WATAUGA DEMOCRAT
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TEACHERS' LIST
FOR SCHOOLS OF
COUNTY COMPLETE
Schools Progressing With Good
Attendance: Opening Delayed
Due to Infantile Paralysis Sit
uation: a Complete List of the
Teachers
The Watauga County Board of Ed
ucation has released a complete list
of teachers in the schools of the
county, and information is that the
schools, which opened late dur to
the infantile paralysis epidemic, are
being largely attended, with pros- j
. Peels for a splendid school year in '
each district
Following is a list of the teachers
who have been employed in the
county school system:
District 1
Appalachian liii' Iy ? Herbert Wey,
principal; Ruby D. Daniel, Ruth
Finger. Martha Grey. Mary K. Madi
son, Chalmers F. McGollum, Harold
C. Qumcy. Cratis D William?, Mar\' 1
E Burton. Nora Graves, Came W.
Winkler. Orby Southard. Irva Bry- j
ant. Helena Clardy. Pearl Steelma:: j
Bo.. nc Elementary ? John T. How- j
el!, principal; Donald C. Thompson.
Callie K. Tucker. Hay Houdy. John
Bardon, Marion H Denton. Ella A.
Besh ears. Clyde Mae Goodman. Mat
tie R. Seely, Beulah Campbell. En
nis Roland Davis. SaKi<- I3. Carson,
Grace M. Council!, <i. F. Felt,i, Gai!
Clay. Elizabeth Lord,
Howards Creek? Maggie E. Mo
re tZ.
Buthprwnod ? Muriel H. Glenn
Chloe Story.
Rich Mountain ? Blanche B.
Payne.
Bamboo ? Feari J. Cowles, I Idea
E. Troxler. Lucy II. Storie.
District 2
Green Valley? Artie E. Morete,
Loia Mae Rowe. Mrittie S. Norris
Kate K. Ellison.
Winebarger ? Olilt G. Winebarger,
Loti;sa ).,. Miller
Biverview ? Ola M. Grr.cr.
Dlalvict 3
Deep Gap ? Vclina H. Cottrell,
principal; Grouts R Moretz, Pearle
Payne Dcwling, Dorothy Fat thin#,
Heka W. ShoemaHe.
Ccslie ? D. L. Binghnrn.
Stony Fork? I.ola T Mmrtx. Le
oni L. More tat.
Mt. Paron ? I J Bingham.
Elk ? 1. S. Miller. Etila C. Cowies. I
Elizabeth H. Erwin.
Lower Elk?Ine?. H. Todd.
District
Blowing Rock High? Sarah B.
Gaither. principal; Mrs. Tafl J.
Lewis. Ruby T. Sherrill, Beatrice C
Winkler.
Blowing Hock Elementary? Mr*.
James Thoma? Wright, Arlee J
Younce. Earle P. Thomas, Clara S.
Brown. Bessie S. Crawford. Mattie
S. Walsh, Biilie G. Cooke, Billie G
Greene.
Penley ? Nannie L. Morgan.
Bradshaw? W. L. Trivette.
Cook ? Aimed ia Bingham.
District 5
Valle Crucis? Dessie T. Edmisten,
principal. Ernie C. Triplett, Clmt
Baird. Ola T Thompson, Mary B.
Glenn. Cleo Walker, Pansy K. Tay
lor. Sarah B. Horton. Maxie G. Ed
misten
Grandfather ? Floy Cannon. Mrs.
Pearl R. Luttrell.
Cool Springs ? Maude A. Perry.
District G
Cove Creek High~W. Paul Bing
ham. principal: Cynthia Stiles. Jen
nie Love. Virginia D. Strcther, Win- .
nie T. Stokes, Phoebe E. Wakefield,
Grace B. Mast, Elsie F. Moi*gan
Mattie H. Wilson, Sam W. Osborne,
Ernest Hillard, Mrs. Sam W. Os
borne, Anna Belle Bingham
Maude Spainhour.
Cove Creek Elementary?Tom J.
Moody principal; Sarah Wilina Har
mon, Blanche Stokes, Giadvs M.
ham. Anna Mae Sherwood, Dora S.
Mast, Susie B. Henson, Ruth E.
Sherwood, Ophelia Bingham. Ruth
B. Mast.
Rominger ? George Harmon.
Presnell? Mrs. Fred W. Ward.
