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. / ; y> ? v ? >:" " J '-m4 & ? ; : ?7"0 iT M ! .. * ? ' 43r',; rl '$0$?l ' An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 868. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THUB8DAY, JUNE 14, 1949 VOL. LVII, NO. 50 RAYMOND SMITH TO SPEAK HERE ON NEXT FRIDAY Mew State Highway Commis sioner Guest of Chamber of Commerce; Other Highway Officials to Gather for Import ant Session of C. of C. Hon. Raymond Smith, newly ap pointed State highway commission er for the Eighth division, will be a special guest at the Chamber of Commerce! dinner meeting Friday evening at the Gateway Cafe, ac _ cording to H. W. Wilcox, president, who states that a number of other highway department officials will likely be present on this occasion. Since this is to be one of the most important meetings of the year, and will be largely attended, Mr. Wilcox suggests that all members of the Chamber of Commerce ad v i s e RuasellaE). Hodges or C. A. Price of their intentions, so that dinner reser vations may be made. LL Col. Cook to Attend L>t. Col. Olen Cook, of Blowing Rock, will be present, and tell some thing of his experiences as a mem ber of the general staff air corps, and his Work during the 18 months he ?pent in Italy. Officers of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce have been asked*to attend. The membership campaign con tinues, the latest additions to the list being Standard Oil Co., W. H. Gragg, W. C. Greene, S. C. Eggers, J. E. Hoishouser, Grady Farthing and At lantic Greyhound Corporation. Oth ers desiring to join the Chamber of Commerce are asked to do so at <mc% MANY REGISTER AT APPALACHIAN School Enrollment | War fas Pro at CoUsps The first summer term of Appa lachian College got under way Tues day and at the close of the day, | Registrar H. R. Eggers revealed that I AM had been registered, with pros- 1 pelts that when enrollment is com plete. about 600 will have entered the local institution. This is by far the heaviest wartime registration at the college, and the frst^ay's regis tration is exactly 118 more than was | the case a year ago. Mr. Eggers states that all dormi tory space on the campus has been filled for about two week*, and that many teachers are finding places in the homes of the community. Among the states now represented on the campus are: Virginia, Tennes see, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida. ^ Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Jersey, Michi gan and Ohio. Interesting is the fact that this year about three tine many graduate students ar? regis- | tere^^s ever before. Ration Guide Frocsased Foods June Blue stamps N2 through S2, ?expire June 30; T2 through X2, ex pire July 31; Y2, Z2, Al, Bl, CI, ex pire August 31; D1 through HI, ex pire September 30. Meals, Fats Red stamps E2 through J2. expire 30; K2 through P2 expire July I; Q2 through US, expire Aug. 31; 1 through Y2, expire Sept SO. stamp 36 expires Aug. 31. Shoos stamps Nos. 1, 2 and 3, ] in Bo&?k Three, continue valid in definiter New stamp valid Aug. 1. V Gasoline A19 coupows good for four gallons each through Vune 21. B6 and B7, ?OS and C7 coupons good for five coupons for second June SO. No certificates fkjr new tires will I be issued to wllgfhfa applicants if| present tires can be \ repaired or capped. Any tint that shows abuse by running beyond tl^e point of re capping will not be Mew HbhL. j Five new blue worth 10 points each ? a total al 80 points ? and five red stamps, uo worth 10 its each for a total \ of 80 valid for , foods, meats and fata, < on June 1. The five new blue l_ E-l, F-t, G-l and fi red stamps are V-2, and Z-2. These r stamps, valid June 1, through September Through scientific a sheep without has been developed. Promoted i Mr. M. J. O'Sullivan. who hu been manager of lhe local Crest stores lor mm than a yar and a hall goes to North WUkMboro Friday where ha becomes mana ger of tho Croat store there. tho largest ono of tho nine establish ments in tho organization. Mr. O'Sullivan cam# to Boon* from St. Louis. whir* ho was with the 8. S. Krssge Co., and during his loc? raaidonco has boon active In tho affairs of the Chamber of Com merce, Meirhaiils Association and t Lions Club. Ho is particular^ fond of thia community and her people and regrets that his plb motion Idlh^M^ Crest firm ne cessitates he and his famUy "mov ing to ?eaO?? town. AUSSffiSPLUNGE ON IN ATTACKS ON NORTH BORNEO ? General MacArthur Makes Bold Bid for Oil fnd Rubber of Rlc|? Island; Advances General On All Fronts; Naval Forces Pave the War Manila, June tl ? Sweating Aus tralian troops plunged steadily in land in British' North Borneo against negligible