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WATCH the LABEL WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper?Established in the Year 1888. VOL. LVII, NO. 41 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945 $1.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY om your peper u U ikowt thm iUt? Sar Bubscripllon will expire tad tbt te you* ptp?r will b? ilopptd bbImI toontr rtn*w?d. The Dwiociti to operating tfrietty on a i viact btait. Th?r? ait ? to this rule. COLD WAVE KILLS FRUIT THROUGH MOUNTAIN REGION Temperature Drops to Low 20s to Blight Huge Fruit Crop; Springlike Weather Had Re sulted in Earliest Blooin in Memory of Most People A cold wave, sweeping through the country last week, destroyed all j Hopes of a fruit crop in Watauga! and adjacent counties, inflicting a I loes of gigantic proportions to the' people of this area. Unseasonably warm weather which had prevailed for the most part for several weeks, had resulted in the earliest blooming of fruit trees remembered by even the old er inhabitants, and practically all trees were in full bloom when the thermometer dropped a few degrees below the freezing pont Thursday evening On Friday, however, in dications Were that the crop was not seriously damaged, but on Friday evening, when the mercury slipped to about 23 degrees, and a heavy frost accompanied the freeze, there was little doubt but that the fruit crop was a total loss. Springtime came to the mountains this year at least three weeks ahead of schedule, making pastures green and bringing prolonged warm weather. Since the freeze summer like temperatures are again prevail ing. WARFUND OVER TOP BY $2,000 Late Report Indicates Fine Job Done in Red Cross Campaign; Enviable Record Set Watauga county has exceeded her Red Cross War Fund quota by more than $2,000, it is revealed in a report made today by Clyde. R. Greene, chairman of the campaign, which was so enthusiastically received by ihe people of the county. The quota for the county was $6,700 and $8,603.94 is actually on deposit in the bank, says Mr. Greene in releasing the following itemized accounting of the fund to date: Reported to April 3 $8,004.56 Less error in Bethel Report 72.00 $7,932.56 Stony Fork community. Joe J. Wellborn 43.00 Laurel Creek township, Ned Glenn 52.00 Blowing Rock. Mrs. H. C. Hayes 45.00 Bethel school. Mrs. G. E Tester .. 8.00, Tracy community, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Thomas 28.50 Timbered Ridge community. Wade Greene 7.00 Timbered Ridge Sunday School, Wade Greene 11.06 Laurel Creek township. Dwight Cable 19.00, Howard's Creek communi ty, L. E. Cottrell 4.00 j Boone (residential district) Ed G. Farthing 11.00 Rich Mountain school and community, Mrs. E. L. Payne 13.50 Appalachian College: New River L. St P. Co., S. M. Ayers 36.00 Barnard Dougherty 87.00 Mrs. A. Antonakos 71.50 Mary Greene 12.00 Mrs. R. W. Watkins 39.00 Brushy Fork community, Mrs. L. A. Henson 19.00 Henson's Chapel communi ty, Mrs. Mary S. Harris. 31.00 Henson's Chapel communi ty, Mrs. Mary S. Harris. .. 80.00 Total to April 11 $8,550.12 Mr. Greene makes the following statement in connection with the campaign 'The actual amount deposited in the bank for the 1945 Red Cross War fund is $8,603,94. Some have made [ deposits and have not turned in their Jist of contributors. The above ite- [ mized report is based on contribu tor's lists turned in. Please make your full report if you have not al ready done so. If errors have oc-! .curred in the report in the paper, please report them to me at once so that correction can be made. We are justly proud of the record Watauga county has made in this Red Crocs War Fund drive. Certainly we have exceeded our quota of $6,700 by more than $2,000 I thank you, one and all, sincerely. Also the boys and girls in the service from Wat auga thank you." Clinic for Crippled Children to Be Held A clinic for the benefit of the crip pled children of the county will be held at the health department of fices on April 18, at 1:30, by Dr. J S. Gaul, of Charlotte. Mr*. Smith, the county health nurse, has mailed notices to all suf ferers from polio, of which there is a record. However, if there are others, they are asked to come in at this time for an examination. Wounded Pfc. Vaughn D. Smith, son of Mr. and Mr*. R. W. Smith, of Deep Gap, who suffered a slight wound in the forehead while in action with the First army in Germany. He is making normal improve ment. He went overseas in No vember and has been in the army since July. COMMERCE GROUP TO MEET MONDAY Recreation Center, Highway Prob lems, to Furnish Major Discus sions at Banquet The Boone Chamber of Commerce ' will meet Monday evening at 7:30 at the Gateway cafe, and following the dinner a number of important matters of civic concern are slated for discussion. Mr. H. W. Wilcox, who announces the meeting, asks for a full attend ance, and particularly urges the of ficers and directors to be in attend ance, since the election of a secre tary will be a feature of the busi ness session. Mr. Wilcox states that highway problems will come up for major discussion, along with a badly need ed recreation center. In this con nection, Mr. Wilcox