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VOL. LVII, NO. 35 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1946
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R. L DOUGHTON
WILL RUN AGAIN
FOR CONGRESS
Veteran Ninth District Solon
to Seek 19th Term in House;
May Not Have Opposition in
Either Primary or General
Election r.
Yielding to the defnands of the
public in general and .the people of
the Ninth district in particular, Rep
resentative Robert L. Doughton, 82
year-old dean of the North Carolina
delegation in congress and chairman
0t the house ways and means com
mittee longer than any other man in
history, announced Saturday that he
would seek re-nomination for his
19th consecutiv? house term in the
May 25 Democratic primary.
Mr. Doughton's announcement
was brief and to the point. He said:
"I am today filing, with the
chairman of the state board of elec
tions notice of my candidacy for re
nomination as representative in
congress from the Ninth congres
sional district, subject to the Demo
cratic primary on May 25."
There was more to it, of course,
than the mere text of the announ
cement. Mrs. Doughton, his wife for
48 yeans, died recently and was
buried in Alleghany county while
her surviving family received mes
sages of condolence from thousands
of people in all parts of the country.
Grief stricken by the blow, Mr.
Doughton has had his heavy con
gressional duties to keep him occu
pied and he and his friends, have
always feared that retirement would
be the wrong thing for him to do.
The determining factor was said
to be the demand of the people of
his district, Democrats and Republi
cans alike. Mr. Doughton took the
district seat from a Republican in
the 1910 general election, taking of
fice March 4, 1911. Since then, the
Republicans have been unable to
give the veteran representative any
serious opposition. It is believed,
this year, as in 1942, the Ninth dis
trict G.O.P. may work things out
in its own ranks to prevent Mr.
Doughton from having to bother
with Republican opposition.
There is still another element
back of Mr. Doughton's announce
ment- With no state or senatorial
election this year, Ninth district
Democrats need some stimulus to get
them to the polls. Farmer Bob al
ways draws them to the polls. Had
he decided to retire, a wide-open
race, with repercussions would have
developed that might have given the
Republicans a chance at the con
gressional seat
Contracts For Rural
Power Lines Awarded
Award of contracts totaling $2,
300,000 for construction of 2,200
miles of rural electric lines in North
Carolina under the Rural Electrifi
cation Authority program was an
nounced in Charlotte Thursday at
the office of B. O. Vannor. consult
ing engineer.
The project, reported to be the
largest program of simultaneous
rural electrical construction work
ever undertaken in the state, will
affect 6,500 farm homes in 41 of
North Carolina's 100 counties.
Thursday's announcement follow
-ed a series of conferences of the elec
tric memebrship co-operatives in
volved and the consulting engineer.
Among the membership corpora
tions affected by the contract
awards is the Blue Ridge of Lenoir,
of which G. F. Messick is manager.
Already serving some 5,00 con
sumers. the Blue Ridge corporation
will add 1,400 more when its 31 1
miles of extensions are completed ii4
Caldwell, Ashe, Watauga and Alle
ghany counties.
Blue Ridge is one of the oldest
rural electrification co-operatives in
the state, having begun operation in
1938
Road Gang Escapee
Retaken in Boone
0 Woodrow Stfcwart, 22, who escap
ed from a road gang of the Catawba
prison camp in Alexander county
Tuesday of last week while serving
18 to 20 years for highway robbery
in Watauga county, was re-taken in'
Boone Wednesday afternoon by
Dudley Locke, superintendent of the
Catawba camp, and Fred L. Alley,
district prison supervisor.
Stewart is accused of stealing a
1940 Plymouth car in Taylorsville
and driving it to the outskirts of
Boone, where it was found aban
doned. officers said.
Mr. John N. Thomas left Tuesday
lor his home in Ardmore, Pa., after
a three months' stay with his son,
John H. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas
at their home in Cherry Park.
