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An Independent Weekly Newspaper?Established in the Year 1888. WATCH the LAI 53? jtmx p?pn will to* VOL. LVII, NO. 39 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945 >1.50 A YEAIU-Sc A COPY ? 1 JOHN M. BROWN, BUSINESS LEADER, A SPEAKER HERE Winston-Salem Insurance Ex ecutive Speaks to Meeting of Chamber of Commerce and Talks of Development of This Section of Country Mr. John M. Brown, field execu tive for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Winston-Salem, deliv ered the chief address before a half hundred business men and their la dies at the annual Chamber of Com merce meeting held last Friday evening. Mr. Brown's address was replete with humor and he proved himself to be both an entertaining and in formative speaker. He spoke of world conditions and of the huge tasks that lie ahead of communi ties such as Boone. Recalling the days before Boone had highway outlets, the speaker recounted the movement which resulted" in the building of the Boone Trail high way into the region. He praised Dr. B. B. Dougherty and others who had a part in this accomplishment, and spoke of the interest shown by Hon. Sanford Mkrtin. Winston - Salem newspaperman, in supporting this enterprise. Praising this section of North Carolina, Mr. Brown painted a rosy picture of the region in the days to come. Mrs. Brown and daughter accom panied Mr. Brown to Boone, and en joyed the banquet. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph W. House, of the college, and Prof, and Mrs. Don ald Thompson, of the demonstration school, were guests, and their ef forts to aid in making Boone a bet ter place in which to-live were rec ognized. Oificoi Elected Following the dinner addresses, a busmess session of the Chamber of Commerce was held, at which Mr. C. A. Price, treasurer, made an ex cellent report, which indicated a substantial bdlance in the treasury. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: H. W. Wil co3(, president; Russell D. Hodges, first vice-president; W. W. Chester, second vice-president. The follow ing directors were named: J. E. Hol shouser, M. R. Maddux, L. T. Tatum, Barnard Dougherty, Quy Hunt and C. A. Price, treasurer. No other business was transacted. The directors will meet soon to name a secretary for the commerce body, which has been left open since the death of the incumbent, L. H Crowell. President Wilcox says announce ment will be made soon of a meet ing at which it is proposed to dis cuss an accumulation of matters of concern to the community. ASAllWARDSTO ADDRESS JUNIORS 'Stoi* Lwdtr to Denver Fe?iur? Ad dr*u at Spring Meeting of District Jr.O.U.A.M. Hon. Asa Edwards, of Green coun -ty, one of the leaders in the frater nal, governmental and agricultural life of Eastern Carolina, will address the spring meeting of District 3, Junior Order United American Me chanics, which will be held in the Junior hail in Boone Thursday eve ning, April 5, at 7:30 p. m., it was announced this morning. Local members of the fraternity feel fortunate in having secured Mr. Edwards for this occasion. He was recently appointed along with Dr. B. B. Dougherty, of Boone, as a member-at-large of the new State Board of Education, and has been frequently mentioned as a likely Democratic candidate for the gov ernorship of the state ln 1948 The North Wilkes boro degree team, which is recognized as one of the best in the state, will be on hand for the Junior meeting and conduct the initiation of a class of ten or twelve candidatesT District three, Junior Order, em braces Watauga, Avery and Mitch ell counties. and the district officers are: Zelzah McCourry, councillor; W. H. Gragg, vice-councilor; J. L. Stout, secretary; J. H. Perkins, warden; B. S. Dugger, (conductor; B. K. Osborne, inside sentinel; W. M. Cook, outside sentinel; Howard Shore, chaplain. Oak Leaf Clutter Won By Boone Man Lt. Emsley M. Eggers, of Boone, is among a group of Superfortress crewmen to be awarded the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for outstanding and meritorious achievement on operational and combat flights from 30th bomber bates in India and western China, it was announced by the 20th bomber command on Monday. Lt. Tffiili had been reported aa missing in a Superfortress flight over Jap territory some time aga Delivers Address V*V. ; ' VV'>' Mr. John M. Brown. Stld tn cutiye of the Mutual Lii* Insur ance Co.. of Winston-Salem, who was the chief speaker at the meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce here last Friday evening. COVE CREEK WINS NORTHWEST CAGE TOURNEY HONORS Championship Comes to Local School Group in Journal-Sen tinel Basketball Tournament; Victory Scared in Last Five Seconds of Thrilling