Kellervilie ? Edna E. Thomas.
Windy Gap ? Henry Hagaman.
District 7
Bethel ? Grady E. Tester, princi
pal, Edward Love, Shirley G. Love.
Verna J. Ball, Herbert Farthing, J.
B. O'Neal, Elizabeth O. Mel'byj
Kathryn Sherwood, Leota N. Swift
Wilmetta R. Norris, Alice Bingham!
District .8
Russell Henson, principal; Mabel
R. Norris, Allie R. Perry, Janie C.
Harmon, Grace B. Campbell, Mabel
H. Hollar. Mrs. James B. Mast.
Pottertown, ? Thelma Mae Perry,
Pearle H. Greene.
Watauga colored? Bertha M. Neal.
Lois L. Clement.
As the nights begin to get cooler,
close up the back and side ventila
tors of your poultry laying house,
says C. F. Parrish, extension poul
tryman at State College.
Apples Are Needed
At Paralysis Center
Word reaches The Democrat that
quantities of mountain-grown ap
ples can be used to advantage by
the patients at the polio center in
Hickory. Those wishing to take or
send applies to Hickory to bring
cheer to the children are asked to
do so, as a large amount of fruit
thus contributed can be uscdl
World War II York
Draft Board neleas.es Names oi
Group oi Men Going lc In
duction Center
^ ? \ , I
Nineteen Wntaujt.i countj men!
hav<; recently been sent to an induc
tion center of the United States
army., for .military service under
the terms of the selective service
act. The n'aiho;- of tHe men com
prising the current contingent are:
Willard Spencer Johnson
Blaine Thomas Hayes
Junior Russell V annoy
John Clifton Canipe. Jr.
Robert Elrod Nbrris
Bl3n Allen Haniby
Welter Edward Norris
Hade:-. John Cook
Paul Jonathan Howell
Walter Monroe Greer, Jr.
Arlus Burton Glenn
Clyde MonTue Miller
Charles Lee Younee
Arlie Cress Greene
Albert Warren King
Glenn William Greer
Transferred to Other Boards
Dexter I. Rcmlhger
Joseph Freeman Brown
Willie Haskell Younce
Gain in Hunting and
Fishing License Sales
A considerable gain in the sales
of fishing and hunting licenses for
the current season is reported by
County Game Warden Walter Ed
misten, who states that prospects
for future game and fish propaga
tion here are excellent.
The usual number of legal size
fish were placed in the streams this
year, says Mr. Edmisten, but due to
unfavorable weather conditions few
er were caught by the anglers. With
ali hatcheries full of trout to be lib
erated next spring, prospects for]
next year's angling are particularly
bright.
Mr. Edmisten states that it is the
purpose of the department of con
servation and development to have
as many fish and as much game as
possible for the benefit of the re
turning soldiers at the war's end.
Western Deer Hunting
Dates Are Released
Dates on which deer hunts will
be conducted this year or. the Dan
iel Boone and Mt. Mitchell Co-op
erative Wildlife areas have been re
leased. and are as follows:
Mt. Mitchell area: Nov 8. 9. 10. 11,
14. 15. 16, 17.
Daniel Boone area: Nov. 22. 23,
24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30.
A quota of 350 permittees a day
may be allowed on each area and a
total quota of 100 buck deer may be
taken. A person who is as much as
18 years old, and has a valid N. C.
hunting license and a special permit
which costs $2.50 a day, may hunt
one day at a time on each area.
Applications on regular forms
must be made for either of the first
four days on each hunt, and submit
ted with money or cashier's check
to C. N. Mease. Marion, N. C. Mr.
Mease will supply the application
forms to interested hunters.
L.ietii. Van T. Barefoot. 25. of the
45th Infantry division, awarded
highest military award, alone, he
wiped oui three German machine
gun nests, captured 17 prisoners
and disabled an enemy tank. He
hails from Carthags, Mass.
ABSENTEE VOTES
FOR CIVILIANS
NOW AVAILABLE
ii Election Hoard Receiving Appli
cations (or Civilian Absentee
Voters; Registrai ion Books
I Open Saturday; October 28th
J Last Day to Register
Absentee ballots lor civilian voters \
who will be away firm the county !
on election day. became available
at Iru" local office of t ht; County
Board of Election Monday, in ac
cordance with the state law. and a
j nurabci of applications have ai
I ready been received, states Roby T.