Seeks Re-election
ROBERT L. DOUGHTON
P.-T.A. OBSERVES
FOUNDERS' DAY
Twenty-fifth Year of Organization
Noted at Monthly Meeting
Monday Evening
The twenty-fifth year of its or
ganization was marked Monday eve
ning when the Boone Rarent-Teach
er Association met for its regular
monthly meeting.
Rev. E. F. Troutman was chair
man of the program, introducing the
following speakers: Miss Katherine
Coble, of the elementary school fac
ulty; Mrs. Wiley G. Hartzog; Mrs.
Grace Councill, former president of
the organization, and Rev. J. K. Par
ker, president. Mr. Parker's address
was a challenge to the association,
the key-word being "Together." Said
Mr. Parker, "The hope of the found
ers of the P.-T.A. was, briefly, to
promote the welfare of children and
youth through more and better co
operation between parents and
teachers. We can realize this hope by
working together for better homes,
better schools, better health, better
citizenship, better community life,
and better appreciation of cultural
and spiritual values." Mr. Parker
added, "We as parents and teachers
can take one of two courses. We can
rock along lazily, content with what
we have and what we are; or we can
catch the vision, accept the chal
lenge, go to work, and have the su
preme satisfaction of doing a hard
job well."
FOOTBALL PRACTICE TO
BEGIN MARCH 4. AT A.S.T.C.
Coaches Fluey Stewart and Fran
cis Hoover have set Monday, March
4, as the date to begin spring foot
ball practice with the Mountaineers
of Appalachian College. Thirty-five
or more young men are expected on
the field for beginning practice.
Schedules for the coming year are
now being arranged.
Goes to West Jefferson
J. V. CAUDILL
"Sir. J. V. CaudilL, Sr., who for the
past eight years has been manager
of the Reins- Sturdivant Funeral
Homo here, has been made manager
of the company's funeral home in
West Jefferson and took over the
duties there on February 8 He is
succeeded here by Richard E. Kelley,
who was with the organization until
four years ago when he entered the
navy.
Mr. Caudill came io Boone in
November, "1938, from North Wilkes
boro, and has been active in church
and civic life throughout his stay
here. He is a member of the Lions
Club, Snow Lodge No. 363, A. F. &
A. M., and the Junior Order, having
served as councilor in the Junior
Order for four terms und as senior
warden of Snow Lodge.
In the early future Mr. and Mrs.
Caudill will make their home in
West Jefferson and will be joined
by their daughter, Helen, when the
college school term "ends in the
spring. J. V. Caudill, Jr., will remain
in Boone at the Reins-Sturdivant
Funeral Home.
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED HERE
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Plans Outlined at Meeting of
Volunteer Workers to Quickly
Raise County's Quota of $5,100;
Regional Officials Address
Gathering
Launching the campaign for the
Red Cross Roll Call which began
in the county on Monday, 40 vol
unteer workers met Thursday night
for a canteen supper served under
the supervision of Miss Elizabeth
Bridge at the high school home eco
nomics department.
Guest' speakers were Miss Elea
nor Jones, assistant Red Cross di
rector in the Pacific area; Mrs. Mar
ian Ritzert, of Lincolnton, district
Red Cross supervisor for western
North Carolina, and Mr. Starr N.
Stacy, veteran of World War II, and
member of Appalachian College fac
ulty. Their talks brought out de
tailed information pertaining to Red
Cross work in the Pacific, in local
disaster relief and in dealing with
service men and women everywhere.
In speaking to the volunteer work
ers, Clyde R. Greene, co-chairman
of the campaign, reminded them of
the county's quota of $5,100, and ex
pressed the hope that as the county
had gone over the top on all previ
ous drives, i twould continue the
good work in the current roll call.
3,500 Garments
Contributed in
Clothing Collection
Garments numbering 3,500 were
contributed in the recent clothing
collection campaign, according to a
report made by Mrs. E. E. Garbee,
chairman of the Victory Clothing
drive.
The people of Watauga county
have contributed a total of 2,074
pounds of clothing to dfete, double
the amount of the collection last
spring. With the exception o I a
few cartons to be tied and shipped,
all clothing has been sent to High
Point where it will be readied for
overseas shipment.