Game Cove Creek red-clad cagers cap tured the boys' championship of the northwest-when they* were crown ed champions of the 19th annual Journal-Sentinel basketball tourna ment which ended Wednesday night, March 31. Cove Creek won its way to the finals by defeating Jonesville on Tuesday night. Probably no game has been play ed during the nearly two decades of the tournament that kept fans on the edge of their seats as did this final game between Cove Creek and Pinnacle. Pinnacle opened the game like a house afire and ran up an 8-1 score in the first quarter. Cove Creek's Red Raiders began their uphill grind in the second quarter, scoring 8 points while holding the Pinnacle outfit to 4 points. The Cove Creek quint, playing cool headsup basketball, tallied 8 points in the third quarter and with two minutes to go, tied the score, 17-17. Pinnacle quickly broke the tie, and the third quarter ended with Pinnacle leading 19-17. The two teams fought in and out of each other's defense until only two minutes remained in the game. Then the fireworks started. Billy Billings dribbled in and put Cove Creek in the lead, 24-23. Billings fouled Lane of Pinnacle, and he sank the ball to tie the scord. Pin nacle got another basket which put them ahead 26-4. Billings sank one, and the score was tied again. With only 5 seconds remaining, Holder of Pinnacle, fouled Robert Allen, and the Cove Creek captain eased the free shot through the basket to win the championship for Cove Creek Pfc. Ronda Hollar Seriously Wounded Pfc. Ronda Hollar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hollar, of Lenoir, former ly of Blowing Rock, was seriously wounded in the fighting in Ger many on Feb. 13, his parents have been advised. Pfc. Hollar has been in the Euro pen theatre since April, 1944. In Italy Pfc. Arnold C. PnumU, sob of Mr. and Mrs. Roby C. PnutU, ot Basch Craak. who took hit train ing at Camp Woltars and Camp Swift Taxas. and who want orac saas la January. Ha ia now Barr ing his country ia of ttaly^ He would Ilka to RED CROSS FUND PASSES SEVEN THOUSAND MARK Chairman of War Fund Cam paign Urges Those Who Have Not Contributed to Do So at Once; Reports Should Be Turned In By the End of This Week The Red Cross War Fund cam paign in Watauga county has reach ed the sum of a little more than $7,000, to exceed the county's quota by about $300, but Clyde R. Greene, War Fund chairman, insists that those who have not contributed, do so at once, even though the quota has been reached. Mr. Greene points out that with the big actions in Europe and the mounting tempo of the war in the Pacific, the demands upon the services of the Red Cross are in creasing daily, and everyone has a definite responsibility in this re gard. Mr. Greene asks that all solicitors have their reports in his hands by the end of this week, 50 that the campaign may be closed. Following is the latest tabulation of returns by communities: Total reported last week $5,516.55 Shulls Mills community 5.00 Shulls Mills Baptist Ch 25.00 Assembly of God Church, Shulls Mills 5.00 County Building, H. M. Hamilton 88.00 Foscoe community, Mrs. C. P. Moore 19.00 Elk community, 'Stewart Simmons 53.00 Appalachian High School, Orby Southard 40.50 Courthouse, Paul Coffey .... 56.00 Howard's Cre'ek school, Maggie Moretz 12.35 Cove Creek High school, Mrs. M. H. Osborne 107.50 Blowing Rock, Mrs. H. C. Hayes 22.00 Lower Meat Camp, Nellie Lookabill 80.50 Flanders Fork, Carolina Greene 31.00 Windy Gap, Henry Haga man 23.25 Perkinsville, Mrs. S. J. Barnes 72.15 Howard's Creek communi ty, L. F. Cottrell. 113.25 Howard's Creek church 6.75 Castle school district, Mrs. Russell Vannoy 3.00 Bamboo community, Mrs. Vance Keller 80.55 Bethel community, Ruby B. Tester 78.50 Cook school, Miss Amelia Bingham 1.51 Silver Lake community, Louise Lentz 18.00 Flat Top community, Ber nice Lentz 15.25 Green Park community, Bun Knight 52.00 Boone (Howard and Lo cust Streets, Mrs. Hale Vance - . 62.00 Aho community, M. O. Cof fey 8.50 Cove Creek Elementary school, Mrs. Gladys M. Bingham 65.00 Boone Dem. school, Mrs. Adams' 4th grade 31.16 Boone (Grand Boulevard), Mrs. Guy Hunt 23.50 Mabel school, Mabel R. Nor ris 1 50.58 Rominger school, George Harmon 9.75 Rutherwood school and community, Mrs. Muriel Glenn 14.75 Lower Meat Camp commu ^ nity, Paul Moretz 54.00 Lower Middle Fork commu nity, Mrs. F. H. Pennell... 2.50 Grandfather community, Mrs. Vester Moody "22.05 Deep Gap community, Mrs. Grace R. Moretz... 51.33 Brushy Fork Baptist church 37.00 Boone, B. M. Grogan and C. H. Mock .. 