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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper?Established in the Year 1888. VOL LVII. NO. 33 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1945 WATCH the LABEL on you* paper u It roc* subscription will ami* your paper will be tlopp?d 1 ?con?r r?onr?d. The Democrat to operating ttxiclly on a caab In *?nce basis. Tbere a*e no escapthMMl to Ibis rule. $1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY TEN SENT ARMY INDUCTION POST; OTHERS CALLED Watauga's Current Quota in Draft is Filled; Large Group Go For Pre-Induction Exams; a List of Those Being Inducted Ten Watauga county men have been sent to an induction center of the army under the terms of the selective service act, and at the same time 30 have been sent for their pre ioduction physical examinations, it was revealed at the office of the lo cal selective service board today. Those sent to the induction cen ter follow: Martin Luther Moretz Orvall Odell Teague ?Floyd William Tester Glenn Wilson Brown Thomas Cecil Swift Dillard Charlie Reece ?Roy Cleo Kilgore, Jr. William David Glenn Fred Ernest Hollar John Rufus Presnell Dick Henson Grant Edward Phillips Physical Examination List Dean Bruce Carroll Russell Dean Oliver Smith Alfred Rominger Thomas Newt Hartley ?Ronda Horton Hardin James Brinkley Liniard Heath Smith ?Carl Edward Deal Fred Wilburn Earp William Broadus Norris Gorge Herman Hollars Allison Claude Teague Harold Moody William Staple Collins Floyd Elmo Hayes Hobart T Gross Radford Harrison Townsend. Jr. Thomas Bert Swift Larkin Harrison Townsend William Greenville Greene. Jr. Owen Junior McLean Lewis Arnold Craig Arlon Burl Simmons Charles William Vannoy Kermit Walter Jones Howard Carlyle Watson Benjamin Ray Townsend Edward Lee Hayes Thad Noland Maltba Elzie Swift Brown Olen Ivan Cook James J. L. Sherwood ?Transferred to other boards. FFA TO AID IN VICTORY GARDENS High School Group to Do Plowing For Local Gardeners This Spring Members of the local chapter of Future Farmers of America have purchased a horse and plowing equipment to assist local Victory gardeners in preparing their plots for planting this spring, it is an nounced This enterprise is being conducted on a co-operative basis providing all members of the chapter with val uable experience in working togeth er on a common problem. Plans are being formulated for the management of the business and the | group hopes to begin work next j week. Any gardener desiring the j services offered by the Future Farm er* should call Dr. Orby Southard at the- High School building. Deputy Collector to Aid Federal Taxpayers In Preparing Returns! A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the postoffice in Boone, Februarv 19, 20 and 21, to assist tax payers in filing Federal income tax returns for the year 1944. All those who received a gross in come of $500 or more during the year 1944 are required to file a re turn, and severe penalties are pro vided under Federal statute for those who fail to file, who file late, or who file a false or fraudulent return Ration Guide PROCESSED FOODS ? Blue stamps X5, Y5, Z5, A2 and B2, now valid, expire March 31. C2, D2, E2, F, 2, G2. now valid, expire April 28 H2. J2. K2. L2. M2. now valid, expire June 2. MEATS, FATS?Red stamp* Q5, R5. S5, now valid expire March 31. T5, U5, V5, X5, now valid, expire April 2*. Y5, A2, B2, C2, D2, now valid, expire June . SUGAR?Sugar stamp 34, good for five pounds, expires Feb. 28. Sugar stamp 35, good for five pounds, expires June 2. SHOES?Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in Book 3, good indefinitely. FUEL OIL?Period 4 and 5 cou pons from last season. Periods 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 from this season?all valid for 10 gallons each. GASOLINE?A-14 coupons valid through March 21. Rationing rules require that each car owner write his license number and state on each coupon in his possession as toon as it is issued to him by his local local rationing board Led Luzon Rescue iininiiiiui i mm i I.I. Col. Henry A. Muccl, who led the gallant American and Filipino commando group which rescucd the Americans from Jap prison camp on Luzon. B. G. LEAKE FREE FROM JAP CAMP Husband of Vail* Cruris Lady One of First Liberated in Manila Capture Mrs. B. G. Leake of Valle Crucis, who is now residing in Mountain City, Tenn., was cheered last week by the news that her husband is free, after having been held pris oner in Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila since the Japs oc cupied-the city. Mr. Leake was mentioned in an Associated