Mrs. Garbee wishes to thank the
ladies who packed the garments and
the Boy Scouts who helped tie the
packages.
Construction Work
To Start Soon On New
T obacco W arehouse
Plans for the location of the new
tobacco warehouse which will be
erected in the near future by a
group of independent buyers, have
been altered in order to prevent any
effects on the residential scction of
western Boone.
The promoters have purchased a
building site just west of the North
State Canning plant, 225 by 300 feet,
from Mr. Alvin Cannon, and it is an
nounced that building operations
will get under way in the near fu
ture. Mr. Cannon states that
he is preparing to erect a modern
service station adjoining the ware
house property.
Teachers To Meet
Next Wednesday
There will be a county-wide teach
ers' meeting at Appalachian high
school next Wednesday, afternoon,
March 6, at 2 o'clock. The program
will be on "A Physical Education
Work Shop."
REV. AND MRS. KEYS RETURN
FROM FLORIDA VACATION
Rev. and Mrs. Walter K. Keys and
son Billy, of Blowing Rock, return
ed last week-end from a vacation
spent at Daytona Beach Sarasota,
Pass-A-Grille Beach and Bradenton,
Fla. While at Daytona Beach, they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Holshouser and Miss Lena
Reeves; of Blowing Rock, who have
a beach cottage there for the season.
At Pasa-A-Grille, they were guests
of Mrs. J. F. Cannon and Mr. and
Mrs. Wade Klutz, who are spending
the winter at this popular resort.
D. It P. WILL NOT BUY ANY
MORE BURLS THIS SEASON
The D. & P. Pipe Works announces
that they will be unable to handle
any more burl* for the 1946 season.
The plant has on hand now approxi
mately 2,000 tons of burls, which is
more than the plant can process
during the next 12 months. q
MEAT PRICESTO BE BOOSTED
A 10 cent hourly pay increase for
131,000 packinghouse employees was
approved Tuesday under the gov
ernment's new wage-price policy,
and OPA said it would boost the
| family meat bill about percent.
Vet Cab Drivers Head to Washington
Chicago veterans who want licenses to operate taxis in Windy
City ihown on their way to Washington. They will present their case
of "monopoly" and ask for federal government aid. They were
joined en route by vets in other cities.
Red Cross Designates March
For Biggest Peacetime Fund
Appeal to American People
R. D. SHOEMAKE j
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Funeral Rile* for Prominent Young
Buiineu Man WU1 B? Held
Thursday at 11 O'clock
Citizens of this section were deep
ly shocked at the untimely death of
Robert Dallas Shoemake, prominent
young business man, who succumbed
at 7:50 Monday evening at the Wat
auga Hospital, following a short ill
ness. Taken to the hospital last
Tuesday, he underwent an operation
for the removal of a ruptured ap
pendix, and remained in a critical
condition until the end.
Mr. Shoemake had been a resident
of Boone for the past twenty years,
having moved from Blowing .Rock
to Boone with Hto parents. Twelve
years ago he married Miss Pauline
Whites ides, of Cherryville. A baby
son was born to Mrs. Shoemake nine
hours after her husband's death.
The baby, weighing 7 Vt pounds at
birth, has been named Robert Dal
las.
For many years the' two Shoemake
brothers, Dallas and Dee, were as
sociated in the plumbing business,
operating in Boone and surround
ing territory. A year ago he estab
lished the Boone Super Cleaners
which he owned and operated until '
his death.
A member of Snow Lodge No. 263,
A. F. Sc A. M., and the Junior Order,
Mr. Shoemake was a well-known
and respected citizen, noted for his
consistent good humor and willing
ness to co-operate wherever he was
needed
Surviving are his widow and in
fant son; his parent*, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Shoemake, Boone; and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters: J. Dee
Shoemake, Boone; Mrs. N*-al Greene,
Kingsport, Tcnn.; Max Shoemake,
Texas, and Wade Shoemake, some
where in Italy with the U. S. army.
