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Watauga An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the \ ear 1 888. BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. DECEMBER 14. 1944 LOCAL BOND QUOTA IS TREBLED; SALE E BONDS STILL LAGS More Than Five Thousand Dol lars in Bonds Sold at Moving Picture Premiere: Chairman Renews Appeal for Purchase ?tf E Securities Federal Reserve Dank clearances as of last Friday indicated that in the Sixth War Loan, the overall sales of bonds in Watauga county has reached the sum of $373, 624.25, or more than three times the quota oJ $117,000. However. Mr. Clyde R. Greene. ! chairman of the campaign here, ih;it the sale of E bonds is still far behind the quota, although the overolj sum has been largely ex-; eeeded. Individual purchases of bonds should have reached she quota of $84,000 ii> the county, while uctu- ; ally the aales of the E securit ies as j of the eighth, were only $20,106,125. ! Mr. Greene, however, believes that' actual sales as of Wednesday niorn- j tag of K bonds might be in the j neighborhood of $40,000. Mr Greene renews his plea to the j people of the county 1o purchase E j bonds in order that the county may ' do its pan in every phase of the ; war financing effort. He thinks it ? would be the p:.it of patriotism and 1 of wisdom to give bonds as gifts, ajid lir.ir solve many of the perplex iES holiday problems, while aiding in the war effort at the same time. Bond Premier; a Success The bond premiere of "The Con- 1 spimtors." filmed at the Appalach ian Theatre Thursday evening, was ] not largely attended, duo to the very rough weather; however, the.- 1 sun-, of 55,200 in bond? were dis posed of. Tbr? merchants of the city had do nated a number of prizes to be given at the show, and Harry Hamilton was the auctioneer, and bids were received in jcrms of bond purchases. The A Cappella Choir, under the di rection of Miss Virginia Wr<ry of Appalachian College music depart ment, rendered 'j number of patri otic ?c.;igs, while Chairman Clyde R. Greene delivered some brief re marks, in the absence of Dr. Ab rswiti. who had keen scheduled to. speaii Sr.hoo) Cowtsat End?. Mr. Greene ealis the attention of , the -sehoo! children to the fact that; the cor.tcst in the schools will end! on U:<- 16th, and children competing | for the prizes should make every j effort to get their sales closed by ! thai time. James Cornell Dies Suddenly On Saturday! ' f 'V - *"J Monrw Cornell died suii denly at his homo on Rich Moun ts: in Di.vetr.ber ?. . Funeral services ww conducted from \he Rich Mountain Baptist Church Sunday aftcraeolt at 3 o'clock. Rev. E. C. Hodjss, Rev. Raymond Hondrix and Sav. B? S Culler (inducted the rites. Interment was in the church cenwtf ry. Rj-xns-Slurdiv.'mt Funeral Home being in charge of the ar rangements;. Surviving are the widow and five children: Mrs. Zorc Edmisien ot Florida; OseAr Cornell of Malta, ' Mont: Mrs. Allie Francis oi fier- , Wood, Minn.; M. H. Cornell and Mrs. | Hazel Tester of Zionvili:-. Mr. Cornel? was born Mareh !!), j 1870. He joined the Howards Creek ! Baptist Church in J 888, later moved; his Membership to Rich Mountain ! Baptist Church, where he. remained j a faithful member until his death. J YJiKBTS S^SHJAP COHVOY OFF L.EYTE 1 jcyte, Phillipines, Dec. 13 ? Amer- j icon warplanes and light naval j forces, blast ing an 11-ship Japanese j reinforcement convoy off north western Le yte Monday and Tuesday, sank or severely damaged 10 ships, including four destroyers, and shot down 50 planes, it was announced 'odsf. | ? The Japs probably suffered heavy troop losses in the latest unsuccess ful attempt to reinforce their bat tered army of 20,000 to 25,000 men penned into the 000-square mile northwestern bulge of l^eyte. Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthur announced. RATION GUIDE Meals, Fais Red stamps A8 through Z8 and ! A5 through S5, good indefinitely. ! Wo new stamps until Dec. 31. Processed Foods Blue stamps A8 through Z8; A5 through Z5: A2 and B2 remain valid i indefinitely. No new blue stamps win be validated until the first of nest month Sugar Sugar stamps 30, 3!. 32, 33 and 34 s-arb good fo," five pounds indefinite ly Gasoline A -33 coupons in new ration book pood for four gallons through Dec. 21. Fuel Oil Period 4 and 5 coupons remain valid through the heating year. Pe riod 1 coupons remain valid also through the heating year. Shoes Airplane stamps 1. 