Press dispatch as having been one of the directors of the leadership and guidance program which was conducted' for 50 youths between 8 and 16 years, whose par ents were not interned at the camp. Mrs. Leake received her first word of the release of her husband through press dispatches, and had not heard from him since a cable arrived last July. Mrs. Leake's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shull, reside at Valle Crucis, and Mr. and Mrs. Leake and their son, Billy, now a student at Porter Military Academy, Charleston, S. C., spent most of the summer of 1941 visiting there. Mrs. Leake is resid ing with her 'sister and brother-in law, Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Glenn, at Mountain City. Mr. Leake was in the cocoanut oil business in Manila where he had re sided since 1924, and when time came for him to return to his busi ness Mrs. Leake and son were not permitted to accompany him. He arrived in Manila Nov. 16, 1941, before the Japs came in De comber. Mrs. Leake heard from him through persons returning on the Gripsholm and the last message was a cable last July. The Associated Press dispatch re ports that during the long months of confinement Mr. Leake and his two associates maintained a sched ule of two hours of school classwork daily for the boys and a regular sports program until insufficient food made sports unwise. Moral training was one of the outstanding features of the program. The story says that the acute I shortage of food made it difficult to curb petty thievery among the hun gry youths but the teachers man aged to ingrain in them the basis of respect for honesty and fair deal ings. Mr. Leake's mother resides in Charleston, S. C. American Legion and Auxiliary to Meet The regular meeting of Watauga Post No. 130, and Legion Auxiliary will be held in the hut February 16. The business part of the meeting will begin at 8 o'clock sharp. Commander Steelman urges all ex-service men and their wives to be present. There will be some business of much importance to de cide upon. We have in the hut now a good piano which the post is considering buying. Mr. J. R. Craven, owner of the Craven Furniture store in Boone, has made the post a very liberal of fer on the piano. We plan on hav ing a short social hour with piano music after the business part of the meeting. It is not only your privi lege but your duty to attend these meetings. YANKS ^TAKE CAVITE Manila. Feb. 14-?Capture of the Cavite naval base and Nichols air field were announced today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who said the end of Japan's trapped Manila gar rison was "in sight." MacArthur reported enemy cas ualties of more than 68,000 for the five weeks of the Luzon campaign as compared with American casualties of 0,683, including 2,102 killed. Capture of the Cavite naval base put the Yanks on the shores of Ma nila bay for the first time. REDS TAKE BUDAPEST London, ^Feb. 13?The shattered rerfoins of Budapest fell to the Red arrtMf today after 49 days of street fighnng that cost the enemy 49,000 men killed and 110,000 captured in the greatest individual disaster since Stalingrad, while some 300 miles to the nortwest the Russians slashed 10 miles farther westward through German Silesia toward Dresden. DJS.C. PRESENTED TO FATHER LOCAL WORLD WAR HERO Gen. Kennedy Makes Posthu mous Award to Father of Vilas Soldier; Offei^ Praise of Local Man Who Died on Fields of France Brigadier General John t - nedy, commanding officer at Fort Bragg, presented the Distinguished Service Cross to Mr. George Eggers, of Vilas, for his son, Sgt. Carroll D. Eggers. who died in France after pouring withering machine gun fire for a third time into the ranks of a superior German force. The program was arranged by Watauga Post American Legion and held at the Legion hut Thursday evening, and despite unfavorable weather, a considerable crowd gath-1 ered for the ceremonies, the first of j their kind to be held in this city. In making the second highest | military award posthumously to Sgt. j Eggers. General Kennedy briefly re-1 viewed Hitler's bloody path to power, and the present plight of Berlin, brought on by the courage and devotion of the American sol-' dier and civilian. He praised the; courage of the mountain people, i which has been exemplified on ev ery field of battle, and told Mr. and I Mrs. Eggers they were to be con-' gratulated for rearing a son, upright j and courageous, who had carried on the fine traditions of the armed j services. State Legion Commander Frank i Snow, of Mount Airy, introduced j General Kennedy. Also