Funeral services will be held at
the First Baptist Church Thursday
morning at 1 1 o'clock with Rev.
Raymond Hendrix, Rev. E. C.
Hodges and Dr. E. K. McLarty in
charge. Members of Snow Lodge!
No. 263, A. F. & A. M., will serve as
pallbearers and the Masons will be
in charge of the graveside rites.
Flower girls will be: Mesdames B.
W. Stallings, E. E. Garbee, Lee
Stout, Beach Keller, R. D. Hodges,
Sr., R. C. Rivers, T. M. Greer
Carlton Trotter, Rex Geer, Clare
Simpson, Councill Cooke, Robert
Busteed, J. T. C. Wright, Nell C.
Linney, Ben Miller, Jessie Farthing,
R. W. Watkins, Ralph Beshears,
Emma Stubbs, Gordon Winkler, Joe
Williams, Ruth I. Hackney, Mack
Greer, J. V. Caudill, Sr., Carolyn
Siphers- Margaret McLeod, Guy
Hunt, Jennie Bingham, John Farth
ing, Gordon Nash, Misses Bern ice
Gragg, Delcie Welch, Helen Foster,
Gladys Taylor, Gail Clay, Helen
Caudill- Vera Norri* and Lucille
Wyke.
Greyhound Promises
Better Bus Service
To West Jefferson
According to a letter received by
Mr. J. M. Russell from the Atlantic
Greyhound Corporation, plans are
underway to provide better bus serv
ice between Boone and West Jeffer
son with a schedule that will arrive
in Boone in the morning, returning
to the Ashi; metropolis in the after
noon. The letter stated that the com
pany hopes to have the new sched
ule woWced out sometime within the
near future.
Washington, Feb. 28 ? March 1
heralds the opening of the first post
war fund campaign of the American
Red Cross. Upwards of 3,000,000
volunteer solicitors will begin their
canvass of every home and office in
communities from coast to coast for
$100,000,000, the largest peacetime
fund ever raised by the organiza
tion.
The month of March has be*
designated Red Crow Month by
President Truman, who, in his
proclamation, called for the fullest
support of the organization's cam
paign. Simultaneously Red Cross
Chairman Basil O'Connor and civic
leaden everywhere pointed to the
need for continuing Red Cross serv
ices to able-bodied troops abroad
and in this country, to those in hos
pitals, and to veterans, as well as to
families and dependents of all who
jhave worn the uniform.
Thre* Battle Fronts
"The men in active service, the
hospitalized, and the veterans form
three major Red Cross battle fronts
which victory in the field merely
served to intensify," Mr. O'Connor
said in announcing opening of the
campaign. "Since V-E and V-J days
Red Cross services to these men and
their dependents have increased ma
terially. Added to this are rapidly
growing responsibilities to civilians.
Every American must support his
Red Cross to the utmost so that it
may continue to serve our men in
uniform, whether able-bodied or
hospitalized, our veterans, and peo
ple, adequately."
Red Cross budget estimates are
(Continued on page eight)
Will Addrew Lutheran*
DR. JOHN L. YOST
Dr. John L. Yo*t, president of
the Southern Lutheran Seminary of
Columbia, S. C., and Dr. J. L. Mor
gan, president of the North Car
olina Lutheran Synod, will speak
Wednesday evening, March 6, at
7:30 at the Grace Lutheran Church,
appearing on a urogram sponsored
by the National Xutheran Council
of America ,,
Speaking to the Lutheran Chur
ches of Watauga, these speakers
will deal mainly with the part
these churches must play in rais
ing the $10,000,000 to be used for
Church relief and reconstruction of
Lutheran Chinches in Europe. The
campaign has been planned to ex
tend over a two year period but it
is hoped that the major part of the
sum may be realized during the
year IMS. A portion of this amount
will be used for church reconstruc
tion in the Pacific.
People from all churches in the
community are invited to hear
these two able speakers.