Giecr. election board chairman.
For the past several weeks the
heard has been busily engaged in
dispau-hins ballots to Watauga
members of the armed service, and
Several hundred have been sent out,
it is said. Due, to The (act that so
many local persons are engaged it.
war work in the industrial regions a
heavy receipt of civilian absentees is
I also expected. Applications may be
| accepted, ft is said, through Satur
day : j i ;<h ; November i. from voters j
who are physically unable to go to ]
the poll ??:, or who expect to be absent I
r^n election day.
Registration Starts
The registration hooks will open
at each of the 16 voting precincts
in the county next Saturday, and 1
will remain open for throe Satui-:
days, including the 28th of October, i
Saturday. Nov. 4. will be challenge j
day. while the election coines on ?
Nov. 7.
'.?'?it1' is pointed out that there is no
genera! new registration, blit that!
civilian voters who have reached 21 i
years of age since the last ejection
will bo required to register, as well I
as those who have moved into the
county sinec that time and estab- '
Hshed legal resilience.
The election board office is in the
Wade E. Brown building, and is re
ceiving absentee applications every
day in the week.
Gold Star Certificates
To Be Given Mothers
By Local Legr.osi Post
Gold star certificates wiU be pre
sented to mothers ^of Watauga men
who have lust their lives in the pres
ent war at a regular meeting of Wat
auga Post American Legion to be
held in the L.ogion hut on Friday.
Oct. 20, it was stated Tuesday,
Further information regarding the j
meeting will be published in the ?
next edition of The Democrat.
Enrollment Is Now
j|?f?417 At Appalachian
The enrollment for the fall term
at Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege stood at 417 Tuesday morning,
according to Dean J D. Rankin,
who states that figure is 67 more
than the number enrolled a year
ago at this time.
Dean Rankin states that the num- j
ber of students will increase some
what from time to time as the !
school year progresses, and that
quite a number of new students are
expected after the Christmas holi
days.
Clinic For Crippled
Children Is Arranged
A clinic for the benefit of the
crippled children of the county will
be held at the offices of the district
health department on Wednesday,
Oct. 18th, it has been announced.
Dr. John S. Gaul of Charlotte, will
be in charge of the clinic.
National Leader Succt?||bs To Illness
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WENDELL L. WILLKIE
Wendell Willkin. 1340 Republican presidential candidate-, and ore
oS the leading exponents of international collaboration to prevent su
toce wars, wiio died early Sunday morning in a New York hospital.
COMMERCE GROUP
TO HOLD MEETING
Housing Situation On#.- of Ciiic
Problems to Come Up For
I>iscusaion Toniijht
Ttu? Chamber of Commerce vrill
meet in i> dinner cession in the base
ment of the l!?mo Baptist Church
Thursday evening at 7:45. it is stated
by K. W. Wilcox, pffesident, who
announces that the housing situation
in the community will be one
of the principal topics to conic up
for consideration.
The shortage ot living quarters in
Koone is pnrticuiaiiy arute this
year, it is pointed out. and the pos
sibility of interesting local or out
side capital in aiding in alleviating
this housing shortage will occupy the
attention of (he business leaders of
the community. The need of tourist
camp facilities will also be consider
ed. and the special committees ap
pointed to assemble information for
a proposed booklet publicizing
Boone, will hold their initial meet
ings.
Deposits at Local
Bank Reach Record
Sum of Two Million
Deposits at the Boone branch of
the Northwestern Bank reached
the record sum of 52.000.000 at the
close of business last Saturday, an
all-time high for the institution,
says Cashier W. D. Farthing.
Mr. Farthing had expected de
posits to reach the two million
mark along about the first of the
year, when ibe bur ley tobacco
market reached its height of sales,
but had not anticipated the recent
rush of deposits, which sent re
ceipts to new htgh levels during
the past few days.
Waiauga Man, Home From Submarine ;
Duty in Pacific; Sinks 26 Jap Ships
Williams Olis Shell, radioman
first class, and son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Shell, of Beaver Dam
township, is home on a 15-day
leave, and so far as is recalled, is
the firs! veteran of the Pasific
submarine campaign who has re
turned to the county.
