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Watauga democrat o ArP Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. WATCH the LABEL on ron pqw m I TOUT subacTtpaoai wl &?1? yvor p?p?r will ?oon.r mm?. 1 opvrmtlae Itilclly M ? to tkla nl*. VOL. LVII, NO. 21 BO^NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1945 $1.50 A YEAR? 5c A COPY FARMERS TO VOTE ON AAA SET-UP DURING NEXT WEEK Final Appeal to Get Out and Vote is Issued by Chairman of Triple-A Committee; Sched ule of Polling Places and Dates; Tobacco Cards to Be Given Out A final appeal to "get out and vote" has been directed to Watauga county farmers by Chairman W. W. Mast, of the county AAA commit tee. Farmers in 20 communities will ballot next week on the AAA com mitteemen who will represent and assist them the coming year. A big turnout of voters will de monstrate the Watauga county farmers believe in the elected com mitteemen system which enables farmers to run their own farm pro grams, Mr. Mast said. On the oth er hand, a small turnout might be interpreted to mean that farmers are not interested in having their j programs run by farmers. With many reconversion prob lems ahead, the AAA committeemen will have heavy responsibilities in 1946. They will be handling details of government programs and also voicing the opinions of local farmers on recommendations for new or im proved programs. Committeemen elections will be held in Watauga county at the fol lowing places on November 30, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.: Winebarger's store (Zionville); Green Valley school (Meat Camp; Elkland school (Todd); Deep Gap school; Simmons' store (Triplett); City Hall (Blowing Rock); Bamboo school (Blue Ridge) Greene's Serv ice station (East Boone); AAA office CBoone); Harmon's store (Lovill); Community House (Reese); Bethel school; Vance Harmon's store; Vic tor Ward's store; Sherwood's store; Mabel school; Howard Thomas' store; C. P. Moore's store (Foscoe); Howard Mast's store (Valle Crucis); Clyde Tester's store (Shawneehaw). The county convention will be held at the AAA office in Boone on Saturday, December 1. It is likely that some changes will be made in the polling places, in which cases voters will receive a letter telling of the change. Mr Mast pointed out that approx imately 2,000 farmers are eligible to vote in the elections this year. Any farmers who participate in the agricultural conservation, or Federal crop insurance programs may vote. Five farmers will be chosen as committeemen in each community ? three as regular committee members and two as alternates. Also elected will be a delegate to the county counvention to be held later, where the county committee of three mem bers will be elected. THANKSGIVING IS BEING OBSERVED Mm! Business Places Take Holiday; Postoffice and Other Public Offices Closed Most of the business houses of Boone are observing Thanksgiving Thursday by closing their houses, all the membership of the Boone Mer chants Association being affected by the closing rule, ^nd there will be little public activity during the day other than at the cafes, some serv ice stations, and perhaps the drug stores. At the same time, the bank, post office, city and county offices will observe the holiday, and some of the churches are announcing special services in the ehurch column of The Democrat today. TWENTY NAZI WAR CRIMINALS GO ON TRIAL Nuernberg. Germany, Nov. 20. ? Twenty topflight Nazis, once mas ters of Europe, sat meekly in a small oak-paneled courtroom today and listened to a five-hour recital of war crimes for which they may answer with their lives. The fallen leaders, stripped of both their arrogance and their gau dy military trappings, were outward ly calm ? some of them even appear ing bored ? as the 24,000-word in dictment was read at the opening session of the international war crimes tribunal. HIGGIN8 TO PROSECUTE TOJO Carlisle W. Higgins, United States attorney for the middle district of North Carolina, will be appointed first assistant attorney to lead in the prosecution BT ToJo at the trial of the Japanese war criminals slated to begin early in 1946, it was re vealed in Greensboro Monday. New Police Officer SCRUGGS ADDED TO POLICE FORCE Accelerated Program of Law En forcement is Started by the Town Mr. O. L. Scruggs, Alabama na tive, more recently of West Jeffer son, has been added to the local po lice department in line with the town government's policy of in creased vigilance in the matter of law enforcement, and Mrs. Scruggs and one son will join the officer when suitable living accommoda tions are found. Mr. Scruggs, who has had wide experience in law enforcement over a period of years, expresses himself as being well pleased with the com munity, and doesn't seem to regard the enforcement problem here as being too serious. A number of ar rests have been made on charges of public drunkenness, but a good por tion of the new