2 and 3 in Book 3, good indefinitely. In Pacific War JIM RIVERS Jim Riyers Has Been In Major Sea Fights In Pacific Campaign Jim Rivers former co-publish er of The Democrat, and brother of Hob Rivers. who was recently commissioned chief warrant boat swain. has spent the past year on board a navy ship with one of the Pacific fleet units. Hi- took part in the invasion of Kwajaloin and : Enifctok atolls iii the Marshal Islands last win tor r was on hand i for the Saipan and Guam cam paigns in thu Mariannas, and was wi*h the fleot that pawed the way j for the invasion ol Leyte in the t Philippines a few w&eks Bgo. He j is still in thai area. Jim, who is i pisi selective service age. undwho ' stated thai "although it sounded ] old - fashioned," bis enlistment ( came from patriotic irupulsoa, held* a position with the Treasury De partment. and was granted leave for his period of sex vice. Mrs. Rivers, during her husband's ab sence. resides in Washington, where for a number of years she has held a position at the White House. EMPTY STOKING ! FUND IS STARTED! j Only Two Contributors So Far toi Add i o Receipts of Toy Matinee ? . i So far contributions for the Empty Sttickir.fi Fund, to bi' used to provide confections, etc.. for ihe party for underprivileged children at Appa lachian Tlicntre Sunday before Christmas, have been few and far between. The publisher of The Democrat wishes to insist that ull tho.se interested in aiding destitute children in having a merry Christ mas leave their contributions at the newspaper office at once, for the money will be urgently needed. The toy matinee last Friday was largely attended, and many toys were gathered which will be givan away at the Christmas party. The standing of the empty stock ing fund follows: Toy Matinee $25.36 ] Friday Aft. Club 5.00 j Watauga Democrat ... 5.00 Total ?$35.3S Directors of Watauga Industries in Meeting The annual meeting of the board of directors of Watauga industries was held on Monday. Dec. 4. Miss Cora Pearl Jeffcoat presided at the meeting, while Rev. E F. Troutman offered the opening pray er. Steady growth of the organi zation was reported, and it was re vealed that the income for the year was $9,124, of which $4,005 has been returned to the Boone handworkers. It was decided to add to the fa cilities of the crafts house by en closing a j>ortion of the porch. Christmas bonuses were voted for good work to Miss Ruth Carlton, assistant, and to Miss Elizabeth Lord, director and teacher. Those present were: Miss Corp. Pearl Jpffeoat, Rev. E. F. Troutman, Miss Ruth Carlton and Miss Eliza beth Lord. Pig Owners Expected To Keep Pigs They Now Have in City Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, in fur ther explanation of last week's ac tion of the town council in banning pig stys from certain sections of the town, states that it is to be under stood that these now having hogs are to keep them, but are to remove or slaughter trie swine by warm! weather next spring. No citizen is to secure other swine to be kept in violation of the city ordinance, he says. Mayor Winkler says the town board reinstated the ordinance against hogs on the insistence of the district health department, which demands that there be no further re laxation of the requirement The co-operation of the people is sought 1 by the city officials. PEAK OF HOLIDAY BUYING EXIECTED TO ARRIVE SOON Large Displays of Gift Merchan dise Available to Residents of Region; City Joins With Mer chants in Extending Shoppers ; Invitation Tin- peak of the pre-C'hrisimas i holiday ^hopping is expected to be j reached by the first of the Wtfek, l and early buyers have been pleas antly surprised that, in spite o' war| conditions. satisfactory displays of | Rift merchandise are in evidence in I the stores a:sd shops of the city j The business men have made ev- i ery effort to assemble just as much i Christmas merchandise as possible, j and while the demands of the mili- ; fcary have restricted manufacture lor j civilians down to a minimum, gift! lisis may be filled in Boone in an al- | together satsfactory manner. The Democrat today carries a ! largf volume ct' Christinas adver- 1 tising and readers will find the cdi- ? tion an invaluable Christmas shop- j ping guide. It is possible to make | out an accurate gift list by reading i these ads, without going from one's I own comfortable fireside. The town of Boone joins with oilier business institutions today in cordial welcome to the burley farm- i ers, and the Christmas shoppers gen- : i rally, and everyone insists that i shopping should be done as quick ly as possible, in order to get the I best selections and to aid the over- j worked salespeople during the rush ! of the holiday shopping period E Bond Purchases Hit $ 1 ,408,000,000 ; Washington, Due. 12 ? Gradually improving series E bond sale;; in the Sixth War Loan reached $1,408,000. 000 today. R. W. Coyne, field director of the treasury's war finance division, told reporters, "I feel very good over the prospect of making the $2,500,000, 000 E bond quota." He said there is no section now | that doesn't think it will reach its goal in E bonds, which are the gov ernment securities held by more Americans than all other types of "securities combined. 