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VO ,"f/> ..ON* v WATAUGA DEMOCRAT A f ' ' # An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888. VOL. LVII, NO. 38 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1946 5 CENTS A COPY STATE BIRD CLUB TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN BOONE I More Than 200 Delegates and Visitors Expected to Attend Gathering to Be Held Here in May; Tentative Program An nounced There were invitations from Ashe ?ville, Hickory and Boone, but the North Carolina State Bird Club ahose Boone for the meeting place ?f the annual convention to take place May 11th and 12th. The state meetings rotate between the eastern counties, piedmont and western, and the selection of Boone for the meet ing is a great honor and a fine ad vertisement for the town. , The tentative program calls for a luncheon of the executive commit tee at 12:30 on May 11; registration of guests and representatives; a business meeting and a banquet at the college cafeteria. An address by a speaker of national reputation from the National Audubon Society will be heard in the college audi torium. The sccond day of the meeting will be taken up with bird hikes and motor caravans to points of in terest in this section. Dr. R. C. Busteed, president of the local club, requests all members of the local club to be present at a meeting Thursday evening, March 7. in the science building at 7:15. Plans will be completed for the state meeting. Those interested in becoming members of the club, and others who are interested in helping plan for the program in Boone are invited to meet with the club. It is expected that 200 club mem bers will attend the annual gather ing here. Hold On to Ration Book No. 4; More Sugar Coupons In It Raleigh ? Housewives were ad vised today dy the Office of Price Administration to retain in their possession War Ration Book 4, now used only' to obtain sugar. Although the currently valid sugar stamp 39 is the last stamp in War Ration Book 4, that is specifi cally labeled for purchases of su gar- spare stamps in that book will be designated as sugar stamps from time to time. For this reason. War Ration Book 4 should be retained even after Sugar Stamps 39 has been used, OPA emphasized. Sugar Stamp 40 was used for the 1644 home canning program, OPA explained. Article by Mr. Wey Gets Wide Attention The training department of Trans continental and Western Airlines, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., has asked permission to reproduce and para phrase an article written by Herbert Wey, principal of the Boone high school. The article, entitled 'Teach er*, Too. Make Errors," appeared re cently in a nation-wide magazine, the N.E.A. Journal. Richard C. Murray, manager of the training center for T.W.A, in asking Mr. Wey's permission for use of the article, writes: "Your sum mary is so complete and your com ments are so concise and appropri ate that we feel it would be valuable for the use of our instructors. Al though we are engaged in an indus trial training program, we believe that the same principles of good, ef fective teaching apply to our work as to formal education." Mimeographed copies of the art icle will be distributed to instruc tors for use in the instructors' train ing courses. Recognition of this work for an industrial training pro gram testifies its value not only in the regular teaching profession but in special fields also. Arthur W. Hardin Dies at Alabama Home Arthur W. Hardin, about 95, died at hi* home in Talladega, Ala., last Friday morning after an illness of ten days. Funeral services were at the Talladega Methodist Church Saturday afternoon. Mr. Hardin was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hardin, a nephew of Mrs. Ida Spainhour, Mrs. Alice Hardin and Mrs. John Hardin. He was born m Boone, reared in Sutherland, and attended the University of North Carolina. While at the University he married and settled in Talladega, Ala. He never returned to Boone after he left to enter college. Miss Ora Lee Williams underwent an appendix operation Tuesday night at Watauga Hospital. New Treasury Aid Max Gardner. former goreraor of Korth Carolina, baa baeo named by Pmidtnt Truman to tha pot t of undersecretary of tba treasury. Ha will act aa secretary during tha abaanca of Secretary Vinson, at naw world bank meetings. FARTHING ENTERS SOLICITOR RACE Lenoir Attorney Announcaa His Can didacy for Solicitor in 18th Judicial District James C. Farthing, of Lenoir, so licitor of the Caldwell county court, Monday formally announced his candidacy for solicitor of the six teenth judicial district, subject to ac tion of the Democratic primary. Mr. Farthing is a veteran of World War II, having served 43 months as naval officer, both in the European and Pacific theatres of operation. He led the caldwell county Demo cratic ticket in 1940 and was re elected to the office of county court solicitor while serving in the navy. Mr. Farthing is a gradute of Le noir Rhyne College and the Univer sity of North Carolina, is an active member of the American Legion, past chancelor of the Knights of Pyth las, steward in the Methodist church and past president of the [Young Democratic Clubs in the 9th congressional district. Mr. Farthing is seeking the solici torship now held by