says: "A lot of cities are planning on various monuments and other means of honoring our service men. Why not Watauga build a rccreation cen ter in honor of these boys? What about this, 'A Recreation and a Min ister's Seminary" jointly? Something we would all be proud of?some place where our good mountain preachers could meet and study God's Word, and somewhere our re turning service men could meet and pass away their leisure time, as well as our younger people, too. Think about this. Come and help discuss it. It is believed that such a center could easily be self-sup porting. Build it in honor of both our service men and ministers of Watauga county." TROUT SEASON OPENS MONDAY Fishing for Other Species Stop* on April 14, Says Warden; Some Streams Closed The trout fishing season in this area will open next Sunday, April 15, according to County Game War den Edmisten, who states that the prospects are good for angling sea son this year. Fishing for other species of fish will close at sundown April 14, and remain closed until June 10, it is explained. New River is closed to fishermen from H. Neal Blair's down, and the Watauga River from the high bridge at the mouth of Laurel Creek on down, says the warden. Russians Extend Hold On Vienna London April 11?The Russians seized all?of Vienna west and south of the Danube except the narrow ! island between the river and the Danube canal yesterday and thrust within three and one-half miles of the German rail escape route north ward to Brno (Brunn), the Soviet communique disclosed last night. Fall of the remainder of the old Austrian capital appeared imminent as heavy street fighting raged on, and Moscow told how the enemy's defenses were crumbling in announ cing that on Monday 2,000 soldiers were captured along with 72 tanks and 76 field guns inside the city. OWI REPORTS 2*2.000 JAP SAILORS KILLED Washington?OWI has estimated Jaj?nese navy dead at 262,000 offi cers and men since Pearl Harbor. This compares with total Ameri can naval casualties of 92,819, of whom 35,750 are dead. And, contrasted with more than 3,000,000 men in this country's sea arm, the office of war information said Japan's present naval person nel afloat and ashore totals 850 000 LIONS CLUB FIXES PLANS FOR USUAL BLIND FUND SHOW Gay Nineties Revue Title of Benefit Stage Performance by Members of Boone Lions Club; One of Best Benefit Perform ances by Local Organization The annual stage performance by local talent comprised of members of the Boone Lions club will be presented on Wednesday, April 18. at the Appalachian Theatre, it was announced the first of the week. The theme of the show will be the "Gay Nineties Revue" and will be staged in connection with the usual screen program at Appalachian Theatre, to raise funds for work among blind people of the county. The picture show program will start at 3 o'clock and the Lions show will be at 4. In the evening the film will be shown at 7:30, and the Gay Nineties Revue will be staged at 8:30. The current presentation of the Lions promises to be one of the best efforts of the local organiza tion, and the cast will be composed of more than 60 local people. Char acters will wear costumes depicting ftie styles of the nineties. Choruses, country dance of the olden times, dialogues, burlesque melodrama, t gay nineties dances, street scene of j the gay nineties, and the Lions chorus constitute a brief outline of the annual Lions club show. A pro gram that will make you laugh once every second. i The Gay Nineties Revue will be I opened by a welcome address by | Lion G. K. Moose who will herald1 the coming of the laughs you are sure to spill forth. The first num ber is the Lion chorus composed of A. R. Smith. M. R. Maddux, Harry Hamilton, D. J. Whitener, J. E. Holshouser, Orby Southard, Frank Payne, Joe Crawford. T. M. Greer, W. B. York, Cratis Williams, Howard Cottrell, James Winkler, J. K. Par ker, J. R. Craven, Mr. Kelsey, Grady Moretz and M. J. O'Sullivan. The second number is a dialogue?a farmer goes to see the Lions show, by A. R. Smith and D. J. Whitener. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Worthwhile Club To Collect Clothing For Needy in Europe The Worthwhile club is joining I in the nation-wide clothing collec-1 tion for the millions of men. worn-1 end and children in the wor-torn countries of Europe who, through no fault of their own, are in dire need of clothing. The program is asking for 150,000,000 pounds of warm clothing, shoes, underwear and bed clothes for free distribution in war-ravaged lands where ex posure and scarcity of clothing have I taken almost as many lives as actual starvation. The clothing needed are good good, substantial winter and sum mer clothes or underclothing, and cotton garments should be washed but need not be ironed. Evening dresses, tuxedoes and dress suits cannot be used. Materials wanted are garments for infants, men and boys, women and girls; heavy duty caps and knitted headwear, bedding, durable oxfords or high shoes with low heels (must mate and securely tied together), also good fabrics of one yard or more. Anyone having something to con tribute please bring it to the Worth while club room during the month of April Bradley's Army Nabs Over Million Nazis Paris, April 9?Gen. Omar N. Bradley's Twelfth army group has captured more than a million Ger mans on the Western front. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third army leads with 418,501. Lieut. Gen. Courtney E. Hodges' First army, two months older, has taken 1 405.703. and the Ninth army of Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson has bag ged 182.162 for a combined total of 1,006,366. No figure has been announced for Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Grow's Fif teenth army, also u part of Bradley's i command, which >r 'ludes more than a million Ament Ji troops. Another American army, the Seventh, had captured almost 200,000 troops. April 21 Final Day For Paper Collection On April 21, the Boone Boy Scouts will collect paper that is stUl left in Boone by making a house-%>-house canvass. All people are urged to have all the scrap paper tied in a bundle and out on the front porches oft Saturday morning so that the Sconts may pick it up more easily. Ten thousand pounds is needed so that a truck from Winston-Salem will come here to pick lt up. This paper is needed by the gov ernment. Do your bit to help out in this drive. Don't forget April 21. Slaves Freed From Bondage A long line of liberated civilians, who were uiad as tlave laborers in Germany, are shown as they wait for food at a displaced persons center, shortly after their arrival. Among them are Poles. French men, Russians, Belgians and Csechs. They were freed by the advanc ing Allied forces. Killed In Action CANCER CONTROL PLANS ARE GIVEN Funds Will Be Sought to Establish Cancer Clinics by Woman's Club of Boone I Mrs. Harold J. Stone, the for mer Pauline Castle of Blowing Rock, received official notification from the War Department of the death of her husband. Sgt. Harold J. Stone, above, on March 27, while on a bombing mission over Germany. Sgt. Stone, whose fam ily live in Cramerton, N. C? was for two years a student at Appa lachian College. After enlisting in the army he took specialised training at a number of camps, and was sent to England about two months ago as the radio-gun ner of a bomber crew. He was connected with the Eighth bomb er command. Mrs. Stone is making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Castle, in Blowing Rock. SCHOOLS START BOND SALE DRIVE Seventh War Loan Campaign Gets Started in Schools Ahead of Time: Prises Provided The campaign for the sale of bonds in the Seventh War Loan be gun in the schools of the nation on April 9th, and will continue until May] 19. according to Dr. D. J. Whitener. educational director for the bond campaign in Watauga county, who further states that the business men of Boone will donate $125 in prizes to go to the students who accomplish most in bond sales during the period. The official opening of the bond campaign is May 14, but the schools of the nation did so well in the last campaign that the Treasury Depart ment decided to start their phase of the campaign this month, since most of the schools of the nation I would be closed by the established date. Yanks Take Hannover On Road to Berlin Paris, April 11?The U. S. Ninth army, in a neck and neck race with the American First army toward Berlin, quickly toppled Germany's 12th city of Hannover yesterday and swept on 28 miles into Brunswick's outskirts at a point only 110 miles from the Reich capital. While tank units of the Ninth also overran Salzgitter, site of the Goering steel works 10 miles south west of imperilled Brunswick, U. S. First army troops in a 40-mile ad vance on the south smashed into Nordhausen and likewise struck within 110 miles of Berlin with the seizure of localities near Auleben, 45 miles west of Halle and 57 miles from Leipzig. Thousands of allied warplanes were aiding the explosive advance into the heart of Germany and de stroyed 397 German planes during the day. The Women's club is sponsoring a county-wide campaign to raise $130 for the purpose of establishing a cancer control clinic here, and Paul A Coffey and Mrs. F. E. Warman have been named chairmen of the effort. Boxes for receiving contributions will be placed in business establish ments for the convenience a! shop pers, and air mail stickers, decorat ed with the cancer control insignia will be sold. Direct contributions may be made to either of the chair men. The campaign begins April 15 and lasts through the month. The importance of the campaign is emphasized by these statistics on cancer: One out of every 8 of you who read this will die of cancer?unless you do something about it. For cancer kills 165,000 Americans every year. It may kill you or one of those you love. Every hour, cancer kills 18 Amer icans. Cancer is the greatest killer of American women between the ages of 35 and 55. Cancer is the second greatest kill er of American men. Cancer, if permitted to continue its vicious way, will kill 17,000,000 of us who are living today. VOTERS ENDORSE PLAYGROUND PLAN Blowing Bock Citizens Decisively Approve Bond Issue for Becrea tional Development At a special election held on April 3rd. the citizens of the town of Blowing Rock very decisively ap