Mr. Shell, who is just back from i
three years in the war against
the Nipponese, was a member of
a crew of one of the navy's sub
marines which is credited with
destroying 26 Jap craft, and slug
ged it out with a Jap sub, report- j
edly chalking up naval history in
that one undersea craft destroyed
another.
The Watauga man, who has
been in the service for five years
and -hadn't been home for three
years, was awarded the subma
rine combat medal with throe
1 gold siavs, and the American Ex- ?
(
peditionaxy Force Medai for com
mando raids on Jap-held islands.
He was engaged in the Coral Sea,
Midway, New Britain. Bismark
sea battles, and aided in landing
operations at Bouganville and
Guadalcanal. A submarine task
force, he says, completely, defeat
ed Jap landings in Australia early :
in the war.
Shell has served on four sub
marines. and one was sunk short- !
ly after he was detached. He has
been in an Australian hospital for
three months, and will go from
here to Chicago, to lake a radio
engineering course before return
ing to sea.
Mr. Shell says the people at
home can't realise what the boys
are going through in this war and
stales they need all the support
' i hat can be given by -the folks on ;
ih? home front.
! WiLLKlE CAREER
ENDS WITH DEATH
Form*! Republican Candidate icr
Pvesidant Dies Atiex Brief
lilaets
New York ? Wendell I.. WUlkie,
i o?.. Indian a- born lawyer who sky
i rocketed- from political unicnowirtn
| Republican presidential nominee in
j 1940 and subsequent national and
I international prominence, died un
expectedly at 2:20 a. in. Sunday in
Lennox Hill Hospital.
Death was due to coronary throm
b..:;s. Or. Alexander Ghisehn, a
1 throat specialist, said a stivptococ
tic ir.f'.'et ion aftected the heart mus
cles and that Willkie died in his
sleep alter suffering three attacks,
I the last of which occurred at 2 a.m.
I With him at the e-nd in addi
tion to Dr. Gniselin were his per- !
j sooal physician. Dr. Benjamin Sal
j 2Cr, his wife, who also had baen ill
! witlt a sore throat, and Lamoyne
i Jones, Willkie's personal secretary
j and spokesman in 1940.
The- Willkie.-; have one child Phii
; ip, a lieutenant (j.g.) on duty with
! the navy "somewhere in mid-ocean."
The body of Wiilkie, whose death
followed by four days the death of
Alfred E. Smith. 1928 Democratic:
presidential candidate laid in state
in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church fromm 2 p. m. Monday until
the funeral service at 3 p. m. Tues
day.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. John Sutherland Bon
nell. pastor of the church. Burial
will be in Rushville, Ind.
The decision to permit the* public
to view Willkie's body was made
following numerous requests to the
family, a spokesman said. Earlier
it was announced that funeral plans
would await word for the son.
The colorful 200-pound lousel
headed Hoosier. who first gained
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Pig Feeding Test is
Being Made at Local
Farm Co-op Store
The Watauga Farm Co-operative
store on Monday instituted a pig
feeding contest, which is the source
of much interest among the many
farmers who visit the establishment.
Two Berkshire' pigs, named Lum
and Abner. weight 62 and 53
pounds, respectively, are in sepa
rate pens, side by side. The lighter
of the two pigs is being fed Purina
Hog Ration, while the other is get
ting a ration of a good grade of
bran and wheat shorts, such as is the
ration of the average hog.
To demonstrate the value of the
Purina feed an accurate record will
be kept of the growth of the two
pigs. They will be weighed week
ly, the gains in poundage and the
cost per pound gain figured for
each. The demonstration will con
tinue for 90 days, after which a
complete record will be released,
and the hogs will be slaughtered
and displayed. The novel demon
stration is attracting many to the
popular farmers' store.
WAR FUND GSSTS
$600 ON FIRST
DAY OF CAMPAIGN
Those in Charge of Campaign
I Highly Pleased With Moo
j day's Receipts: Ask for Con
tinued Co-operation of I'eopie
in Raising Goal of $4,500
The National W?r Fund campaign
goi off to a good start in Watauga
county Monday, ar.d at the close of
uie day officials in the- drive found
that $620 had been collected on the
county's overall quota of 54,500.
Chairman Harry Hamilton and oth
ers o i the organization are highly
. pleased with this initial showing and
*re urging full continued co-opera
lion of the people in order that Wat
auga county may be among 1 he first
to reach its goal.
