Watauga democrat ( WATCH the LABEL co your paper a* 11 Jkov* *?>? wr Ktfofscripilatt will oxjvizft azid 31*? da?e your p-apcyr will fc? *j;oppa?i untew | socncr Tvnawifd. Tfc Clyde Edmisten Grovel Lewis Ward James Virgil Miller Lewis Uenry Kicks Ernest Marshall Payne Howard Trivett Talmadge Stewart Carroll Kveieu Clay Beach Glenr. Wijson Brown Sili Bumgarner Iiimmie Frances Trivett Elmer Clinard Triplett Ernes! Dee Brawn Jonathan George Morel* Don Bynum Lewis Diih.rd Charlie Recce Robert Lcc Hagaman Walter Brownlow Tnvettr Mast Lee Wheeler Edward Dean Mathescn George Monroe Triplett Paul Kestes Isaacs Phillip VcjTon Meret/ Cloyd Shula Aldridge Hcuck Richard Tester Dean Cfoyd Bowles Robtr! Lee Banner George Art Hicks Thomas Mastin Hayes Call Jay Parlier Elmer Itufiis Stout Lincoln Ross Mintcn Clay Alvin Taylor Buster Ernest McGuire Howard Milt Harmon Carson Howard Presnell Frank John Phillips William lliram Sluder James Carl Greene Smith Adam Harmon Eugene Filmore Bumgarnei Hubert Lcroy Woodring "William McKihley Presnell En Coffey Hardy Clifford Fred Wilcox Bynum William Winkit-r Hollah Thomas Combs Don Carlton Hatten Johnr.ie Elie Weaver James Noms William Eugene Blevins Roy F. Ashley Glenn Henry Proffitt Dick Henson Henry Doughton Caudill Floyd Harvey Hodges Claude Raymond May Lewis Rom Isaacs Grady William Yates Denver Potter William Baxter Bryan Nathan Linney Presnell Owen Junior MieLean Transferred to Other Boards Edward Douglas Herman ?Robert Franklin Andrews, Jr. Willard Millard Greene Dennis Owen Coffey James Milton Winkler Pink David Chester Roy Cleo Kiigore. Jr. Howard William Honeycutt Douglas Coien Storie Zeb Vance Trivett Roy Bruce Cox Army Nurse Cadets And Nurses Needed] Miv Beach Keller, adjutant' Wat j auga Post American Legion, saysj that he now has application forms j for those desiring to take army I cadet nurse training as well as those I yrho would like to enlisv as nurses. Mr. Kellar states that informa tion is there is a great need of nurses anci cadets, and that all those who would like to take tho training as well as nurses who would like to enlist, should see him for further de tails. Red Cross Needs A Sewing Machine The Red Cross chairman, Mrs. W. M. Grubbs, requests the use of a sewing machine in the Red Cross rooms. A donation will be accepted or a reasonable sum will be paid for | the purchase of a sewing machine.1 Mac Arthur Returns j Gen. Douglas MacArlhux. under whose command troops cf the Sixth aimy invaded Leyte in the Philippines, witnessed the inva sion from She bridge cf the cruiser USS Nashville. \ Wei! Known Department Store Vis ited by Firs Sunday: Consid erable Loss Hunt's Department Store, crie of the town s popular business estab lisli merits. was visited by fin Sun day. and while Mr. Hunt, who on) Tuesday evening was engaged in it) j ventoring the stock for the benefit of insurance settlements, was not I able- to give figures at* to the loss, j it was considerable. The loss is] covered by insurance, it is said. I The building which is owned by Mr Ruftis W Colvard, and Which is a pari, of the block which houses the Colvard Tire and Chevrolet Co., is appreciably damaged, late reports indicate, perhaps to the extent of several thousand dollars. The fire originated in a narrow alley to the rear or the building, where it is thought a carelessly - tossed cigarette might have lighted a quantity of trash. Tht- flame, driven by the wind, readily burned through a door on the serend floor of the Hunt building where most of the damage was suffered. The fire department soon extinguished the blaze, but the departments on tiie second floor suffered from smoke and water. The street floor of the Hunt store was not appreciably damaged, since tr>f;st| of the mer chandise was covered before watet from above came through. Manager Guy Hunt expresses his sincere appreciation to the fire de partment and to his many friends for their invaluable aid \n saving his business from more serious dam age or even tots', destruction. TEACHERS MEET NEXT SATURDAY Dr. Phillips, of ?he University of North Carolina Women's Col leg?, lo Speak The teachers of the schools of Watauga county will meet in the auditorium of the Boone High School building on Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock, it was announced Monday. Dr. Charles W. Phillips, head of the department of public relations at Woman's College, University of North Carolina. Greensboro, will de liver an address to the teachers. His subject will be "Guidance in Our Public Schools,'' Ail the teachers of the county are asked to attend (hi* meeting and hear Dr. Phillips. Woman's Club Fetes Men Going to Army Men