proved the proposed bond issued for the purchase and establishment of a memorial park and playground in | the town. The vote war: For the bond issue, 141; against, 51. Plans are beinx made for the pur chase of the Coffey property in the heart of town for this development. Suitable playground facilities, a memorial recreation building, a li brary building, and other recrea tional features will be provided. Gas Truck Ignites And Endangers Grand View Service Station A fire which developed when a j Gulf Oil Company truck from North Wilkes horo was delivering gasoline to the Grandview Service station on highway 421 east of Boone Monday, did considerable damage to the truck And building before the flames could b-j brought under control. | Mr. Grant Greene, owner of the service station, was away at the | time, and a passerby is thought to have cast a match in the direction of the gas which was pouring from | the truck to the underground stor | age takns near the doorway. The fluid was ignited, and but for the quick action of Mr. Don Horton, who was passing the building, would have likely been destroyed. Mr. Horton, unmindful of his own safety, succeeded in plugging the storage tanks, and the fire company from Boone was called. The truck was seriously damaged but due to Mr. Horton's presence of mind, dam age to the building will likely be no more than $200. Mr. and Mrs. Greene want to thank Mr. Horton and the members of the Boone fire department for extinguishing the flame. BOONE, BLOWING ROCK TO ELECT TOWN OFFICIALS Elections to Be Held to ChooM Mayor and Three Members *f City Council in Watauga's Two Towns; Registration Starts Saturday; Democrats Meet Here Tonight Boone and Blowing Rock, Watau ga county's only two incorporated :owns, will each elect a mayor and '.hree-member board of aldermen at elections to be held Tuesday, May 8, 1945, and candidates are to be placed ;n the field soon. In Boone, the governing board is selected from partisan tickets, and the Democrats are to meet in nomi- * nating convention this (Thursday) evening in the courthouse to name the candidates. The Republicans have not announced the date for their convention. In Blowing Rock, where partisan politics does not figure in the nomi nations, a mass meeting will be held in the school auditorium next Mon day evening for the purpose of nominating a citizens ticket. Registration will be open in both towns next Saturday and the books .viii remain open through Saturday, ^pril 28. Saturday, May 5, is chal enge day. The election officials in ?ach instance are as follows: Boone: Registrar, Howard Cot rell; I judges, Barnard Dougherty ind Clyde R. Greene. Blowing Rock: Mrs. N. C. Greene, ?egistrar; H. E. Coffey and Paul jragg, judges. RED CROSS MEETS GARMENT QUOTA tnilting Chairman Thanks Knillars for Loyalty in Again Meeting Producton Goal Mrs. W. M. Burwell, knitting chairman for the American Red Cross here, announces that the lo cal chapter has again met its quota of knitted garments for the armed services, having recently shipped 225 pairs of navy gloves and 66 sleeveless sweaters. Mrs. Burwell takes occasion to thank the many knitters for their co-operation and loyalty to the cause, and states that an appropriate badge has been provided in recog nition of their unselfish efforts. Knitters who have made 500 hours and over may receive these bad&?s by calling at the Red Cross rooms ?n Tuesday or Thursday. Another quota of knitting has been assigned the local chapter, consisting of 133 sweaters for the army reserves, and volunteer knit ters will be given notice when the materials for this quota are deliv ered. Pvt. Jernigan Wounded In Fight For Germany Mrs. Thomas D. Jernigan, the for mer Miss Lillian Greene, of Blow ing Rock, has been informed of the wounding of her husband, Pvt. Thomas Jernigan, somewhere in Germany. Since receiving the official noti fication, direct word from Pvt. Jer nigan is that he is recovering rapid ly in an evacuation hospital. Nazis Killed 577,000 In Latvia Camps London, April 9?Two Wehrmacht field marshals and 86 other Ger mans were named responsible for the death of 577,000 persons in con centration camps in Latvia and the deportation of 175,000 others as slave labor in a 6,000-word report tonight by a Soviet investigating committee. CRASH OF NAVY GUN CREW INCLUDES BANNER ELK MAN Okinawa, April 9?A navy gun crew aboard the U S. Marine Third amphibious flagship, which claims one Rising Sun plane, which crashed about 2,000 yards away during a Jap attack, included three North Carolinians. They are: Coxswain Gardner B. Aldridge. of Banner Elk; Boatswain's Mate Warren E. Ceuse, of Grifton, and Seaman Bur ton Brown of Asheville. A Correction On behalf of the Boon* Mer chants Association. The Demo crat calls attention to an error appearing in an advertisement is regard to the Core Creek haakat ball team last week, in which It waa stated that Paul Bingham is the coach. Aa a matter of fact the praeent coach of th* _ winning team ia Sam Osborne. Mr. J. E. Clay, president of I Merchants Association, i the error Tory much, and that it oocurred aa ? recall of rwltln#wnii?lln?
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