present was Lieut. Vanderslice of Fort Bragg. j Rev Mr. Canipe and Rev. Mr. Park- i er took part in the ceremony. WATAUGA SCOUT I GROUP MEETING Watauga Department of Old Hick-! ory Council io Meet Thia Evening The Watauga District of the Old Hickory- Cotmeil, Boy Scouts of i America, will bei organized at a meeting to be held at the Gateway Cafe Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. I Jim Thomas, assistant Scout ex ecutive, will be present, and the fol lowing operating committees will be set up: Organization and extension, health and safety, advancement, j camping and activities, leadership and training, finance and publicity.] Dr. R. C. Busteed is the Scout commissioner for the new district, Clyde R. Greene, chairman of the j district organization, and Lee Stout,! vice-chairman. These men werej elected at the annual meeting held in Winston-Salem recently. Charles W. Culler Is Claimed by Death! Charles W. Culler, 75 years old, native Watauga countian, who for more than 30 years had resided in Wilkesboro, died at a Statesville hospital Friday night. He had been! in poor health for the past few i years, but the fatal illness wa3 of! brief duration. Mr. Culler was bom in Boone, a son of the late Benjamin and Mary | Culler. He received his education in the schools of Boone and went to Wilkes in his younger manhood. He j taught in the schools of that county for a number of years, following I which he engaged in the carpenter! trade. He was first married to Miss Myra j Clark, who preceded him in death. I He was later married to Miss Bessie j Adams, who survives. The only surviving member of his immediate | family is a sister. Mrs. John Laws, of Pores Knob. Funeral services were conducted | Monday at the Edgewood Baptist Church by Rev. B. F. Peeler, and in terment was in the Edgewood ceme tery. Attending the rites from Boone were Dr. B. B. Dougherty, Mr. Bar nard Dougherty and Mr. J. E. Cul-1 ler. S-Sgt. Coffey Slightly ! Wounded in France Staff Sgt. Joe L. Coffey was slight ly wounded in action in France on Jan. 21, according to a telegram re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coffey, of Laxon. Sgt. Coffey is with an infantry division and has been in the army for 21 months, and overseas since last December. OUT-OF-STATE SUBSCRIPTIONS Although the price of The Demo crat to out-of-state civilians has been $2.00 per year for almost two years, some subscribers still send $1.50 for lenewals. In these cases 9 months credit is given. The local rate of $1.50 is in force to all members of the armed force#?army, naval, ma rine corps and coast guard?wher ever they may be located. An American 200,000-volt X-ray unit has been supplied under lend lease to Edinburgh Royal Informary in Scotland. Siegfried Line Used for Bagpipe mmm ?? - I .... m W. O. Millard Grary plays his bagpipe in the "Dragons Teeth" of the Siegfried line on the 9th army front, while German shell* whine overhead. His buddies refuse to let him practice near their foxholes. LOCAL WOMEN SOUGHT BY WAC Walau^a County Women Are Need ed as Medical Technicians: Re cruiting Team Here By CPL. WALTER CROWLEY Declaring the need of trained per sonnel in army general hospitals to be more critical than at any other time since Pearl Harbor, Lieut. Geo. B. Faulder, Asheville army re cruiting officer, today appealed to Watauga county women to enter the service for training as medical tech nicians in the Women's Army Corps and hinted that a draft of the na tion's women-power might soon be necessary unless enlistment quotas are filled. Pointing out that the problem of hospitalizing and caring for Ameri can wounded fighting men is rapidly approaching the stage where per t Eonnel in uniform will not be suffi | cient to adequately handle Ameri I ca's war wounded, Lieut. Faulder I said that the national recruiting ] drive now in progress is the last at j tempt before a women's draft law I may be put into effect. | Himself a combat veteran, and I wearer of the Purple Heart, Lieut, i Faulder said that army hospitals to ( day are filled with battle-torn cas ualties who have fought their coun I try's battle?the battle which con i cerns the very safety of we here at home?and that the medical atten tion these men require is the solemn duty of every eligible American woman. 