being inducted into the arms last Wednesday were treated by members of the Woman's Club. In stead of coffee, sandwiches, etc,, for breakfast, quantities of sandwiches were placed on the bu3, since most of the boys had breakfast before leaving home. The men enjoyed this treat, which if purchased, would have amounted to a total of more than $30. Five Wataugans at Mars Hill College Mars Hill. Oct. 30 ? Five students from Watauga county are enrolled in Mars Hill College this fall, ac cording to a report from the office of the registrar Enrollees from yfatauga are Helen BYances Caudill, Margaret Ruth Eg gers, Rebecca Tatum and Nancy Jane Wilcox, Boone, and Betty R'lth Austin, Shulls Mills. > - - " i WAR FUND WITHIN EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS OF QUOTA Many Reports Still to Be Re ceived as Campaign Nears End; Hamilton Asks SuFicitors to Make Reports Soon: Some Recent Contributors The National War Fund campaign receipts in Watauga county have reached the sum of S3.70I1 says Mr. ' H. M. Hamilton. Jr., chairman of the effort, which is within $800 of the local goal of $4,500. A numb':! of communities have not as y. \ made their reports, and Mr. Hamilton insists that this be dons as quickly as possible, so that the fund may be closed. Those who have not been approached by solici tors are iu-ked to leave their contri butions to the War Fund with Mr. : Alfred Adams, treasurer, at the Northwestern Bunk. Ma'wl ana Meat Camp sections have already exceeded their quotas while Elk lacks only $11 00 and Bald : Mountain is short of its goal by only j $20 50. A lisi of some of the latest cor.- 1 irit.uto.s follows: Mabel Community, Blanche Thoir.ai, I Solicitor Blanche Thomas $!, G. H. Thomas i S5, Mr. and MVS. Spencer There ns | and Son ?5, Marion Thomas $5 Sher man Thomas SI, Mr. and Mi's. Clyde Thomas $4. Dean Isaacs SI Ray mond Oliver SI. 50, Mrs. J. F. Oliver $1, Mrs. S. IT Greene $2, Oley L. Eggers 52, George Swift :$! . Mrs. Blaine Warren $1, Solomon Eggers SI. Mrs. Harold Warren SI. Mi's. Dnnna Greene $!. Mrs. Lloyd Oliver Si, Mr. and Mrs. Arnt Greer $2. Sally Kate Greer $) Nancy tiee Greer $1. Curtis Greer $1, Raymond Warren $1, Mrs Asa Thomas Sl.i Mrs. Raymond Warren $1, Dr. F. M. I Gteer $1, Mis. F. M, Greer SI, Star,-! Jey Norris $1, Marvin Norria $1, j Paul Roark $2. Mrs. Graydon Camp Dell $1. Mrs. Curtis Madron SI, Mrs. Theodore Robinson $2, Mi's. Bob Andersen $1, Glenn Norris $1, David Greene .$1, Ray Norris 50c, Luther Oliver 50c. Mrs. John Isaacs 50c. Mrs. John Swif: 50c, Edith Swist 50c Mrs. Lillian Younca. Worker Lillian Younce $1, Ivan Younce $1, Mr. ar.d Mrs. R. A. Thomas Sti, I Mr. and Mirs Jim Burkett S2, Mr. i ICOjriTOBEC ON PARK FOtOT, Necessity of Selling | Pipe Wood is Stressed Mr. D. P. Lavietc-s of the I). P. Pipe Works of Boone and Sparta; calls attention to the fact that imr ported wood is again being used in this country tor the manufacture o? smoking pipes, and stales that farm ers should dispose or this wood now, while the prices are high, and be ? fore the imported product, produced with low wages and transported Uy cheap water routes, removes the Io ta! wood from the market, or at least lowers its price to an unprofit able level. It has already come to the atten tion of local manufacturers of dog wood shuttle block material that dogwood pipe stock is completely off the market at this time, due to the ! imports of foreign wood. School Children Must Have Smallpox Vaccine The following resolution was pnss ed by the Watauga County Board of Health on October 24. 1944: ""That all children be required to have smallpox vaccination before ; being enrolled in the Watauga coun ty schools." I Children already enrolled in the schools and have not been vaccinat ed will have an opportunity to have it in the near future and if they refuse to have it thev will be ex cluded from school until such time as they acquire a satisfactory vacci nation. Change in Management Of Appalachian Theatre Mr. D. J. Norman has resigned his position as manager of the Ap palachian Theatre, effective as of today (Wednesday) and will be suc ceeded temporarily by Mr. H. C. McCarroil, who comes here from the Dixie Theatre in Scotland Neck, N. C. Mr. McCarroil has been with this organization for a number of years and has managed theatres in States ville, Scotland Neck and Cherry ville. Mr. Normsn has managed the lo cal theatre successfully for the past two years. He has not yet definite ly decided upon his future activity, which will be mentioned later. They Can G&ck Home Now | oj*.;..,.. . . ??., . ? . uu^tzv. .? ?-: ?*.**?