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Watauga Democrat An independent Weekly Newspaper Established In 1888 and Published for 45 years by the late Robert C. Rivera, Sr. PUBLISHED ON THURSDAYS Subscription Rates One Year .". $1.50 Six Months .75 Four Months .50 Outside N. C., 1 yea* ?-00 Payable in Advance. Notice to Subscribers la requesting change of address, it is important to mention the OLD as well as the NEW address. R. C. RIVERS, Jr. - Publisher Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Re spect, Obituaries, etc., are charged for at the regular advertising rats*. Entered at the pos toff ice at Boone, N. C., as second class mail matter. "The bula of our government twins the sptoilnn of the people, the vary first ob ject ahould.be to keep that right, and were It left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspaper*. or newapapsts without gov ernment, I Suuld not hesi tate a moment to choose the latter. But I should mean that every man ahould re ceive these paper* and be capable of reading them." ?'Thomas Jettison. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945 HUMAN RECONVERSION Human reconversion is probably the most important problem of the postwar era. ?Men trained in the grim skills of warfare must be reorientated to ci vilian life. Moreover, they must be shown that they are welcome back home and that their sacrifices have been appreciated. For that reason, the program of the Watauga chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross is more important than ever in the months ahead. Through the Red Cross, returning veterans can find the help and guid ance so essential to their proper ad justment. Already, the local Red Cross "postwar" plans are in operation. Fighting men returning to Watau ga county are using Red Cross as sistance in filing claims for govern ment benefits, in obtaining fnancal ad during the adjudication period, and in getting friendly advice and counsel on personal problems. Because a war doesn't end with the last shot fired, and because, a community's war responsibility isn't finished until its sons have' been welcomed back to its civic, social and economic life, people of Watauga county must continue to support their Red Cross through contributions of money and service. As the 1945 Red Cross War Fund campaign progresses, it is vital to "Keep Your Red Cross at His Side." Letter* To The Editor PRAISE FOR MR. EGGERS Editor Democrat: Please publish attached letter in Democrat this week. Yours truly, ? 'E. D. COOK. Dear Mr. Cook: I again am writing you with re spect to your representative from Watauga county. Mr. Eggers served with me on the education committee and I know he has supported the North Carolina Education association's school pro gram to the fullest for better pay for teachers and ten months pay for principals. He also served with me on the roads committee and signed a bill that will spend about 15 million dollars on our farm to market roads which will be matched by the fed eral government. He has taken a decided interest in the agriculture program, conser vation and development, public wel fare, institutions for the deaf and i veterans' affairs. When we have more men like '* Mr. Eggers in the general assembly we w2l have a better state. Very respectfully yours, R. V. ALEXANDER. OPA FREE ZEES PRICE MARK UPS OF RETAIL MERCHANTS Washington, March 19?OPA to night froze the price mark-ups of some 300,000 retailers selling clothes, dry goods, furniture and house fur nishings. The aim, the agency ex plained, is to insure that consumers get the benefit of lowered factory prices which are forthcoming. Each store was frozen to the mark-up margin that, it had in use today, March 19. Price-tagging provisions were written into the or der to help shoppers become their own price policement. GOSPEL TABERNACLE We art very sorry to announce that. Evafrelist J. Harold Smith will not be able to come here this week to* start a meeting according to plgns. This is due to Bro. Smith's ill health. However, the regular monthly services will be held. Rev. Rufiis Mitchell will be here to conduct the services. Everyone is invited to these services and help us in the work for the Lord. Services at 8 o'clock Thursday, Friday and Sat urday evenings. Bom OarEarivFiler. jpf ly % ITI'MS FROM THE DEMOCRAT OF MARCH 22, 1#06 Uncle Tommy Norris died at his home at Sands last week. Roy Dotson, a student at the Training School, has been right sick for several days at the home of Mr. John Stanbury, where he is board A. Stanbury of Boone, has been chosen one of the speakers in his class in the annual debate at Trinity