21.00 I Miscellaneous 8.00 I Beaver Dam community, Sanford Creed 20.21 Watauga Consolidated school. B. M. Neal 20.55 Boone (East Main St.) Mrs. J. V. Caudill 36.00 Total $7,079.49 Through an error, the contribu tion of $60.00 by the D. it IP. Pipe Works was omitted last week. Red CroM Banquet Sponsored by Legion Watauga Post 130, American Le gion, is sponsoring a banquet Sat urday night, March 31, the proceeds from which will be given to the Red CroM War Fund. Tickets are now on sale at the Carolina Pharmacy, Appalachian Soda Shop, Parkway Co., Boone Drug Co, and Burgeas Antique Shop. Besides a good dinner, a fine pro gram if planned, including talks by some field workers of the Red Cross, who will tell us what the Red Croai is doing here and in foreign W.N.C. Women to Care r War Wounded To car* for America's returning war-wound ad. a ?platoon of 13 WMltro North Carolina woman war* enlisted as WAC medical technicians in colorful ceremonies at Asberille last weak. Part of the group, shown above, are. left to right: Marion B. Nance, Lenoir; Mildred L Wood. Canton; Mary L. Osborne. Canton; Dorothy L. COUNTY TEACHERS HOLD MEETING Watauga Unit of If. C. Education As sociation in InformatiTe Meet ing on Wednesday The Watauga unit of the North Carolina Education Association met Wednesday afternoon in the audito rium of the Appalachian High school. Paul Bingham, principal of the Cove Creek High school, pre sided. The program was a challenging panel discussion of problems con nected with administering necessary school activities other than regular classroom teaching. Cratis D. Williams, instructor in speech and dramatics and counselor at Appalachian High school, led the panel. Those participating in the panel were: Miss Helen Clardy,* li brarian at Appalachian High, library problems; Miss Gail Clay, super visor of playground activities at Ap plachian Elementary school, play ground activities: Sam F. Horton, superintendent of Watauga county schools, classroom supplies; Paul Bingham, principal of Cove Creek High, transportation problems; Mrs. Edmisten, principal of Valle Cruris school, lunchroom problems; Dr John Borden, critic teacher in Appa lachian Elementary school, practical arts; and Grady Tester, principal of Bethel High school, audio-visual ed ucation. Mrs. Albertine McKeller, of the state department of education, spoke briefly on the need for more ade quate health and physical education instruction and activities in the schools of the state. The first mid-week teachers' meet ing was largely attended, over a hundred of the county's 125 teachers being present. In the business session at the con clusion of the .meeting, officers for the 1946-48 period were elected. Mr. Cratis Williams, ot the Appalachian High school faculty, was elected president; Mr. Gr^y Tester, princi pal of Bethel High school, was elect ed vice-president; Mrs. Max Edmis ten, teacher in the Valle Crucis school, was named secretary, and Mrs. Sarah Gaither, principal of the Blowing Rock High school, was elected treasurer. Dr. Orby Southard, program chairman for this year, announced that plans are under way for a picnic at Cove Creek High school for the next meeting of the associa tion, on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th. V Rites Held Tuesday For Mrs. H agam an Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church in Boone Tues day afternoon for Mrs. Nancy Joan Hagsman, aged 75, who died on Monday at the home of a son, Mr. Roy Hagaman, of this city. Rev. J. C. Canipe was in charge of the rites which were attended by a large number of friends of the family, and interment was in the city cemetery. Reins - Sturdivant Funeral Home being in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Hagaman was born and rear ed in Beaver Dam township, a mem ber of one of the county's most prominent families, but for many years had made her home ui Boone. She had been a member of the Bap tist church for many year*, and al ways evidenced the highest inter est in the affairs of her church. During her residence here the made a large number of friends/ and was a splendid Christian lady. Surviving is one son, Roy man, of Bcone; two brothers, Hagaman, Winston-Salem, and Em met Hagaman, of Knoxvillc, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Bloody, of Johesbora, Tenn., and Mrs. Roy Dotson, of Mountain City, Tenn,, Haga Smith Taylor. Franklin: Mary J. Bledsoe. Todd; Lucy I. Timmtrman, Hen daraonvilla; Edna L. Skinner, Can dler, and Doria E. Walker, Boon*. Privates Bledsoe and Walkar will be aialloned at Finney Genaral Hospital, ThomasrUle, Ga.. after receiving 12 weeks of training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Both chose I he hospital at which they wanted assignment. Killed in Action V Pic. Ralph M. Brown, who was killed in action in the fighting in Gtnninr en February S3, as chronicled in The Democrat last irNk. Pfc. Brown was a son of Mr. and Mr*. Ralph