1 The war bond drive ends Satur day but the E bond total will con tinue to rise throughout December as payroll deductions pour in. Final totals fur the sixth war loan will be announced Jan. 2. Sales of all types of securities were announced at $15,496,000,000. The grand quota of 14 billion dollars was passed last week. Chamber of Commerce To Meet on Thursday An important dinner meeting of the Chamber of Commerce is to be held at the Gateway Cafe Thursday evening at 7:30, states H. W. Wilco>:, president of the organization. It is stated that a special guest! from the state of Iowa, whose name is withheld, will speak at the meet ing. Mv. Wilcox insists that all direc tors and officers be present. The di rectors will meet following adjourn ment of the regular meeting. An insight into the functioning of the burley tobacco market will be a feature of the meeting. NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS Due to the blizzard and the stop page at mail service it is quite .like ly that numerous articles from the rural areas to have been published today, have never left the point of dispatch. Such matter will be pub lished upon its arrival. Lieut, Morris Eggers, One of First Airmen Over Japan, Hissing in Action Official information to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Eggers of Boone, Sun day evening is to the effect that their son. First Lieutenant Morris Eggers. of the Army Air Forces, is missing since November 21. over the Jap homeland. Three of the big super-bombers, the B 293, were downed in the same foray, but the two others have been accounted for. it is said. Lieut. Eggers has the distinc tion of being the navigator on the leariing ship in the first B-20 as sault on Japan, and charted the course for the flight, from a base in India, where he was still lo cated the last his parents heard. Frequent letters to Mr. and Mrs. Eggers indicate that he has per haps taken part in ever Super Forlress raid on Japan. The local officer, who enlisted in the army three years ago, and who is a pilot and bombardier as well as navigator, had been in the area of the Jap fighting since last spring. He has a brother, Cpl Stacy Eggers, who is in India, and t'pi- brothers have had the good LIEUT. MORRIS EGGERS fortune of meeting on three occa sions Mrs. Morris Kggers, the former Miss Mildred Wright of Thomas ville, is now residing in Winston - Sa)em. Germans ExchangeraPUoners BURLEY PRICES ARE SET BY OPA I The OPA on last Friday fixed 1944 burley iohacco price ceilings Hi exactly tbo samp price levels as last year. It said, however, thai the aver age return to growers is expected to range from 41 to 43 cents per pound, or from 2V5t to ','i cento under the 1943 level, The ceilings range as follows: : Grade A- .12 to ?2 cents; Grade i B, 18 to 57 cents: grade C. 38 to I 60 coats: flyings or grade X, 26 j to 57 cc-nts; tips or grade T. 15 to I 41 cents; nondescript or grade M. 9 to 26 c?;nt3. T5iay apply to the 1944 crop of on. the warehouse floor, and j 10 burley sold to dealers or pur-" "J chased from them. Explaining the expected smaller i return to growers this year, the OPA said: "Preliminary examination of the crop by the war food administra tion indicates that in addition to an apparent lowering in average quality, less of the tobacco is like- ; iy lb fall in relatively high priced [ grades of cuiiers and flyings than last year, and more in the heavy leaf grades," William D. Wilson, Jr." Wounded in Germany Private William D. Wilson. Jr., 19, ?vrvs wounded during action in Ger many on Nov. 17, the War Depart ment has notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wilson. Cleveland! Heights, Ohio, former residents of j Watauga county. The private, an infantryman, suf fered shrapnel wounds in his right thigh and is now in a hospital in France. Ko was graduated from Cleveland Heights High School be fore entering the army in March. He was sent overseas in September. Cross-bred chickens used as !ay L-rs should not be used for breeding purposes, say ?ixtension poultry spe cialists at State College. Scurccly Halt oj Weed on Floor Sold Monday Due to Late Start of Auction; 231,000 Lbs. Go Under Hammer; Mahei Man Sclis Crop For Average of S55.75 BLIZZARD HALTS WEED RECEIPTS No Tobacco Movc-s Onto Floor Tuesday Due to Blocked High ways, But More Than Quarter Million Pounds Sold Fop Average of $46.18 Although the initial auction, at Ihe Mountain Burley Warehouse Mon day didn't start until near noon due to the storm. and the low visibility in the bii; houses. 231,081) pounds of tobacco w.-rv sold for $107,189.26, or a?i overuse of per hun dredweight. This represented less than half of the tobacco on the bas kets at Ihe start of the auction. Tom Holden. progressive fanner of the Mabel section, took the ban ner Monday for the highest crop sold. Mr. Holden had 1.63? pounds, which brought an average o? $55.75. Dick May of Johnson county. Term., sold the crop from one aero of burley for $l,fc'U0. while Shaw Earthing of Beech Creek, had 1,0*56 i peunds, which brought him $577.7<i, or an average of $54.20. No Receipts Tuesday Due to snow -blocked arteries of transportation., then; were no re ceipts of tobacco Tuesday, but the hold over from Monday. 266,420 pounds v.