which comes off on April 27th. Miss Nannie Rivers, who has been teaching in Patrick county, Va., for the past year, arrived at the old home last Saturday, where she will remain for a month taking a much needed rest. Ira Herton ,a negro who was rais ed in Boone, murdered a woman in the state of Washington recently, and was promptly taken out and riddled with bullets by a posse of enraged citizens. No further par ????? * Sketches From Life (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONI) fields in the place of young men who had been called away on other busi ness; a lot of houses needed paint and a lot of barns needed new roofs. These were some ' of the things that could be put aside for a while longer. But America was still the rich, productive land she had always been. She could still lay more of Nature's rich bounty on the dotted line than any nation in all the world. She could still give to her people the higest standard of living, more of the good things that science has been able to develop, a more humane government, and more of the human rights than are known by any other people in any other land. ? ? ? Ym, it was good to know that America was still doing business at tha sama old stand and In th* sama old way. It was good to haar tha prop hats of gloom dis turbing tha ether waves with their predictions of "eternal bonfire." It was good to see the long fur rows on the Western plains open before the plowshare. It was good to see smoke rising from a thou sand furnaces. It was extra good to feel that In a world which so recently has experienced every conceivable affliction, America can carry on with the same hair do she wore a hundred years ago. A lot of the warriors returning from the battlefields of the world will expect to find here in the States a veritable land of milk and honey where a living can be had by the turn of a hand. They will expect a thousand favors from the folks who minded the home Tires while they were in those dim, distant lands beyond the seas. To use an old Navy expression, they will want an "egg in their beer. But they are going to find the same' thing they left, thank the good Lord. They are going to find a land that will give you back more than you put into it. They are go ing to find a land where you can run your mouth to heart's content. They are going to find a land that is wicked and Godly,.a land that is hard and charitable, a land that could never be changed so long as she is known by the name America. And that, after alL is what they should be looking for. ? * ? Tim* has a way of playing tricks on folks. Stay away a little while and things change. Here in Boone heads have grown a bit whiter and there are a few more line* on the faces of those you meet along the streets. But there is the same old welcome for the returning wanderer, a welcome that gladdens the heart; there is the same slap on the back and the same charitable ways that hare always characterised the best little town in the world. ? * ? An old man down at the bank corner shed tears for a son who had died at Saipan; a mother told of her baby going to his long sleep in Bel gium; a pretty little teen-age girl, had a letter returned from her boy friend bearing the words "missing in action." These were some of the things that burdened the hearts of Boone people in recent days . but they were about their business. They were raising a few more dol lars for the Red Cross; they were buying a few more war bonds; they were bending every energy toward the winning of the war . . . they were giving without stint to the lib eration of mankind and the estab lishment of a world of decency. ? * * It was good to have had this op portunity to visit Boone and to have had the chance of filling one of The Democrat's columns once again. Filling this column was, after all, the main reason for having written all of the above words. There is no other excuse except . . . my broth er Robert awakened me in the wee small hours, just after nine a. m., and suggested that I do so. U. S. turkey growers plan to raise about 39Vi million turkeys this year, about 8 percent more than the rec ord crop of last year. There ,were 6 percent more breeder hens on Jan. 1. No ration stamps in War Ration Book 4 wilj be good for canning sugar this year. Local boards will issue home canning sugar coupons good through November 30. Lespedeza can lift the mortgage from the farm, increase the soil bank account, raise the standard of i living, and buy that necessary trac tor or other farm equipment, says an enthusiast. ticulars are given in the letter to June Horton, colored, telling of the . Sorry to hear that Mr. Henry Cof fey of ColletUville, was stricken with paralysis last weak, and that when last heard from his condition was considered very serious. His sister. Miss Jennie Coffey of Boone, sleft Friday to visit him, and has not yet returned. ^ In our last issue we ^ot the name "Cook" and "Story" confused and announced the death of *9iomas Cook, when it should 1ytvcfc been, Thomas Story. So far aspire-know, the former is living, anA eiboying good health, but the latter hn been i gathered to his reward. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Melton I Hodges on Laurel Fork, three boys, j weighing erven five pounds each. They are all nice, strong children, and are doing well. By the way, the triplets are great-grandchil dren of our aged friend, Guilford1 Critcher of Boone. Boone Demonstration School News Attendance Record The attendance record for the sixth month of school shows a slight improvement over the pre vious month, but it is still below former school levels. Thus far in the year, the girls have had a bet ter attendance average than the boys. For the month of February the percentage of attendance was 92, the total enrollment for the first seven grades being 537. Sereoth Grade Ball Game On Friday, March 9, the seventh grade of Blowing Rock came to Ap palachian high to play the seventh grades in basketball. Both groups played good games, with Boone winning both contests. The boys defeated Blowing Rock by the score of 32-20, while the girls won by a score of 5-0. The two teams return ed the games on March 15, and this series was divided. The girls lost by a score of 18-11, and the boys won 36-13. | Student Council Organised The pupils of the school organized \ a student council to help with school problems that may arise. The group was chosen from the upper gram mar grades and consists of 12 mem bers. From this group the follow-' ing officers were chosen: President, Bill Crawford; vice-president, Elea nor Greer; secretary, Martha Coun cill; treasurer, Harold Ragan. The group is now working on a monitor system. to help the pupils move j about the building more quietly. Faculty supervision is by Gall Clay | and Katherine Coble. Spring Festival Planned The entire school is making ar rangements for a spring festival to be held the second week of May. The event is to be along the lines of a May Day program, and each child from the first to the sixth grade will have some part in the program. The children in the low er grades will use paper costumes that will symbolize flowers, sun, wind and other - parts of nature, while the older pupils will dress for various rhythmic dances to illus trate different countries. Third Orade to Ghre Program The two third grades, under the direction of their teachers. Miss Jen nings and Miss Campbell, will pre sent the dramatization of "Sleeping Beauty" on Friday, March 23, in the school auditorium. Each pupil in these grades have a part in the play, and parents and friends of the school are invited to attend the pro gram at 2:30 p. m. Ration Guide MEATS, FATS?Red stamps Q5, R5, S5, now valid expire March 31. T5, U5, V5, X5, now valid, expire April 28. Y5, Z5, A2, B2, C2, D2, now valid, expire June 2. E2, F2, G2, H2, J2, now valid, ex pire June 30. i New stamps will be avaolable April 1. PROCESSED FOODS ? Blue stamps X5( Y5, Z5, A2 and B2, now valid, expire March 31. C2, D2, E2, F2, G2, now valid, expire April 28. H2, J2, K2, L2, M2, now valid, expire June 2. N2, P2, Q2, R2, S2, now valid, ex pire June 30. New stamps will be available April 1. SUGAR?Sugar stamp 35 good for five pounds, expires June 2. No new stamps will be validated until May 1. 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. * SHOES?Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 in Book 3, good indefinitely. GASOLINE: A-15 coupons valid after March 22 through June 21. Rationing rules require that each I car owner write his license num I ber and state on each coupon in his possession as soon as it is issued to I him by his local rationing board. Your mileage rationing record must be presented to the board when ap plying for supplemental B and C gasoline rations. CARRIER PLANES BLAST JAP INDUSTRIAL CENTERS U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Guam, March 20?Great swarms of carrier planes, firing rockets and bombs, dived Monday on Japan's leading shipbuilding city of Kobe, its major naval base of Kure and installations around its lifeblood ar tery, the inland sea, while more than 300 Superforts rained 2,500 tons of incendiary bombs on Na-[ goya. Maybe Yon Knof..A y RED CROSS CLUBMOBILE GIRLS SERVE IN EVERY MAJOR OVERSEAS THEATRE OF