*- *??? Alt Na^i resistance having been quelled in Aachen. Germany, the German civilians who flsd tbe much baHered city are now returning io thrtir homes. The enlire town uxid surrounding district is in Allied hands. j To Our Advertisers And Subscribers Due to the paper and tabor shcriage. and in line with the j government's plea that the use of \ printing papers be cosisejvod )? evsry way possible, so that enough pulp products may be , available for the war effort. The j Democrat does not publish edi- i lions with even tvfo extra pages, . except when absolutely neces sary. Thus en occasions, as is the cose with the dailies, consider able display advertising is omii ted from ihefe columns, so that the news contend of the paper does not suffer. M the name tiioe- scores oi poems And oilier cor.iributioiia by subscriber, which normally would be published, have had lo be lnii out for Sack of spsco. The publisher hopos the general pub lic will readily understand this situation, which faccs ali newspa pers and roniinue their fine spirit : cf co-operation. TWO ARE INJURED IN AUTO CRASH; 1 Clifford McConnell and Son Hurl | When Automobile Crashes Info Trailer Mr. J. Clifford McConnell, of Boone, suffered a fractured ami and a disclocated hip, and his son, Jim mie, received facial lacerations, when the automobile ir; which they wore riding crashed into the rear of a truck trailer loaded with cab bage, at a point near the county home on Highway 421, Monday night. Tod Hagaman. another oc cupant of the car, was unhurt. The McConnell car. it is stated, was forced into the trailer when it was sideswiped by another car at tempted to pass. Mr. McConnell and .Tihunie were taken to the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem for treatment soon after the accident occurred. American Legion to ; Hold Special Meeting H. S. Sleolman. commander of Watauga Post No. 130, American Legion, lias called a special meeting for Saturday evening. Nov .4, at 8 o'clock, tor the purpose of formulat ing plans for a dutch supper which will be held on Nov. 11, in the Legion hut There will also be other business to come before the post at this call meeting. The Legion Auxiliary will also meet at the same time. All ex service men and their wives are in vited to this meeting. 18- Year Old Lads Are Required to Register The local Sslectiv# Service Board calls attention lo the law requiring all boy* reaching the age of 18 years, to register promptly for military duty under the draft law. Failure lo present themselves for registration on their eighteen th birthdays makes these men liable to heavy penalties under the law. it is staled. MURPHY PRAISES RECORD OF PARTY rtov/ari County Democratic X.eadei Speaks it Enthusiastic Demo cratic Gathering Hon. Waiter (Pete) Murphy, of Salisbury, who has campaigned for the Democratic paity in the state i and nation for KCf~ thar. 50 years,! and who ."has served for !8 years in.! the Genera! Assembly, spoke to ar. j cnthusiasti;; group of about 150 1 Democrats in the courthouse Satur-j day evening. The veteran legislate, who was! introduced by Attorney V.r. EL Lov- [ i!!, launched into a spirited endorse-! rner.t" of ths Kdoseeolt adrntni.-itrc tion. and cited figures to shew the conditions which pro v. ilea durign '.he IZ years prior to 1933, and the economic improvement as reflected in the 12 years since 1933. The gifted orator referred to the iecord of progress in the state dur ing the past 44 years of Democratic r.ndministration; dwelt briefly on the last Republican administration in the state, and declared no G.O.P. orator mentions either that adminis tration or tiie Hoover administra tion in his campaign utterances. Mr. Murphy was chairman of the appropriations committee of the house in 1921. and Governor R. A. Doughton chairman of the finance i committee, when Governor Morri i soti wanted ten million dollars for i a state road building program. The Rowan county man asked Doughton if he could raise $50,000,000 for roads, which he said he could. Thus the .Murphy committee appropriated five times the amount sought by the governor and instituted the first big road building program in the south. The speaker dwelt at length on educational progress of Ihe state, and urged the election of local Democratic tickets. He was round ly r.pplauded at intervals through out his discourse. Mrs. B. B. Everett, vice chairman i it the state Democratic committee, spoke briefly of the part women should play in elections, and slated tMey were entitled to a fifty-fifty representation in all organizations. She asked the women to take a par ticular interest this year in politi cal affairs, since it is expected that they will cast about (10 per cent of the