officers' time has been taken in an effort to get the traffic situation on Main street straightened out. The traffic lights have been placed in operation again, motorists are being cited for non observance of the signals, double parking has been eliminated, except in cases of emergency, and the alt uation is vastly improved. Warren Named New Head of N. C. Baptists Rev. J. C. Canipe of Boone. Elected Second Vice-Prtfcident of State Convention Raleigh ? The State Baptist Con vention, in a whirlwind concluding session Friday, shelved for at least a year a proposal to expand the Bible department of Wake Forest College into a school of religion, and defeated a proposal to assume the debt of the Baptist hospital in Win ston-Salem. Earlier, Dr. C. C. Warren, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Char lotte, was elected president, succeed ing Dr. Ralph E. Herring of Winston Salem. W. H. Weatherspoon of Ra leigh, was a close runner-up. Other officers named were the Revs. J. Winston Pearce of Durham, first vice-president; J. C. Canipe of Boone, second vice-president, and Leroy M. Martin of Raleigh, a lay man, third vice-president. The body selected Asheville as its 1946 meet ing place. John P. Houck, 68, Claimed by Death John Preston Houck, 68 years old, died at the local hospital Wednes day of last week, and funeral serv ices were conducted from the Zion Methodist Church in Ashe county Friday morning. Rev. W. L. Scott, of Pekesville, was in charge of the service and interment was in the family cemetery at Miller's Creek. Mr. Houck was a native of Todd, but moved to Boone in 1925, and had been employed by Appalachian State Teachers College since that time. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Alice McGuire; two sons and one daughter: Stanley Houck, Boone; Willard Houck, Miller's Creek; Mrs. H. C. Abernethy, Char lotte; and one sister, Mrs. W. E. Scott of Todd, and three grandchil dren. LUKE LEA DIES Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 19 ? Death came last night to 66-year-old Luke Lea, onetime publisher and power in Tennessee politics and the man who led a party to ex-Kaiser Wilhelm's Dutch retreat in an abortive effort to kidnap him. A United States senator at 31, Lea became a colonel of field artillery in World War 1. The printing press was invented i about the middle of the 13th cen tury. O. L. SCRU^b COUNTY TEACHERS MEET AT LOCAL HIGH SATURDAY Miss Beasley Tells Teachers of Junior Red Cross; Represen tatives of Local School Units Give Reports of Work; Color ed School Gets Prize Teachers of Watauga county schools met at Appalachian high] school last Saturday, following a session of the various committees, designed to make plans for the as sociation's future activities. During the course of the business meeting reports of the different committees were made by their re spective chairmen, told of programs drafted for the next two meetings of the tutors. Rev. E. F. Troutman, Lutheran minister, led in the devotionals, and Miss Antoinette Beasley described activities of the Junior Red Cross, and the rapidity with which it has grown in the United States and for eign lands. She displayed examples of work done by Junior Red Cross groups and said these service ac tivity could be readily adapted to work projects in the school. The last portion of the program covered reports of representatives most of the school groups of the county, on activities conducted dur ing National Education Week and National Book Week. Those repre senting the different schools were: Green Valley, A. E. Moretz; Bethel, Grady Tester; Blowing Rock, Mrs. John Barden; Cove Creek, Mrs. Dare Strother; Mabel, Mrs. Duth Roland; Appalachian elementary, Miss Christine Innings; Appalachian high, Miss Mary Madison. The prize which had been offered to the best one-teacher and two teacher schools in the county for the best displays of work done by the students during National Educa tion Week and National Book Week, went to the Boone colored school. Following the meeting the teach ers visited the different rooms in the high and elementary schools, saw the bulletin boards and other displays arranged during the we4k. Samples of work done in other schools were displayed in the study haU. Local Lions Club Inducts New Members The Boone Lions Club initiated the following new members at its meeting held Tuesday evening: Ra leigh Cottrell, A. E. Hamby, John H. Thomas, Eugene Garbee, John C. Martin and Herbert Wey. The initiation was conducted by the Lions education committee, J. C. Canipe, chairman. Conducting the catechism were Lions C. A. Price and J. E. Hdlshouser. Following the recommendations of the examin ing committee. Lion Canipe spoke on what a Lions Club means to its members, the community and civi lization. President Robert C. Bus teed commended candidates upon their acceptance into the club. Lion W. M. Burwell reviewed the success of the eye clinic held re cently