'The government has! spent thousands of dollars and man hours in attempting to illustrate this i need," the officer declared, "but re sponse of women throughout the land has been practically nil. It's a terrible thing to have to an- j nounce to the world that American i women refuse to help their men in I time of need, but if things continue i as they are I am sure that a draft of | women will be put into effect," lhe j lieutenant said. Outlining the WAC medical tech-J nician drive now in full swing, Lieut. Faulder pointed out that un- | skilled women?women who have i not the slightest knowledge of the' medical field?can enlist in the WAC and in a period of three months be ; trained to fill a position in an army ! hospital. Women between the ages [ of 20 and 49, with no dependents un der 14 years of age, who possess a high school education are eligible. In Boone since Monday to enlist women for the medical assignments, I Lieut. Faulder. accompanied by Cpl. j E. Jane Brown and Sgt. Mary Nor-' ton. of the Asheville recruiting sta tion, has his headquarters in thej postmaster's office and urges that applicants contact him either per sonally or by phone. Sgt. Norton will remain in the postoffice during the day, while Lieut Faulder and Cpl. Brown will make calls to the homes of interested women. A quota of 185 women must be enlisted from North Carolina before May 1, the officer said. Rites Held Thursday For Charles Norton Funeral services for Charles F. Norton, 34, son of the lnte Prof. A. M. Norton of Appalachian College, and Mrs. Norton, were conducted last Thursday from the Methodist Church in Boone, by the pastor, Dr. E. K. McLarty, and interment was in the city cemetery. Active pallbearers were Barnard Dougherty, Bill Bingham, Howard Cottrell, Julian Yoder, Paul Coffey and Morris Casey. Mr. Norton died in Grace Hos pital, Banner Elk, Tuesday evening of last week after an illness of three years with acute arthritis. He was born in 1910 at New London, Stan ley county. He was graduated from Appalachian College in 1933 and taught school at Old Fort, Marshall | and Avon, N. C. I Surviving are the mother, who I resides in Boone; two brothers. Er vin .Norton, Baltimore, Md., and Allen M. Norton, of the army, who I is in the Philippines. CHAIN LETTERS TABOO SAYS P.M. Postmaster Brown. Says U?e of Chain Letters Violates Federal Statutes Postmaster John E. Brown, Jr.. lias apprehended a number of the | so-called chain letters going through | the local office, and again calls at-1 tention to the senders of these mis-1 sils that it is against the postal laws to mail them, and those using the | mails for such purposes face heavy fines and even prison sentences if apprehended. The "chain" letter has been fre quently used to prey upon the ig norance and superstition of some people, and usually promises good fortune to those who keep the chain going, while predicting dire peril for those- who break a link in the illegal correspondence. Postmaster Brown would appre ciate it, if those who may receive | such communications refer them to his office. But at any rate, they are warned to disregard them and avoid | the violation of the postal laws. EGGERS BILL IS GIVEN HOUSE O.K. I Measure to Fix Salary of Sheriff of Watauga County in Legisla tive Mill i A bill "to fix the salary of the sheriff of Watauga county," which was introduced by Representative S. C. Eggers in the House of Represen tatives, passed the house last Thurs day, and following Senate approval, will be enacted into law. The measure would fix the salary of the sheriff at $2,500 per annum, in addition to the fees he now re ceives, and would allow him also the sum of $600 per year for the em ployment of a chief deputy sheriff. State Income Tax Payers to Be Aided By Collector March 5 Mr. F. L. German, deputy collec tor, will be in the office of Clerk [ of the Superior Court at Boone on March 5. 6 and 7, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing their I state tax returns. Any single person having an in come of $1,000 or more during the year 1944, and married man having an income of $2,000 or more must file a state income tax return. U. S. AGENTS FOR WORLD PEACE PARLEY SELECTED Washington, Feb. 13?President Roosevelt today named eight Ameri can delegates, including two Repub lican legislators, Cordell Hull, and a woman educator, to the united na tions conference on world securi j ty at San Francisco next April 25. Hull, former secretary of state, also will serve a* senior adviser to I the Americans as they sit down j with representatives of other na I tions to draft formally the plan for I a peace-enforcing agency. Besides Hull, the following have been asked to serve on the delega tion: Senator Connally, Democrat, Texas, chairman of the senate for eign relations committee; Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Michigan; Representative Bloom, Democrat, New York, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee; Repre sentative Eaton, Republican, New Jersey; Navy Comdr. Harold Stas sen, former governor of Minnesota and mentioned as a possible Repub lican presidential candidate in 1948, and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barnard College in New York. PAYB TO ADVERTISE R. H. Vannoy, prominent farmer and cattleman of Route I, depends on Democrat want ads to sell sur plus stock. Recently he advertised a heifer In the local paper, which was disposed of promptly the same day the paper was published POLIO CAMPAIGN GOAL IN SIGHT CLOSES TONIGHT Fifteen Hundred "Dollars Rained to Combat Polio m Local Cam paign; Dance to Be Held This Evening at High School Gym Thursday marks the end of the campaign in Watauga county to raise funds for the National Infan tile Paralysis Foundation, and to combat polio at home, and the end of the campaign will feature a dance at the Boone High School gymnasi um Thursday evening, starting at 9 o'clock- Proceeds from the dance will be used for the polio fund. Howard Cottrell, chairman of the local effort, stated Tuesday after noon that approximately $1,500 has been raised against the quota of $1,740, and that a number of reports from over the county are yet to be ii-ceived, together with several con tributions yet to be chalked up on behalf of the city's business estab lishments. At any rate, Mr. Cottrell firmly believes that when the campaign is over Watauga county will be found among those counties who have ex ceeded their quotas. He states that a number of schools of the county have not as yet made their reports, and he insists that these be turned in at once, in or der that the campaign may bo fully closed this week. POLIO CONTRIBUTIONS Among the contributors to the in fantile paralysis fund are those of Green Valley school in the amount of $4.00, and Riverview school, $5.18. MRS J. L LEWIS DIES ON SUNDAY Prominent Resident of MhI Camp Section Succumbs to Brief Mrs. J. L. Lewis, 82 years oki, prominent resident of the Meat Camp section, difcd at the home Sun day morning at 2 o'clock, after an illness of about ten days. The nat ural infirmities of advanced age, and possibly influenza contributed to her death. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 o'clock from the Meat Camp Baptist Church by Rev. R. C. Eggers, and interment was in the cemetery there, Reins-Sturdi vant Funeral Home taking care of the arrangements. Surviving is the husband and ten sons and daughters: Chas. Lewis, Mabel; Henry Lewis, Preston coun ty, W. Va.; Mrs. Nannie Michael, Boone; Wade Lewis. Dilliner, Pa.; Mrs. Virginia Calloway, Bethel, Ohio; Mrs. Ada Gross, Route 2, Boone; Jim Lewis, Trade, Tenn.; Roy Lewis, Dilliner. Pa.; Fred Lew is, Point Marion, Pa.; Clint Lewis, Boone Route 2. Mrs. Lewis was reared in Watauga county, a daughter of the late Jas. H. Taylor, Esq., and Mrs. Taylor, and was married to Jacob L. Lewis 68 years ago. She had been a mem ber of the Meat Camp Baptist Church for more than 60 years. i Fisherman's Banquet Set For Next Week Will Be Gala Event The Gateway Cafe will be the scene of a gala event on February 22, when' at 7:30, the winners of the B. W. Stallings fishing contest and other sportsmen of the county, gath er around the dinner table for an evening of fun and entertainment. Following the dinner hour, a mov ing picture will be shown, "Battling Bass." This is a technicolor film and should be a real treat to out doorsmen. The closing feature of the evening will be the awarding of prizes, the first being a $25 War Bond. Don't miss this evening of fun and clean entertainment. Those attending will be asked to pay for their dinners, and the price is 75 cents. Tickets may be pro cured at Boone Drug Co. or Stall ings Jewelry Store. Pvt. Ila Reese Is Injured in Belgium Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Reese of Zkin ville, have received word that their son. Private Ila G. Reese, was slight ly wounded in action in Belgium on January 10. WILKES MAPS OPPOSITION TO ANNEXATION PROPOSAL North Wilkes boro, Feb. 13?Wilkes county will put up a de termined and united fight against the Cald well county annexation bill when it goes before the counties, cities and town committee for hearing "Wed nesday. Many prominent citizens of Wilkes plan to go before the committee in opposition to the bill introduced by Representative J. T. Pritchett of Caldwell, and which would take from Wilkes and give to Caldwell all of Beaver Creek township and parts of Ek and Boomer townships.
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