total national vole. Mrs. Everett was intorduced by Mrs. Mae Miller, member of the state executive committee from the county. Dr. W. A. Deaton, of Boone, for mer state assemblyman, spoke brief ly. \V. R. Winkler, the county chairman, presided over the meet I ing. Two Held in Jail on Abandonment Charge* Sheriff C. M. Watson states that two Watauga county men arc now being held in jail awaiting trial on charges of abandonment cf their families, and that preliminary hear ings have not been arranged. Stacy Charles Stanbury, of Bea ver Dam township, was apprehen ded in Toledo, Ohio, and Claud Wat son and Howard Steelman were au thorized by the sheriff to effect his return. They arrived Sunday eve j ning. Bemicc E. Cornett, also of Bea i ver Bam, was brought from Fred } erieksburg, Pa., last Wednesday plight by Deputy Wiley Day. LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES ON LAST LAP OF CAMPAIGN Much Activity Among leaders as Day of Ballotiug Approach es; Many Absentees Are Re ceived From Servicemen and Civiiians: the Candidates With the election only five clays ;. .vay. ivsden> in both the Democrat ic and Republican parties arc going clown the home stretch to close what has. been or. the whole a ratti er quiet campaign. Principal apparent activity has i>-en in connection with the absen tee ballots, and workers have been busily engaged in having relatives -)[ absent electors sign applications for ballots. Tin- office 01 the Board of Sec tions, which is operated by Mr. John Perry, secretary cf the board, has been a busy place for several weeks and information Tuesday is to the effect that men in the armed forces have been supplied with 886 ballets. 440 of which have been re turned: 577 civilians have made ap plication for ballots and about 250 have been returned, it is stated. Bal lot*; are being received daily, and Mr. Perry expects ih^se figures to he considerably higher by election time. Il is figured by Mr. Perry thai per hups the total soldier vote, 3 bout which there hate beer, so much .-peculation m the nation, wilt be .somewhere near (it) per cent. There are no candidates for sher iff or clerk of court this year, anu following is the rather "short" baliot l>cing offered the voters in the county: County Ticket For State Scnutoi. 29th District: W. Carlos Thomas, D; Edison M. Thomas, R. For House of Representatives: Gordon H. Wmkier, D: S. C Fe tors, R, For Register of Deeds: Helen Un rierdown, D; no opposition. For Surveyor: Ermat Bobck, D; X. A, Bumgarner, R. Per County CommU&kiners: Avery W. Greene D, Grsdy C. Bradley ,D, DewiU Barnett, D: Wiliiatn Winkler, H, H. O. Aidridge, R, A. G. Milier, K. State Tickej White interest in the state ticket is not ordinarily groat, in '.his coun ty, whose votes could not alter the final outcome, (here have been a number of inquiries in regard to 1 CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR) Cigarette Holders Sent to President By Local Pipe Man Mr. D. ?P. Lavietes of the U. & P. Pipe Works of Boone and Sparta, recently sent President Roosevelt two cigarette holders, fashioned from rhododendron and ivy wood, with rubber bits, and '"Trap well" parts, made by Earl Calhoun of Shullr, Mills, and th ? firm is in re ceipt of the following letter front Grace . Tully. private secretary to the President: "My dear Mr. Lavietes: The President has asked me to express his sincere thanks loi your kindness I in sending him those especially nice cigarette holders. He wants you to know that he more than appreciates the friendly thought which prompt ed this presentation." Memorial Service Held | For Sgt. Carroll Eggers On Sunday afternoon. Oct 29, at 2 o'clock. ;i largo crowd of friends and kindred met at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in memaiy of Sgt. Carroll D. Eggers. Sgt. Eggers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Georgt C. Eggers, vfho reside on Clark's Creek in "Waiauga county. Key. N. M. Greene, pastor of the church, delivered the sermon, after which ihe Rev. W. C. Greene par ticipated in the service on behalf of the American Legion. Rev. Mr, Greene presented Mrs. Eggers with the American Legion Gold Star ci tation certificate and the flag of the United States. Sgt. Eggers was killed in action in Italy during the month of July while helping to beat off an attack by the enemy. Homecoming Day Plans Being Made at College Detailed plans are nov; being made for the annual homecoming day exercises to be held at Appa lachian College on Saturday, Nov. 11th. A comprehensive schedule of en | tertainment features is being ar j ranged.i and a further announce | ment will be hade next week con cerning the event.