and reported that the eyes of 40 children were examined. Guests for the evening were Grant Ayers, Starr Stacy, Mr. Se bastain and Lieut. Wade^ E. Brown. The program for the next meet ing is to be in charge of the mili tary affair* committee and the citi zenship and patriotism committee, Lions Lionel Ward and Clyde R. Greene, chairmen. TWO-CENT POSTAGE Washington, Nov. 20?' The house postoffice committee approved to day a bill to reduce postage on local first-class mail from three to two cents. The radar industry already is six times as big as the radio industry was before the war. I ? ? ? ? Prevent TB ? Buy Christmas Seals Ghost of Japan'* Imperial Fleet Driven off the Ma by U. S. naval might, the Japanese Imperial fleet, a pale ghost of Its once-powerful self, is shown in Kure bay. the graveyard of ships and hopes of world conquest. Truman- Atlee Meet Prime Minister Clement Atilee. ibown in Washington with Presi dent Truman as they entered the White House to continue discus sion of the eventual control of the atom bomb by international au thority. SALE OF BONDS CONTINUE TO LAG Reports of Pending Sales Made by Chairman Who Predicts Better Reports Local sales of governtnent bonds continue to fall behind expectations in the Victory Loan drive, and Chairman Alfred Adams reports the sale of about $45,000 of the securi ties against a quota of $138,000. However, Mr. Adams states that the campaign is beginning to hit its stride, and a number of large sales of bonds are expected to be com pleted for the next report. Inciden tally the house-to-house canvass which has been going on in Boone for a few * days, remains to be re ported, and considerable success is likely to attend this venture. Mrs. Matilda Bingham, 91 Years Old, Dies at Home Near Rutherwood Mrs. Matilda Johnson Bingham, who was 91 years old, died at the home near Rutherwood, where she and Mr. Bingham had resided for 65 years, last Monday. Funeral services for Mrs. Bing ham, who was one of the most be loved ladies of her secton of the county, were conducted from the Boone Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon by the pastor. Rev. Dr. E. K. McLarty, and interment was in the cemetery in the home neighbor hood, Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. The husband, Mr. Duvall Bing ham, who is ft9 years old, survives, together with three sons and two daughters: Jeptha Bingham and D. L. Bingham, Boone; Dr. L. R. Bing ham, Knoxville, Tenn.; Misses Cret tie and Almedia Bingham of the home. A large number of grand children also survive. MANY CONTRIBUTORS TO JR. RED CROSS AT DEEP GAP Miss Dorothy Farthing, sponsor, collected $31.78 for the Junior Red Crow at the Deep-Gap school? Mrs Marie Hamrick's sixth and seventh grade room gave the largest sum, $15.61, and will be rewarded at a picnic arranged by Mrs. Hamrick. The following children gave one dollar or more to the campaign: Bobby Nichols, Harris Greene, Jane Moretz, Kate Greene, Reba Greene, Howard Greene, Ruby Greer, Joan Greene, B. L. Greene, Bobby Mil ler. Sarah Miller. TO OPEN BIDS ON HIGHWAY PROJECT Commissioner Graham Says Bids On Construction Lenoir-Blow ing Rock Road Open 27th Bids on construction of approxi mately four miles of the Lenoir Blowing Rock highway will be open ed in Raleigh on Tuesday, No$. 27, Chairman A. H. Graham of the state highway commission, has announ ced. The bids will be for the grading, surfacing and structures on the four mile section which is about 10 miles from Lenoir. W. Vance Baise, state highway en gineer, stated that the Caldwell project was a part of bids for proj ects on "upwards of $3,000,000" worth of construction in the state for which bids will be opened at that time. Bids were let on this project on Oct. 9 and after being opened, the state highway commission decided to call for new bids. The Caldwell project on Route 321 was bid in at $380?385.80 by a road firm from Fayetteville. The Lenoir-Blowing Rock project will begin at Curtis' store at the end of the present completed road at the foot of the mountain and will run on a line above and east of the pres ent old highway. The new road will be above the water falls and from that point will follow a straight away course for nearly a mile. The project will end at the road now leading to the Ilmetite mines or near Dr. Clyde Hedrick's cabin. Around the old road to the ter minus it is a distance of about five miles but with the shortcut across the peaks of the mountains the dis tance will be reduced to 3.86 miles. The remainder of the distance to Blowing Rock which will be covered under another project, is about 6Wt miles. Ruling for Packages Going Overseas Given Parcels not exceeding 11 pounds in weight, 42 inches in length, or 72 inches in length and girth com bined, and containing articles re quested by the addressee, may be accepted for mailing to army per sonnel overseas, it was announced by John E. Brown, Jr., postmaster. The