Brown, of Boon*. SAYS GERMANS QUITE HUMANE Lieut. Glenn Hodges, Son of Former Wataugan. Tells of German Prison Camp Dr. J. E. Hodges, of Maiden, for mer Watauga county citizen, whose son, Lieut. Glenn Hodges, is in a Nazi prison camp, has received a letter from a fellow American offi cer, telling of conditions prevailing in the enemy camp, and the text of the letter, which follows, will be of interest to the many friends of the Hodges family in the county: (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Pfc. William Greer Wounded in Germany Pfc. William Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Greer, of Vilas, was slightly wounded in action on March 17. Pfc. Greer has been in Germany for the past five months< He enter ed the army February 19, 1943. The message was received by his wife, Mrs. Beulah Greer, of Lenoir. With Patton's Army Cpl. Clyde Tl Mr. and Mn. A. T. T Elk. Ronie 1 ?r foe ST in the Eoi 1* rardVa?^ lojb"Is 'driVtog Townsend received his tntabw at Fort Sill. Okla., and Fort Ja s. C. BRIEF ILLNESS PROVESFATAL TO R. LUTHER CLAY Long-Time Resident of Room Wm Chief of Field Divide* of the United States Internal Revenue Department; Funeral in Greensboro Sunday Robert Luther Clay, chief of the field division of the Internal Reve nue Department, and long a resident of Boone, died at a hospital in Greensboro Sunday, following an illness of two weeks. He was 90 years old. An appendix operation and com plications resulted in his death. Mr. Clay, who was born in Avery county, in the vicinity of Monte zuma, came to Watauga shortly aft er the Linville RiVter Railway built its lines to Boone and served as station agent at Shul]g Mills, be fore coming to Boone mroe than 20 years ago, where he held a similar position with the railway. In lttS he went to Greensboro to work with the revenue department and became field division chief in 1943. While here he contributed a full share to the civic and religious life of the community. He had served on the city council, was a Mason and a Shriner, a member of the Methodist Church, where he served as steward for many year; and as Sunday school superintendent for two years. , In Greensboro jir. Clay became identified with the West Market Street Methodist church where he was a member of the Ireland Bible class. Mr. Clay was widely known here where the family had regularly spent the summers and the news i of his demise came as a distinct [ shock to his many friends in the area, who had not been apparised of his serious illness. He was a particularly popular citizen, possessed of admirable traits of character and a deep sense of sin cerity. His radiant personality, and spirit of innate friendliness and neighoorlines* contributed to hta popularity, not only in Boone but throughout practically every section of the state. His death will be widely mourned. Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Hanes chapel in Greensboro, by Dr. E. K. McLarty, Methodist min ister of Boone, and by Dr. W. A. Stanbuiy, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church of Winston-Salem. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery in that city. Surviving are the widow, the for mer Miss Annie Stanbury, of Boone; five daughters, Mrs. Margaret Clay Tucker, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Ned Gibbs, Albemarle; Mrs. Shelley Rolfe and Mrs. Betty Clay Learner, Highland Park, N. J., and Miss Bob bie Ann Clay of the home; three sis ters, Mrs. Mary Lovin, of Newland; Mrs. Myrtle Lovin, of Linville, and Mrs. Nell Presnell, of Knoxville, Tenn., and four grandchildren. LOCAL MEN ARE CALLED TO ARMY Tan Go To Induction Post, White IS Othats Azo to Titn Pro-In duction Tests Ten Watauga county men have re cently been sent to qot induction center of the army far tifervice under the selective service act, and 38 oth ers have been sent for.pre-induction physical examination by the local selective service board: The names of men included ig both categories follow: Pro-Examination List Thomas Grady Winkler Otis Jones Watson Andrew W Tester Ernest Dee Brown Lee Edmisten Robert Franklin Miller Creed Estes Taylor Raymond Jones Triplett Dillon Lane Triplett William Edson Bledsoe Barney Edward Comett Ernest Presnell Luther Lm Smith James Frank Harmon Dennie Whittington Parka Bernard Grant Proffitt ^ Cloyd Trivette .Charlie Stanford Wataon Charles Everett Tester Earl Eugene Miller Floyd Collins Triplett Roacoc Brown t# Co Ilia Lewis Brown John Benjamin James Induction List Balsom Hardy Perry John H?mxy Lookabill Calvin Ccttrell Church I Paul Junior Woodzing Ransom Edward Welch Cline Greene John Ed Isaacs James Kumtt Wallace John Edward Norman Edd Roy Greene
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