WAB. SOME TRAVEL IN CROSS-COUNTRY BUSSES. ARMY TRUCKS, WEAPON CARRIERS OR JEEPS ? RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTORS OVERSEAS ASSISTED U.S. SERVICEMEN WITH 41,300 PERSONAL. FAMILY, HEALTH OR WELFARE PROBLEMS DURING ONE 30-DAY PERIOD. Blowing Rock High School News Seniors Hart Meeting The Blowing Rock seniors recent ly had a meeting to decide on their graduation. Their flowers will be roses; the class colore will be red and white. They decided on their class motto, "In the invisible crown of character, implant a jewel each day." ? ? ? Srrtnlh Grad* Decorates Lunchroom The Blowing Rock school lunch room was decorated for spring with pictures of birds and with japoni cas. ? ? ? Contest Winners The bird contest winners in the Blowing Rock school were Sadie Triplett first prize, Margaret Mor decai second prize. Each contest ant wrote an essay on birds. Sadie Triplett read her essay on March 17 at the Bird Club meeting. Eupla Mae Coffey won second place in the county in the annual American Legion contest on the sub ject, "The Constitution in a Chang ing World." ? * ? 7th Grade Plays Boone The Blowing Rock 7th grade boys and girls played Boone's 7th grade boys and girls hfire March 15. The score of the girls' game was 10-20 in Blowing Rock's favor. The boys' soore was 36-13 in Boone's favor. ? ? ? Inler-Class Tournament The annual inter-class tourna ment is being played in the Blow ing Rock school. The 7th and 8th grades played Tuesday. The 8th boys defeated the 7th boys, but a good game was played. The 7th grade girls won. The 10th and i2th grade boys defeated the ninth grade boys. The 9th grade girls defeated the 7th grade. The latter part of the tournament was played March 16. * * ? 10th Grade Student Wins Adele Greene, a tenth grade stu dent of Blowing Rock school, was a winner in an art contest sponsored by Art Instruction, Inc. She will receive one month of free instruc tion in art as a result of her draw ing. "GRANDMA" BLACKBURN. LOVED PIONEER, PASSES ON Mrs. Jane Blackburn, 92, loved and respected pioneer of the Ken drick and Teakean districts, Idaho, died Sunday morning, Feb. 18, at the Gritman hospital, Moscow, Ida ho, from the effects of injuries re ceived when she slipped and fell at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bina R?by, Kendrick. Mrs. Blackburn was born April 30, 1852, in Wilkes county, N. C., and was married there on Dec. 12, 1869, to Calvin (Jobe) Blackburn. They went west in 1899 and homesteaded in the Teakean section of Idaho. After proving up on their home stead, they settled on a ranch on the American ridge, which they later sold and moved to Kendrick. Since the death of her husband in ^CANADA DRTi .QUALITY March of 1936, Mrs. Blackburn hadj lived with her daughter, Mrs. Bina Rab>. On Dec. 12, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn quietly celebrated their 86th wedding anniversary. Surviving is the daughter, Mrs. Bina Raby, Kendrick; a son, Mitch Blackburn, Cavendish; a brother, Will Laws, Yakima, Wash.; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchil dren and four great-great-grandchil dren. Seven of her grandsons have entered the service and one,. Pvt. Wayne L.-y was killed.on "actwn in France last November. Funeral services were held at the Community church, with Rev. Roy Murray officiating. Watauga Farmers Asked To Raise More Chickens Because of increased needs for eggs and poultry products to aug ment the nation's supply of meat, farmers of Watauga county are urg ed to raise more broiler and roast er chickens this year and to obtain chicks early so as to have more pullets ready for fail and winter laying, according to W. W. Mast, chairman of the Watauga county AAA committee. * "Broilers and roasters are needed to add to the nation's meat supply during the earning year," he said. "Producers with brooder space not needed for laying flock replace ments would do well to use the ex tra space for broilers and roasters. The resulting addition to the meat supply will come during the sea son's low point for other meats." "Present indications are that to tal meat supplies to be available during the first half of this year will be at a yearly rate of a Bout 125 pounds per capita, compared with an annual rate of 150 pounds per person available during the first half of 1944,'' he stated. Mr. Mast said the general feed picture indicates that the supply of corn and oats, important ingredients in mixed feeds, will be about one fourth greater than 1944. For the nation as a whole, there is expected to be about 14 percent less livestock than last year, mainly hogs and poultry. "With prospects