car, sheri iff's officers said, ar.d on Mrs. Rhy mer's dress. I), was thought that whoever was responsible for the death of Guy had robbery as a mo tive. since information at, the time was that he carried a considerable amount of merry on his person Aside from the murder trial, there are about 35 criminal cases, and since the court will oniy be held for one week, Cierk South has calendared only 25 civil cases for trial. The names of the jurors are as follows: Baid Mountain: Will Holman, 3. L. Miller, Millard Stephens. Chas. Taylor. Clyde Jackson. Beaver Darn: Don Sbeil, Wood row Eggers, Hugh Wilson. Blue Ridge: Oamie Critcher, Carl Story, Stacy Ford, Jamc-s Watson, Cearon VnnDyke. Blowing Rock: r. A. Icenhour, Randall Fester. Dewey Mitchell. Booee: Chas. Rogers. P. W. Pal mer. R. S. Gragg, I. T. Barnelt. Tip ton Greene, Pink Hodges, W M. Burvell. Noah Bent'.ey. Noah E. Mil ler. Raleigh Morel/, Lloyd Morati, David P. Miller. Tom Vannoy, John Dugger. H. M. Hamilton, Jr.. Free! Critcher. Cove Creek: Claude Davis. Elk: Albert Greer, Judson Hodges. Laurel Creek: M. L. Shepp.ird, Geo. W. Presnell, Albert T. Watson, Zeb V. Harmon. Meat Camp: Edd Brown. Will H. Jones, Hoy Norris, Leonard Wilson, Joe C. Norris, Charlie Tugman, Richard A. Greene, Jones Burkett Ncrth Fork; David Main. Jas. D. Wilson, Will Wallace, Mack Thomas. Shawneehaw : Wm. Hicks, Mon roe Harmon. Marshall F. Ward, Henry Baird, David Tester. Stony Fork: Most, J. Church, A! lie Watson, L. P. Watson. John Luther. Watauga-: Ransom L. Coi-.iett, Charlie Church, J. C. Shook, Mar shall Ward, Troy A. Townsend. REPUBLICANS OPEN OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN WITH BHOADCAST The Republican party officially opened its 1944 presidential cam paign Tuesday night with a three way radio brtfndeast by Governor Earl Warren of California, Dwight Green of Illinois, and Raymond K. Baldwin of Connecticut. Warren called for fair play in the election and said "We want the na tional "administration io apply the rules it has made, whatever they may in;, to itself as it does to us." Green charged that the ' bosses of the. big city new deal machines" dictated the rcnomination 01" Presi dent Roosevelt" while the "Repub lican campaign springs from ihe peo ple." Baldwin asserted that political bosses have "staked ail they've got to get Tom Dewey because the Re publican candidate beiieves in hon est government by honest men and practices what he preaches." G. B. CALLOWAY Belated information reaches the Democrat of the death on July 3 of G. B. Calloway^ 82, at his home in the Shulls Mills section. Mr. Calloway had been in poor health for some time, but his sudden death was attributed to a heart attack. Funeral services were held from the Foscoe Christian Church by Rev. S. E. Gragg and Rev. Mr. Stout, and interment was in the family ceme tery. Surviving are the widow, one son and two daughters: J. O. Calloway of Walton, Ky.; Mis. Arl Sluder of Shulls Mills, and Mrs. Robert Fox of Banner Elk. More supplies are now being flown into China than ever were trucked over the Burma road.
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