Folger Town send, of Lenoir, appointed to fill out the unexpired term of the late L. S. Spurting. Lions Club Has 'Biography Night' The Boone Lions Club enjoyed a delightful program of short autobi ographies of six members at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Lions giving the story of their lives were Gordon Winkler, Eugene Garbee, Guy Hunt, Bob Agle, R. K. Bingham and Joe Crawford. Plans for the club minstrel were discussed by Cratis Williams, chair man of the minstrel committee. Date for the show to be given at an aft ernoon and night performance at the Appalachian Theatre, has been set for April 17. Dr. J. T. C. Wright was guest of the club for the evening Five members of the Lions Club went to Hickory Sunday to attend a district Lions Club meeting held at the Hickory Hotel. Those at tending were Dr. R. C. Busteed, Dr. W. A. Abrams, Dr. R. W. House, T. M. Greer and Dr. D. J. Whitener. Local High School AHSA Champions Rolling up 164 points to their op ponents 91, the 1946 Blue Devil quintet took a firm hold on the championship of the Appalachian High School Association last Satur day night when they defeated the last of their opponents, Newland, by the score of 32-24. While playing for the champion-^ ship the local boys exhibited such fine teamwork that three of the players were selected on the all tournament team. Those selected were Cuddy, Aldridge and Edmisten, the latter of whom was also voted the most valuable player of the tour nament In the girls' division. Cranberry high school came out the winner, de feating Jefferson in the finals by a score of 43-25. 1946 Fishing Licenses Are Now On Sale Walter F. Edmisten, Watauga county game and fish protector, an nounces that 1946 fishing licenses are now on sale at the usual places. He also states that prospects for re stocking streams of the county is very good. 'Each sportsman is urg ed to purchase a license to take care of any fishing he may want to do and avoid having to buy two li censes. 38 LOCAL MEN GO TO INDUCTION CENTER Draft Board Sends Large Number of Watauga Youths For Pie- In due! ion Examination Recently the selective service board in Watauga has forwarded the following young men to induction centers for pre- induction examina tion: Lewis Earp John Franklin Eggers Walter Glenn Kirby ^ Silvanus Mains Max James Harmon Junior Robert Michael Taltnadge Stewart Carroll James Albert Hendrix William McKinley Presnell Howard Yates Lloyd Carl Hag am an Raleigh Howard Moretz Jack Eggers John Everette Yates William Harrison Alexander Rex Johnson Miller Eugene Allen Lyons James Everett McConnell Earl Junior Colvard Hal Smith Cable Lynn Leo Edmisten Grover Cleveland Norris, Jr. Ernest Dean D&ncy Cecil Paul Presnell James Don Lawrence Simon Paul Ellison Cohen Evans Watson Roscoe Clifton Pitts James Hill Cannon Coman Claude Storie Wayne Marvin Clark Everette Coffey Omar Glenn Swift Roser Ode 11 Wheeler Gene Finley Watson Herbert Hoover Dotson James Edward Grogan District Music Contest To Be Held in Lenoir On Friday, March 29 Travel curtailment due to wartime restrictions, halted the annual music contests held until a few years ago in Lenoir; this year marks the first contest to be held since the war's end and will take place Fri day, March 29, in the high school au ditorium in Lenoir. The Lenoir dis trict is composed of the counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Wilkes and Yancey. In all contests except band and orchestra, schools will be classified as follows: Class A? high schools with enrollment over 600; Class B ? high schools with enrollment of 250 600; Class C ? high schools with en rollment under 250. Major C. D. Kutschinski of State College, and John A. Holliday of Queens College, have been chosen as judges for the district music con test. Mrs. Viola Ward Lodged In Jail Here On Charge Of Knifing Her Husband Her three small children left at home to be cared for by her moth er-tn-law, Mrs. Viola Harmon Ward, of the Bamboo section, is being held in the county jail awaiting trial at the spring term of superior court for the alleged knifing of her husband in a foray last Sunday noon. According to Patrolman M. C. Jones, who arrived on the scene soon after the fight took place, the two wede in a car belonging to Ward. After his wife had smashed the windshield of the car with a rock, Ward, it is said, attempted to re move her from the automobile by the hair of her head, and it was then that Mrs. Ward used the knife to settle the argument. Ward was brought to Boone and treated by a local physician, five clamps being re quired to close the wound which ex tended from his left shoulder blade I forward under the arm for several inches. Mrs. Ward is being held in jail in default of $300 bond. Junior Order to Hold Banquet Thursday Daniel Boone Council No. 129, Junior Order, will have a banquet Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the Carolina Cafe. Members are asked to notify Councill Cooke, chairman of the arrangement* committee, not later than Thursday noon as to whether they will attend and the number of guests they will bring. NOTICE TO PARENTS Parents having children eligible to attend summer school or the regular fall term of school are asked to noti fy Mr. John T . Howell or Mm. Grace Councill. If there is a child in the family already in school, a notification need not be sent, as the school will get the younger child's name through the older one. Girl Scouts Have Birthday ? ? - \ ? ? ? MBSiWttiMWRggiyaJP'WrftIgM? ?? J-,- ' ' 5 ??