resistance today after four unopposed landings in the Brunei bay area Sunday, as Gen. Douglas MacAsthur bid boldly for the oil and rubber of > the world's third larges^island. Already the invasion had secured for the Allied navies Brunei bay, one of the Southwest Pacific's finest anchorages only 800 miles from Singapore; swept through the ruin ed town of Brooke ton, where new Japanese oil machinery lay ready to be taken to the wells, and secur ed the town of Victoria and Labuan airfield on Labuan island. Brunei, capital town of the Brit ish protectorate of the same name, was the next objective, and already the Australians had plodded within 13 miles of it in the oppressive trop ical heat The Australians, members of the tough ninth infantry division ? the famed "Desert Rats" of Tobruk and El Alamein ? hit the deserted beach es Sunday at 9:15 a. m., at four points, on the southeastern tip of Labuan island at the mofah of Brunet bay, on Muara island, also in the bay, at Brunei bluff and at Brooketon town. Advancesr were general on all fronts, and within two hours after the initial landings McArthur him self went ashore with his air forces commander, Gen. George C. Ken ney, and other top officers. MacArthur' s regular headquarters communique here this morning did not mention the landings, but a headquarters spokesman announced them, and front correspondents wirelessed back detailed accounts of the breathleeslyCoasy operation. They credited the smoothness of the job to daring naval forces which penetrated Brunei bay three days ahead of "D-Day", removed 70 Jap mines from the channel, set up buoys and charted the waters right up to shore under sporadic Jap fire. 50 Nations Adopt Plan For Peace San Ftancisco, June 12? The heart of a new world charter ? provisions for a security counci l to enforce peace and back up its decisions with armed might ? was approved unani mously late today by a United Na tions conference commission. Accepted by diplomats of SO na tions at a public session in San Fran cisco's opera house was a committee report which termed these provis ions "a great historic development" and the keystone of a peace struc ture. 1 BLOWING ROCK TO HAVE IMPROVED ELECTRIC LINES i r Resort City Guaranteed Ade quate Electric Current, as REA Lets Contract for 44,000-Volt LRie From Lenoir, Casting $425,000 Blowing Rock was assured of abundant electric power fori many years to come by" the Blue Ridge Electric .membership Corporation in a meetftg of its board of directors Saturday, wh4n a contract was let for the construction of a. 44,000- volt transmission line from Lenoir through West Jefferson, via Blow ing Rock and Boone. The contract was signed by B. O. Vannort, engineer, the consideration being around $425,000, and the REA hopes to start construction on the line the latter part of the summer, in an effort to have the project com pleted before the severe winter weather arrives. ? A delegation of Blowing Rock citizens attended the meeting of the board and expressed pleasure at hearing of the plans for the expan ded service. Inasmuch as Blowing Rock's postwar plans include the canitruction of numerous houses, hotels, etc., the matter of adequate electric energy is of vital import ance. ^ ^ DELMER POTTER A WAR CASUALTY ? Son of Mr. aad Mrs. Lafayette Pot ter Loses Life in Okinawa Campaign Dekner hotter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Potter, of North Fork township, has been killed in the fighting in the Okinawa area, ac cording to official word reaching the family, but no details of his death were contained in the terse message from the Wajt Department. Mr. Pot ter is the firn man from his imme diate neighborhood to lose his life in the present war. Besides the parents he is survived by the widow and four small chil dren. Y&nlu Launch All-Out Smash Against Japs On Okinawa Island An all-out American smash against the last-stand position of the Japs on Okinawa was reported by Fleet Admiral Nrmitz Wednesday less than 24 hours after it was dis closed the Nips had ignored a Yank offer to negotiate for their ftrrender and spare them from inevitable death. Yank marines and soldiers were atop Okinawa's southern escrapfe ment where the Japs must fight and die with their backs to the sea. B-29's Burn Out 102 Square Miles In Six Jap Cities' Guam, June 12 ? B-29's have burn ed out or damaged 102.67 square miles of urban-industrial areas in Japan's six largest cities, 21st bomb command headquarters announced today. Nearly four square miles of Kobe and more than three square miles of Osaka were burned out in Super fortress bombings June 5 and 7, re spectively, reconnaissance photo graphs disclosed. TOe daily attacks