-as sold for $123,1)42.42, or an average of $46.18 per hundred. Warehouse officials point out that there is plenty of room in the houses new, and with lowered wind it is expected that highways may soon be opened and the continuous flow of buiiey to the market resumed. Farmers Are Pleased Farmers of Watauga county, Vir ginia and Tennessee seem highly pleased with their checks, and one warehouse official stated that in the history of the market, he had never known complaints to he so utterly non-existant. The warehouses remain open 24 hours per day, there will be no de lay in unloading, and in most in stances a farmer may sel! his tobac co promptly when it is placed on the baskets, get his check and return home, with the minimum of lost time. Mr Coleman, the warehouse man, is following his long-establish ed policy of a first sai<; every day, and indications are that this year will be the banner year in the ex istence of the local warehouse corp oration. Japs Fleeing From Tokyo Air Assaults Civilian refugees were reported evacuating Tokyo Tuesday, with the wail of air raid sirens speeding their flight., as Tokyo broadcast that Am erican Superfortresses had appeared over the city four times during the day ? three times on reconnaissance and once to drop incindiary bombs. All four raids were of miner size cr from one to several planes, but Berlin broadcasts quoting Tokyo dispatches said that the air raid sit uation had become more serious and revealed plainly the official Japa nese fear of devastating fires. "Since Japan is very vulnerable to nir war. everything is being done to reduce the vulnerability," a Ger man Transocean agency Tokyo dis patch said. "A great number of Tok yo's inhabitants have been evacuat ed to the country. Certain houses ; have been pulled down to make a wide gap to keep fires from spread i ing. DRIFTING SNOW HALTS TRAFFIC IN THE MOUNTAINS i Worst Blizzard of Years Ties Up Transportation 3Dd Closes Schools; Mails and Buses Scheduled to Start Again To day: Schools May Be Reopen ed Thursday A heavy snowfall, whipped. ; into high drifts by a driving wind, practically isolated Boone ! and Watauga county Tuesday, 1 resulted in the closing of the j schools, she cancellation of pub lic bus schedules, and disrupt ; ed the mail service into the I area. The six or eight inches of snow i fell on Monday and Monday eve ; rung, a wind of gale propor i lions drifted the snow in all the I highways of tin area, efforts of j state highway workers on Tuesday i being largely nullified by the inces i sant drifting of the flakes. The tern I peratwre Tuesday morning ranged i p.round 20 degjipes but by Wednes day had dropped to 15 degrees. The wind, however, abated Tuesday eve : iiing. and there are now signs of | clearing skies, with prospects that normal transportation facilities will be available again today (Wednes day.) Nil buses arrved at the Union Bus Terminal oil Tuesday, but Manager H W. Wilcox believes that buse? In 'Ti all directions will again travel (lining Ihe day. Upon information gathered from the state highway officials, there were no open schools in the county Tuesday and again Wednesday tin-, students are remaining at home. It is believed the roads will be cleared enough today so that all schools will open Thursday morning. Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr., states that only three m-'?ils reached Boone Tuesday, Lionel Watson, aod Earl Coffey currying their routes to Lenoir and Hickory, respectively, in the face of blocked and slippery roads. Five mails failed to arrive. Postmaster Brown expects most of the mails today, particularly those from Bristol, Tcnn., and North Wil kesboro. Boone .was Jiolated Tuesday for the first time in years, and some business houses had no customers throughout the day. Practically all the places of business were open as usual, however, hut there were no rural visitors to town, and those re siding here stayed by their own firesides during the gusty day. Past President N. C. Merchants Group Dies Mr. F, 1?. Stout., immediate past : president of the North Carolina ? Merchants Association, and treastir ; cr of the Odelt Hardware Company, | Greensboro, died Sunday at St. | Petersburg, FIa? it was learned hers ! the fivst of the week Mr. Stout was quite well known among business leaders of Boone. ;.nd lost spring had delivered an ad dress at the annual meeting of the Boone Merchants Association. PLENTY FOODS FOH JANUARY Housewives might well make a note on their shopping calendar for next month that plentiful foods for January will include the following: Onions, eggs and fresh apples in the unprocessed food class. And in pro cessed foods, peanut butter, jams, jellies, apple butter, citrus marma lade, frozen vegetables, frozen bak ed beans, dry mixed and dehydrated soups, soya flour, soya grits, soya flakes, wheat flour and bread, mac aroni, spaghetti, noodles and oat meal. These will be available over most of the country, according to the office of distribution of the War Food Administration. In In 1810 Napoleon offered a re ward of 1,000,000 francs to ar.y in ventor who devised the best machine for spinning flax yarn. More than 100,000 Ctiicagoacs have hay fever, according to a sur vey. _ Protect Your Home from TUBERCULOSIS BUY and USE Christinas Seals 8 MORE SHOPPING DAYS tTNTT, CHRISTMAS
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