> . ? ? ? \x-r* f* ? The Girl Scouts of America was started March 12, lill. by Juli an* Gordon Low, In a stable in Savannah. Ga. Above photograph shows tha original headquarters. Insert is photo i Daisy Gordon, now Mrs. Samuel G. Lawranca. Charlaaton, W. Vs.. who was tba first Girl Scout. On their anniversary they are launching an extensive program to train young girls as responsible citisena in the world of tomorrow. KELLEY NOW WITH REINS-STURDFVANT Local Mortuary Plans Erection of New Home as Soon as Mate als Are Available After almost five years of active duty in the USNR, Richard E. Kel ley received his discharge January 14, at Camp Shelton, Va., and has resumed his duties as manager of the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home here. Mr. Kelley became manager of the establishment in 1934 and served in that capacity for seven years until he was called to active duty in the navy. During his ab sence the duties of manager were as sumed by J. V. Caudill, Sr., who served capably until Mr. Kelley's re turn. Mr. Caudill has accepted the managership of the Reins-Sturdi vant Funeral Home in West Jeffer soiv _ In the navy, Mr. Kelley attained the rank of ensign and served in the Pacific theatre of operations. Dur ing his service overseas he was at such points as Bora Bora in the So ciety Islands; Papeetee, Tahiti, New Herbides and the Fiji Islands. Four teen months of his overseas duty were spent at the base hospital on Guam. Assisting Mr. Kelley at the funeral home here will be J. V. Caudill. Jr., and Mrs. Kelley, who will be secre tary to the organization. Mr. Kelley has been named deputy coroner for Watauga county by the clerk of curt to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Caudill. Plan New Home Plans have been drawn for a new building to house the funeral home and it is stated that construction will begin just as soon as building material can be obtained. Two build ing sites are under consideration. Frank Taylor Receive# Bronze Star Medal Frank Taylor, of Valle Crucis, who received his discharge from the U. S. aramy October 15, at Fort Bragg, is in reciept of a letter from Major General Edward F. Whit sell, adjutant general, in which he sain, "I have the honor to inform you that by directions of the President, one Oak-Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star Medal has been awarded to you for meritorious achievements by the commanding General. For meritorious achieve ment in connection with military operations against the enemy in the European Theather of operations from 6 June 1944 to May 1948. The skill, loyalty and uncompromising devotion to duty with which Private Taylor executed .his responsibilities and efficient treatment at ownltlw throughout the invasion of Western Europe." In addition to this, Mr. Taylor had received at an earlier date a camp aign medal with five bronze sftan and one bronze arrowhead, fox which he refused formal presenta tion Boone Weather Mr. W. H. Smith has compiled the following report on Boone's winter weather covering the period October, 1946, through February, 1946: First killing frost, Oct. 4; firs! freeze, Oct. 10; first snow, Oct 14 Snows: Oct. I, Nov. 7, Dec. 14, Jan 8 and Feb. 6. Sleets: Jan. 2 and Feb. 2. Temperature* Low average: October, 26 degrees November, 20; December, 14; Janu ary, I#; February, 20.. Below zero: December 16 and 20 January 2. | tt-u-ffi-ir-n-ir-n-n w it-g-a ? a ti Laie News Bulletins HOOVER TO MAKE SURVEY OF FOOD NEED Washington, March S ? Former President Herbert Hoover, who di rected relief programs In Europe aft er World War I, has accepted Presi dent Truman's invitation to go to Europe to investigate food needs in starvation ireas, it was disclosed to day. DEMOCRATIC PARTY SCHEDULES MEETINGS Raleigh, March 5 ? The state Dem ocratic executive committee tonight selected Thursday noon. May 2, for the state party convention, April 27 for the county conventions, and April 20 for the precinct conven tions. Approximately 45 persons and 51 proxies were voted out of a possible '144. NATIONWIDE- RAILROAD STRIKE SET FOR MONDAY A nation-wide strike of 30,000 railroad engineers and trainmen has been called for next Monday morn ing, a railroad brotherhood official announced Tuesday but union heads at Cleveland headquarters declined to confirm or deny that a date had been set. Ordinarily the railway labor act's machinery results in a 30 to 60 day "waiting period" after a formal strike call. CHURCHILL ASKS FOR U. S.