new ruling went into effect November 15, Mr. Brown said. It will be necessary for the person mailing the package to show that the contents of the package has been requested. EISENHOWER AND NIMITZ NAMED CHIEFS OF STAFF Washington, Nov. 20 ? President Truman today designated General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to head the army and navy. Eisenhower succeeds Gen. George C. Marshall as army chief of staff immediately. His nomination was sent to the senate where confirma tion appeared certain ? all congress men who commented praised the appointment. Meanwhile he will serve as acting chief of staff. Nimitz will replace Admiral Er nest J. King as chief of naval opera tions after Christmas. Meanwhile Nimitz will return to his Pacific fleet command. 1.500 AVIATORS LISTED MISSING Tokyo, Nov. 19 ? More than 1,500 American airmen still are listed as missing after combat missions over Japan, it was disclosed today, and army investigators have begun a vigorous search for information re garding their fate. BOONE, TWIN-CITY GROUPS PLANNING FOR BETTER 421 Highway Project Into Tennessee and Virginia Takes Attention of Chamber of Commerce; Many From Winston-Salem Attend; Another Meeting Dec. 6 | Chamber of Coffimerce members of Boone and Winston-Salem met here last Thursday evening to dis cuss improvements of highway 421 from Winston-Salem to Boone, and Complete modernization of the route leading from the Watauga metro polis to Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Highway committees from the two Chambers of Commerce will serve as a joint group to further such im provements as straightening and widening of the Boone-Winston-Sa lem highway, and to enlist the co operation of the states of Tennessee and Virginia in making of the road a strictly improved interstate artery I of travel. To MmI December 6 H. W. Wilcox, of the Boone Cham ber of Commerce, states that a joint North Carolina - Virginia-Tennessee highway meeting will be held in Boone on December 6, at which time the tri-state delegation will lay plans for a better Wfchway 421 from Wilmington to join the Lee high way in Virginia, providing a com mercial highway from Virginia to Tennessee to the North Carolina coast, traversing the most scenic section of the North Carolina moun tains. Asks Three-lane Road At Thursday's meeting Represen tative S. C. Eggers, member of the local highway committee, called for the construction of a three-lane highway from Boone to Winston Salem, and Santford Martin, editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, spoke, calling to mind that 25 years ago a similar group from Winston Salem and Boone met to establish plans for a highway between the two towns, which came to be known as the Boone Trail Highway. The Boone Chamber of Commerce Highway committee is composed of S. C. Eggers, Dr. B. B. Dougherty, Clyde R. Greene, W. H. Gragg and H. G. Farthing. The meeting was attended by about 50 Boone people, and the fol lowing composed the Winston-Salem delegation: William T. Ritter and R. D. Harwick, representing the Cham ber of Commerce; Santford Martin, Roy Craft, Tom Cash, F. J. DeTam ble, Wade Gilliam, J. H. Early and Charlie Church. XMAS SEAL SALE IS UNDER WAY Wataugans Asked to Purchase On* Thousand Dollars Worth of Health Stickers The annual sale of Tuberculosis Christmas Seals started Monday and will continue until Christmas Day, during which Watauga county peo ple will be asked to buy a minimum of $1,050 worth of the little stickers, the proceeds of which are to be used for the continuance of the fight against tuberculosis. Mr. J. V. Caudill, chairman of the Christmas Seal sale locally, says that as was the case last year, the sheets of stamps will be mailed out to different individuals in the town and county, and they are being ask ed to mail their remittances back promptly in the envelopes provided for the purpose. The following gives some idea of the work of the National Associa tion for the Eradication of Tubercu losis, which is financed by the sale of Christmas Seals: When the National Tuberculosis Association was founded in 1904 by a group of physicians and laymen, the TB death rate in the United States was nearly 200 per 100,000 population. There were fewer than 10,000 hospital beds for the care of tuberculosis patients. Since 1904, the tuberculosis death rate has been cut 75 percent. There are now 100,000 hospital beds for tuberculosis patients. The tuberculosis control work of the National Tuberculosis Associa tion and its affiliates is financed by the sale of Christmas Seals. Of the funds received In the nation-wide Seal sale, 95 percent is spent in the state and five percent goes to the national association. The army engineers have perfect ed a four-pound water purification unit capable of prodadng a half gallon a minute.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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