The National War Fund -is it quite
generally known, contributes to the
entertainment and well-being of
American soldiers in every theatre
i f war. aids prisoners of war iri ene
my countries, and contributes to the
peoples of lands occupied by the
ruthless Nazi war machine. The
local organization is attempting to
give very person in the county ;?i
opportunity of contributing at the
earliest possihle time, so ihat Uie
| ou-ita ir.ay be raised quickly
Following are the initial contri
butions as reported Monday evening:
Boone ? T. M. Greer. Chairman
Clyde H. Greene Sll), W. C. Greer
$5. Fanners Hardware & Supply Co.,
$50, Burgess Antique Shop $25,
Carolina Pharmacy $25 Oariiel Boone
Shoe Shop $5, Dixie Store $15, T.
M. Greer $10, Hunt's Department
Store $25, Walker's Jewelry Store
S5, Hi-Land Cleaners $2. R F.
Greene $10. C. C Wilcox $5. J. M.
Russell So. Watauga Hotel S15.
Boone ? Mrs. H. C. Rivers. Solicitor
(Joe Morris $1, Elmo Hodges $1, W.
j M. Cook $!, ,J. C. Clay $5, King St.
Grocery ?10. Sue Greene $1, Smith
ey's Store $5. Mrs. Bins Graham $1,
Mr*. Raymond Her.drix $1. Arthur
Dougherty $1. Claud Ncrris ?1, A. J .
Edmisten $2, N. C. Miller 50c, MB.
I. S. Ayen; $1, Mfrs. C. L. Smith 50c,
Mr. and Mis. ft. C Rivers 510.
Boone ? Mrs. W. M. Burwell,
Solicitor
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hurwell So,
Konda Hartley 50c, D. J. Boydoit $1,
Dock Byjtl 50c, Ralph Winkler $5,
Mrs. Maude Kelley St. R B. Pi-.iliips
$1, W. C. Winebargcr $J. Floyd
Triplett 50c, Carl Hayes SI. Mrs.
ICafi Hayes 50c, T. B. Moore SI, E.
1 W Sentlej 50c, Mrs. Bessie Ald
I ridge 50c, D. F Wyke $1, Charlie
j Keller 50e, Mrs. C. I). Honeycutt 5ft-.:,
I Mrs. J. D. Lutz $i. Paul "Walsh $1,
Pat McGuire $5
Boone ? Clyde Greene. Solicitor
W. C. Greene $10, Howard Shore
S3, Belk-V/hite Co. $50, G. K. Moose
$25, H. Grady Farthing $10, Western
Auto Store $15, L. T. Tiituu: $5r
Bepne Tire & Bargain Store $25,
Hollars' Grocery $10.
Mabel Community ? W. M. Thomas,
Solicitor
W. M. Thomas $10, Bert Mast $10,
1 Spencer Dishman $10, Bob Ander
i son S5, J. W. Anderson $5. Fate
J (CONTINUED ON PACK EK5HT1
l Boone Baptist Church
| To Gather Clothing
To Aid War Victims
I In response to a request by Her
j bert H Lehman, director-general of
the United Nations Relief and Re
habilitation Administration. the
Boone Baptist Church will collect
used clothing for distribution in lib
erated areas of Europe.
Wl-.at is needed is good, substan
tia) clothing, new or used, for both
i winter and summer wear. Although
clothing need not be in perfect re
pair, it must be useful to the peo
ple who will receive it. Under
clothing and all types of cotton gar
ments should be washed before
they are donated, but need not be
ironed Shoes and evening dresses
are not to be collected.
The following types of clothing
can be used: 1. Infant garments oi
all kinds, particularly knit goods; 2.
Men's and boys' overcoats, suits,
jackets, sweaters, shirts, overalls,
coveralls, underwear, robes, pajam
as, etc. 1. Women's and girls' over
coats. jackets, skirts, sweaters, un
derwear. dressed, aprons, smocks,
robes, nightwear, etc., and sheet3,
blankets, afghans, quilts, pillow
cases, etc.
Clothing may be left at the Bap
tist Church, inside the side entrance,
any time during the week from Oct.
15 to 22.
The immediate goal of the UNBRA
is for 15,000,000 pounds of clothing,
and people of every faith are co-op
crating to help the millions of needy
people driver from their homes by
bombing and shelling.