- BRITISH ALLIANCE Fulton, Mo., March 5 ? Winston Churchill today asked a virtual military alliance between the Uni ted States and Britain, and Presi dent Truman, speaking from the same platform pleaded for "full sup port" of the United Nations charter to save mankind from "destruction." The President spoke after the fiery wartime prime minister of Great Britain had bluntly accused Russia of seekin "indefinite expansion ol its power and doctrines." Speaking in the Westminster college gymn asium where both Mr. Churchill and the nation's chief excutive received honorary degrees, the former prime minister called for an end to the "quivering, precarious balance of power" which he asserted offered a temptation to "ambition or adven ture." KRUO CONFIRMED AS SUCCESSOR TO ICKES Julius A. Krug easily won senate confirmation today as secretary of the interior to succeed the veteran Harold L. Ickes. The senate action came with unanimous consent and without debate a short time after approval was recommended by the public lands committee. Krug, 38 year-old former chairman of the War Production board, was nominated by President Truman last week to succeed Ickes, who quit the cabinet post he had held nearly IS years after a dispute with the president 1 growing out of the nomination ol ' Edwin B. Pauley to be under secretary of the navy. JIMMIE CLAUDE PAYNE Funeral services were held Satur day morning at the Stony Forg Bap ! tist Church for Jimmie Claude ? Payne, six months old son of Mr. , and Mrs. Vilas Lawrence Payne, o! Boone, who died at the Watauga t Hospital Friday, March 1, after an . illness of more than three weeks. . The child waa a victim of a non contagious form of spinal ,menen gitis that was brought on by a con tinued cold. ; Key, Grady Hamby conducted the - funer&l services Burial was in tht church cemetery. i, Surviving are the parents and' one sister, Clara Jean Payne. RED CROSS DRIVE UNDER WAY; URGE PROMPT ACTON Campaign Chairman Urges Workers to Complete CanvaM as Rapidly as Possible; $Mt Contributed to Date The annual Red Cross Roll Call campaign in Watauga county opened Monday, Feb. 25, and will continue until the goal of $3,100 is reached. Clyde R. Greene, co-chairman with H. H. Hamilton, has issued an urgent appeal to the volunteer work ers of the county to make every ef fort to complete their tasks as early as possible, and to make their re ports in ordef that the carqpaign may be concluded. "The drive is well. into its second week and a good start has been made," said Mr. Greene this morn ing. "We will find it difficult to raise our quota of $5,100 this year, despite the fact that it is much lower than last year. I want to urge the workers to make a complete and speedy coverage of the county so that we may finish this very import ant job as quickly as possible. I have no doubt as to whether or not Watauga county will go over the top in this campaign. We always have and we most certainly will this year." The objective of the Red Cross is to carry on with the invaluable work which has meant so much during wartime and to serve re turning veterans adequately and ef ficiently. Mr. Alfred Adams, secretary and treasurer of the organization, report ed Tuesday that $869.50 had been turned in to him at the Northwest ern Bank. ? TRUMAN ASKS AMERICANS TO GIVE TO IUED CROSS Washington, March 1 ? President Truman asked generous Americans last night for f 100,000,000 to that the Red Cross can relieve anxieties and "make the clock tick faster" for thousands of war casualties. "With the true American generosity, let us exceed this Red Cross cam aign goal," Mr. Truman said in a broadcast over all major networks. The text of Mr. Truman's re marks: "My fellow Americans: "The American Red Cross is close to the hearts of us all. You know it so well that I shall be very brief. "First, I wish to pay a personal tribute to the three million patriotic men and women who from this year's army of Red Cross fund cam paign solicitors. These volunteers are busy people-people who shoul der many other community re sponsibilities. Yet they somehow find the time to get the really worthwhile Jobs done well. Whether they call at your office, or your plant, or your home, this month, I trust that you will give them the welcome and encouragement they deserve. "Secondly, I call your attention to the vital need of the American Red Cross in this first year of peace. The war is not over for the Red Cross. Wherever our occupation forces are stationed, this agency, with its many overseas clubs, provide* moral- building comfort and good cheer and remains as an indispen sable link with home." Navy Recruiter To Be Here Every Tuesday For the purpose of accepting en listments and furnishing information concerning the U. S. Navy to any one who desires it, the navy recruit er will be in Boone every Thursday from 11 o'clock to 4:30 o'clock. On every other Monday at 11 oclock, the recruiter will be at the post office in Newland and Elk Park, March 4, 18, April I, 5, 29. He will be at West Jefferson ev ery other Monday on March 11 and 25, April 8 and 22. World Day of Prayer On March 8, at 7:30 p. m., the World Day of Prayer will be observ ed at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Boone. This is a call to prayer that goes out to all people everywhere. The public is invited to join in a fellowship of prayer at this meeting The theme will be "The Things That Make for Our Peace," with Mrs. W. M. Burwell as program leader. HAROLD HOWEYCTJTT RE-ENIJSTS IN NAVY Harold Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Honeycutt, of Boone, re enlisted in the navy Tuesday, resum ing his rank of chief petty officer CPO Honeycutt first enlisted when he was 17 years old and served for three and a half years, two and a half years of which ware spent on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific.
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