on the Jap home land were begun last Thursday, when B-29's heavily raided the Osaka arsenal and war plants, and have continued with B-28V army Mustangs and Thunderbolts, fleet carrier planes and marine Corsairs all taking a hand in J>lasting indus trial and military targets. Local Rural Carrier Is Honored by State Ass'n. Clyde Winebarger has been noti fied that he hag been unanimously elected a member of the executive committee of the North Carolina Rural Carrier's Association, to suc ceed Ray Hendren, of Gilreath, who baa resigned as rural carrier. The other manflbers of the committee are Taylpr Melvin of Fayetteville, and Roy Moot* of Belmont. Mrs. Wine barger was elected a member of the Auxiliary executive committee at the regular convention in Raleigh last July. The state association haa 900 members and is a member of the national association with over *>, 000 members. War Bride* Arrive in U. S. From Britain A group of mora than SO Eogliih girls who married Amerioan sol diers arrived from Europe aboard the USS Barry. Photo shows mm *he war bridee who loft for all parts of the country to hnm? of their American husbands. 2* LOCAL MEN ON -ILL-FATED SHIP Cecil Farthing and Olan Goodnight Mtmb<n of Craw of U.S.S. Bates Cecil Farthing, seaman first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed G. Farthing, and Olen Goodnight, seaman first class, son of Mrs. J. L. Goodnight, both of Boone, are revealed to have been members of the crew of the U.S.S. Bates, one of four ships which the navy said Monday had been sunk off Okinawa. The local men had been ship mates on the Bates since she was commissioned almost two years ago. The vessel was a high speed aux iliary transport, normally carrying 150 to 190 me i}, is reported to have suffered 60 casualties. Lieut. Com. Henry A. Wilmerding, who was in command, was wounded. - The Bates^iad crossed the Atlan tic 16 times, and participated in the invasion of Normandy. On going to the Pacific it had been in some of the major naval ^gagements, in cluding Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Mrs. Goodnight has received a let ter from her son, written after the destruction of the Bates, in which he says: "Cecil and I are still side by side and as healthy as we were when we left the states." Farm Insecticides Manufactured Here Southern Agricultural Insecticides, which maintains principal offices in Hendersonville, N. C., and Palmet to, Fla., has purchased a warehouse near the bus terminal from the Building and Loan, where they are engaged in compounding a complete line of farm insecticides and fungi cides. 0 It is pointed out by the manage ment that in cases where farmers fcre having trouble with insects, they may call and get field service. Recommendations will gladly be made as to plant diseases and bug and insect control. The firm states that its beetle dust is far superior to the pre-war product, and that their cabbage dust should particu larly appeal to local farmers. The business is operated on a wholesale basis. ? Mr. T. E. Smoak, of Miami, Fla., is manager of the local plant and will reside hex* each year from May to October, returning to Florida for the winter season. Chatham Buy* Wool. From Watauga Pool r I - .I ? ii i The Watauga wool pool has been sold to the Chatham Manufacturing Company, Elkin, for the following prices: 54 cents for clear wool and 1 49 cents for light burry. Chatham specified that it would not buy any wool belonging to peo ple outside Watauga county. The wool will be token up on Wednes day, June 17, and Thursday, June 28. A schedule giving the different places where wool will be token up is being mailed to each sheepman in the county.' Sugar Grove Postof f ice Goes Into Second Class The postoffice at Sugar Grove, oldest postal establishment in the county, has been made a third class office, Representative Dough ton has been informed. Vardry Mast Is poet mastor. SGT. WELCH BACK FROM NAZI CAMP Deep Gap Man Aided bjr Under ground in Efforts to Evade Capture by Gorman* Sgt. Paul Welch, son of Mrs Wal ter Welch and the late Mr. Welch, of Deep Gap, arrived Sunday to spend 60 days j^rith home folks, after hav ing speru 15 months as a prisoner of the German government Sgt. Welch, who was a member of a crew of a bomber shot down over Holland, states that he was supplied civilian clothes by the underground, passports were arranged, and that he traveled (often on German ve hicles) to a point near the Spanish border, ?before being arrested, 30 days after th? bomber crashed. He states that the Germans did not treat him too haqbly, the worst part of his experience being the one-meal-a day soup diet, and the long periods of confinement in box cars