MERCHANTS HOLD
ANNUAL BANQUET
FRIDAY EVENING
Resident of State Merchants
Association is Chief Speaker;
Group Donates $877.50 to Local
High School Band
A capacity crowd filled the Cm
. C*fe banquei room Friday
light when the Boone Merchant Aa
ociation held it, annua!
?d played host to association mera
n Attendance yeCS numberin? "?
Tf' Chester. President of the
ssociation, after a word of welcome
ntroduced the membership com
nittee chairman. Grady Tugman
ln turn introduced the follow -
ng new members: Angel's Cafe
Appalachian Book Store, Artistic
*??uty Salon, Carolina Cafe and
W V? Tr Glft Shop- Craven
urnitbre Company, Home Electric
-ompany, the Economy Store and
Vatauga Hotel. Under the lively
=ide?1"p ?t T. M. Greer and How
ard Cottrell the gathering entered
vhole-heartedly into a program of
mpromptu stunts and group sing
ihere was happy surprise for the
?oosters of the high school Kan^i
vhen Mr. Chester presented a check
o Rev. E. F. Troutman, representing
7? ^ .?ar8^ for the "mount of
752.50, thus bringing the amount
>aid into the band fund by the
Merchants Association to $877 .50.
? ' Tr?utman then introduced
-ee Stout, who accepted the check
>n behalf of the band's finance com
mttee^ of which .he la chairman.
i ?"' " ? ? ? an investment
n our high school band will pay
food dividends."
-,,3^ ot lhe evening was
u 5' Gfeene' President of the
*forth Carolina Merchants Associa
tion. Mr. Greene opened his talk
with a word of praise for Gordon
^Jash director of the school band.
M.r- Nash," he said, "we have a
aand leader second to none? one
who will give us a band not only
wholesome for the boys and girls in
it, but a good advertisement for our
own as well." He then proposed
o l? n^anT1 h*ad tUtUl **
to 52,000, as compared with $1,00*
?sked for in the year past This pro
posal met with the hearty approval
3f the association members and
juests.
Mr. Greene's subject, "Salesman
JP * wa* developed around ten
rules of good salesmanship which
le pointed out, is the oldest occupy
tion known to man and is the basis
, aU trade and commerce. In con
:lusion he said, . if you out
:lass everyday the fellow you were
yesterday you cannot fail to suc
:eed
of *** entertainment
committee for the banquet were
^A. Wilson, GuyZTw W
cSSfii M Greer and Howard
Wiley X. Adaim755, -
Die. at Todd Home
Mr. Wiley L. Adams, 55, of Todd
died at his home last Saturday aft
ernoon of a heart attack, after a
period of declining health. He was
a veteran of World War I, rural
cnJ^nC8m,'r' farmer and prominent
Mr. Adams was married to the
former Miss Holly Wagner of
Brownwood, who survives, together
TnH rT ,9?nS;,Zeb V" ot ^e home,
and Charles Melvin of the army
lnu Japan: one sisler of
lodd and a brother of Wyoming
For 26 years, Mr. Adams had
HE- r rUral ^arrier on Route >?
Todd. For a period of 22 years, until
fheLbojd snowstorms four years ago.
e had maintained a record of full
daily service on his route. He was
?1 the church and
me North Carolina Rural Carriers'
Association.
. ?*r- Adai?S was ever ready U>
help those in need and was a kind
and beloved neighbor.
Funeral services were held Wed
nvorning, Feb 27, at Todd
cemetery* ^ ^ thf ???nity
PAPER BEING PUBLI8HED
BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
A monthly paper, "The Herald,'
is now being distributed at the First
Baptist Church. The paper is print
ed by the mimeograph method and
is well balanced, containing church
news, humor and editorials.
Verdola Keller, an outstanding
intermediate, is editor of the paper,
which is sponsored by the interme
diate department, and has an offtoe
on the main floor of the church.
Mrs. Rax Geer and daughter,
Eleanor, spfeut the week-end in
Rutherfocdton wtth relatives.
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