for considerably more feed per animal uni*, there is no need this year to limit poultry or egg production in order to con serve national feed supplies," he concluded. " ' *? Polio Officials to Meet In North Wilkeslboro North Wilkesboro?Officers of eight county chapters of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Pa ralysis will gather in North Wilkes boro on March 29 for a meeting with Dr. Ralph McDonald, state chapter chairman. Present at the meeting, which will be held at 12:30 p. m. at Hotel Wilkes, will be the chairman, treas .urer, women's division chairman and polio fund chairman of the chap ters in Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Davie, Surry, Alleghany, Ash'e and Avery counties. WANT ADS TO ALL MILK PRODUC We will receive milk dfeUy after March 21st. Coble Dairy IProducts, Sugar Grove, N. C. / lp WANTED?Copy Duiker's "Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Moun tains." Write, giving price, to Peg ram A. Bryant, Statesville, N. C. lc: TENDERGREBN BEANS ?Idaho grown, spectai^O cents a pound. Complete lirfyof seeds and Vigoro. Western AuV Associate Store. lc FOR SALE?228 acres/good land, with springs and brashes, has 8 room house with lights and water. Located on good WMfd about two miles from Vilas. Priced reasonably and on easy terms. Z. A. Robert son & Co.. Johnson City, Tenn., Phone 1948-JJ or C. M. Critcher, Boone, N. C. 3/22-3p WANTED ? Baby bilefv. Mrs. Hardin Coffey, Box 292YBlowing Rock, N. C. / lp A. Critcli ytz bilgo. Iv i2YBlow FOR SALE?Fine Guernie/^ cows and heifers. If you need ^6ne see Coy Yates, Vilas, N. C. lp FOR SALE?Jersey, cow/with calf at side. Jeff Miihon, nt Poplar Grove church. / lcS WANTED?Furnished house or apartment. If interested, call Mrs. John Howell, 149-#; Boone. lc ONE BLACK-FACE yearling ewe been with my sheep for someXme. No marks. Ownef can get tame by paying for keep and thls ad. W. E. Shipley, Vilas, N. C. lp WANTED ? Experienced house keeper for family of threef. See or write Mrs. Dean Bingham; Boone, or call 137-W. 3-22-3p FOR SALE)?Two young/ Jersey cows, one fresh, one to freshen in April, A. W. Hodgson, Route 2, Boone. lp WANTED?Auto, any model or make in good condition, Bisf? lawn mower. See or write Ecr^Qualls, Boone, N. C. lp FOR SALE ? RefrigeratoK 50-lb., porcelain lined, good condition, alsoj coal or wood with hot water front.! Ed Quails, Boone, N. . lp FOR SALE?Bay horse, 10 years old. Work anywhere. Weight about 1,000 lbs. Price Reasonable. W. B. Waters, Reese, N. C., Bfav*r Dam Township. B#avfr Dam 7/ ip' FOR RENTP-^bout 1 acre for po tatoes or eailjr beans, one mile west of Boone. 3re A. L. Gross. lp FOR SALLt4935 model Chevro let pickup, good condition. M. C. D. Ward, Silverstone. 3-22-2p WANTED ?Kodak. Will pay cash for foiling kodak, size 120 or 116. Chas. J. Eggers, Zionville. N. C. lp LOST?PockeUSook containing gas stamps, driver"/ license and other papers and Vryney. Reward if re turned to A/L. Triplett, Blowing Rock or to Democrat office. lp FOR RErlD?House, good garden, and cow pasture. Cash rent. James B. Mast, Sherwood, N. C. lp PASTURE .FOR RENT by the month or \>oundary) for 20 to 30 head. James B. Mast, Sugar Grove, N. C. lp FOR SALE?13 acres of land, 1? acres cleared, balance in nice locust. Good sprang, fine building sight. 4% miles from Boone near Jeffer son highway. Avery Presnell, Route 3, Boot 36, Jonesboro, Tenn. 3rl5-3p, WOOD?Anyone wanting stove wood of any kind call Boone Oil Company, Boone, N. C. Phone 198 ,, 3-1-4p DR. C. G. BAUGHMAN, eye, ear. nose and throat specialist of Eliza be thton, tenn., will be at the Hagaman Clinic in Boone the first Monday in each month fof the practice ofjm profession; fll-1-tf FOR SALL^-One used saw mill with saw and belt, with or without steaira/power. Priced to 'Hell, not to keep. Mountain Hickory Dog wood Co., Mountain City, Tenn. 1-25-8c DR. L. E. WELLMAN. optanvrtrist invites you to Cottve to Mountain City, Tenn., for your next glasses. YdH will receive * thorough scien tific examination and the finest of lenses. The latest styles in frames or rimless mountings at ? very moderate coat Office days. Wednesday' Thursday each week. DACUS RADIO SHOP f$(PERT RADIO REPAIRING; ALL MAKES L 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE Next to Theatre Phone 1X9 Boone. N. C. 13-7-Bp /Training School For Nurses DAVIS HOSPITAL Statesville, N. C. Free tuition and maintenance. New class now. forming. Applicants must be graduates of an accredited high school, between 17% and 30 years of age. For further information write. Davis Hospital, Statesville, N. C.
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