while camps were being moved from the path of the allied armies. He had loat 40 pounds of weight, but other wise says he is in good shape. Sgt. Welch has a brother, Frank Welch, who was in the army which liberated his camp, but he knew nothing of his being there until he returned home. WILDLIFE CLUB TO HAVE FISH FRY ? Officers to Be Named at Meeting of Sportsmen to Be Held This Evening at Legion Hut The Watauga Wildlife Club will hold a fish-fry at the American Legion hut this (Wednesday) eve ning at 8 o'clock, at which time new officers of the organization will be elected, it is stated by President Jake V. Caudill. At the same time a new set of by laws will come up for the approval 6f the club, designed to permit the local club to become affiliated with the North Carolina Wildlife Fede ration. An effort is being made to secure a speaker, and an interesting pro gram is being arranged for the gath ering. A full attendance of the member ship is urgently requested. Blowing Rock Post Office Steps Up in Class Blowing Rock, June 11 ? Postmasti ter G. M. Sudderth announces that effective July 1, the Blowing Rock post office goes from class three to class two. He states that this Is due to the increase in business through the office. This means that all em ployees of the office go under civil service as of that date. Mr. Sudderth states that this wUl provide five employees, in addition to himself, during the summer sea son and two during the winter. While the mail will be put in boxes on Sundays after July 1st, the windows will not be open on Sundays, nor will packages be delivered. Crippled Children7* Clime Is Announced Dr. John S. Gaul, of Charlotte, will be In the district health office in Boone on June 20, at 1:S0 p. m,, for the purpose of conducting a clinic for crippled children. All cripples in the county who de sire medical attention are urged to attend this clinic. ^ ? ?1J0 A YBABr-5e A COPY BOX SUPPER TO ~ SPUR SALES W E' BONDS HERE Cottrell Twins and Harry Him ilton to Auction Box Lustka; Program of Musk, Other Fm tares to EnlWpn Gathering Thursday Evening An old-fashioned) box supper, de signed to accentuate the sale of se ries E War Bonds, anfi to bring to a successful conclusion the Seventh War Loan campaign in Watauga, will be held at the Boone high school auditorium at 8 o'clock Thursday evening, June 14, says Clyde It Greene, local war fund chairman, who states that a program of music and other entertainment features will be provided for the gala occa sion. . The Cottrell twins and Hairy Hamilton will comprise the auc tioneering staff and their riotous per formance will highlight the evening Boxes will be auctioned for E bond purchases, and the ladies of the community are being asked to sup ply the boxes, while the men are being depended upMI for the cash. Thursday being Flag Day, Mr. Greene states that it is a most ap propriate time to put the extra push behind the War Loan campaign, and place Watauga county in the po sition of maintaining her unAoken record of surpassing her quota in every war-financing appeal. Latest reports indicate that while Watauga has already passed her overall quota, the E bond quota has been less than half subscribed. In dividuals have bought only $40,000 worth of bonds as against the.<E quota of $136,000.* Mr. Greene and others of the war savings staff in sist thai there be complete co-opera tion in the closing days of the cam paign, so that the quota may be reached in both categories of bond sales. " ^ JOE MAST HURT * AS RIFLE IS FIRED Nins-Yeaz-Old Bon s< Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mast, Critically Injured Mb Gun Goes Otk fl l ~k ' > % ? Joe Mast, nine-year-old son M Mr. and Mrs. Ed B. Mast, <rf Adams, was critically injured by a bullet from a .22 calibre rifle, accidentally fired by a neighbor youth, Bill Brown, 14, as the lad played in the yard of Mr. J. C. Hodges Saturday afternoon. The bullet entered the right side of the lower abdomen, and passed through the body, and so serious was the injury that for a time grave doubts were entertained as to the child's recovery. However, late re ports from the Wilkes Hospital, where the boy was taken immedi ately following the accident, indi cate that he has survived a slight attack of pneumonia, and is definite ly improved, with brightening chances for his recovery. CECIL GREENE, seaman second class, who has completed his boot training at a naval technical training school in Memphis, Tenn., is spend ing the week at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Greene. He will return to Memphis Sunday, where he will take courses in radio, radar, etc.
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