WATAUGA COUNTY
ONLY $150 SHORT
m RED CROSS GOAL
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Final Effort in Town is Expect
ed to Push Receipts Over the
Established Quota; Chairman
Urges All Workers to Send in
Reports
Latest reports from Clyde R
Greene, chairman of the Red Cross
Toll call campaign, indicate that ? a
last-minute effort in the town of
Boone has resulted in total receipts
for the humanitarian organization of
?4.949.48 This leaves the fund only
4150.32 short of the goal of $6,100.
For a time the campaign lagged
is the county and it was held in
doubt as to whether or not the quota
would be reached: however, the lo
cal organization has been contacting
local business men the last few days,
getting subscriptions raised, and now
indications are that the full amount
will have been reached by the first
at next week, when it is planned to
dose the books on this year's cam
paign.
Several workers, Mr. Greene says,
have not yet made their final re
ports, and they are urged to com
plete their work at once, and send
in their reports so that the final
check-up can be made and the cam
paign closed.
DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD CONVENTION
County Organisation to B? Hamad,
and Dalagalas Salaclad to
Stata Convention
W, R. Winkler , chairman of the
democratic executive committee of
^Tatauga county, has issued a call
lor the Democrats to meet in county
convention Saturday April 27, at 2
o'clock, to perfect the county or
ganization, name a chairman of the
executive committee, and select the
delegates to the State convention
Which meets in Raleigh on May 2.
. .Chairman Winkler asks that pre
cis chairman hold meetings on Fri
day April 26 at 2 o'clock, to name
members of the township organiza
tions and appoint delegates to the
county convention.
Dr. Abrams Heads
Local NCEA Group
The election last Wednesday for
officers of the Appalachian College
local unit of the North Carolina
Education Association for 1946-47,
resulted in the selection of Dr. W.
Amos Abrams, head of the depart
ment of English, as president. Eu
gene E. Garbee, head of health ed
ucation, was named vice-president;
Starr Stacy, geography, treasurer,
and Miss Louise Moore, library sci
ence, secretary.
Dr. Abrams promptly outlined an I
ambitious program for the year, in- |
eluding professional study, instruc
tional improvement, and salary ad
vance. " V
Class Officers Are
Named at Appalachian
The election of four class officers
each for the rising senior, junior and
sophomore classes of Appalachian
State College completes the organi
zation for 1946-47.
The officers of the respective
classes, in the following order,
president, vice-president, secretary
and treasurer, are:
Seniors: Richard Pierce, Moores- j
ville, Evelyn Miller, Statesville;]
Alvin Joines, Jo^nes; Joyce Brook
shire, Taylorsvill<;
Juniors: Rogers Whitener, Spin
dale; Lou Rhyne, Lincoln ton; Ruby!
Lee Kiser, Kings Mountain; Fern |
Williams, New Hope.
Sophomore: Jimmy McConnell,
Boone; Carl Fidler, Cornelius; Mo
aelle Rodgers, Thomasville; Leo
Mast, Sugar Grove.
OOP WOULD CLOSE
OPA IN 9 MONTHSl
Washington, April 16 ? Republi
cans launched battle on the house
floor today to hold OPA's new leaae
on life to nine months, instead of
one year, and to write into the
price control law far-reaching re
visions1 of pricing rules ahd regula
tions.
AVrtY COUNTY REDUCES DEBT
Nawland ? The bonded debt of
Avery county has been reduced
from $663,000 to $400,000, a reduc
tion of $344,000 and a saving of $18,
000 in interest in the last three |
i years.
Finland'* Premier
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Manno Pekkala, a social demo
crat, became Finland's premier
and minister of defense, with the
formation of a new government.
WARNS AGAINST
WANDERING DOGS
Police Chief Says Drastic Measures
in Offingj Cites Law Against
Shooting in Town
Police Chief Scruggs issues stern
warning to owners of dogs in the
own premises, cites the state law
city, to keep the animals on their
requiring canines to be tagged, and
says that unless the meandering ani
mals are restrained on owners'
premises, they will be shot.
L. Mr. Scruggs hopes dog owners
will heed this warning" and make it
Unnecessary to kill the animals,
which have become a nuisance to
residents of the city.
The police chief also states that
vigorous enforcement of the law
forbidding the discharge of firearms
in the city is vo be instituted, and
hopes that arrests in this connec
tion will be unnecessary. He in
vites the full co-operation of the
people in this regard.
Study of Watauga Vets
Gives Interesting Data
Here are some of the qualities that
a careful study of the Watauga vet
eran group has revealed:
1. Half of them are less than 25
years of age.
2. Most of them return in top phy
sical condition.
3. All of them are used to discip
line and respond to intelligent direc
tion
4. Many of them have developed
outstanding qualities of endurance,
initiative and willingness to accept
responsibility.
5. Many of them have received
specialized training and have deve
loped skills which can be adapted
to and used in civilian employment.
6. Many have never worked be
fore and are seeking career oppor
tunities with their interest primarily
on getting ahead and making a suc
cess of their peacetime Job.
7. 90% have a high school educa
tion, or the equivalent
8. 80% have placed themselves on
the labor market in our country.
If possible try to make room in
your establishment or business for
at least one or more of these vet
erans. Last your job opening with the
local USES, or call 220. We will be
glad to come to your establishment
at any time and discuss on-the-job
training, or other veteran develop
ment placement with you.
SUNRISE SERVICE
The Youth Fellowship group of
the Boone Methodist Church is spon
soring an Easter sunrise service at
the church at 7 a. m. ?
DISCHARGED
Gu? A. Walls, coxswain, son of
Mrs. Callie Walls and the late
James Walls, was discharged from
the navy ih February at the na
val separation center, Shoemaker,
Calif., after serving four years
with the naval landtag force.
TWO SENTENCED IN
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
IN ASHE CO. COURT
John Albert Bradley Draws 12
to 15 Years at Hard Labor,
and Woman Accomplice Gets
7 to 10 Years for Robbery of
Taxi Man Near Deep Gap
John Albert Bradley, Jones bdfo,
Tenn., was sentenced to 12 to 15
years at hard labor by Judge Will
Pless in Ashe county superior court
Monday for highway robbery, and
his accomplice, Francis Greer Jaw
kins, 23-year-old Lenoir woman,
was sent to the state penitentiary
for a term of 7 to 10 years, as the
climax of the robbery by the two
of a North Wilkesboro taxi driver
near Deep Gap the first of the year.
Clayton C. Davis, of North Wil
kesboro, had been employed by the
two defendants and one Millard
Greer, to drive them to Deep Gap.
Upon their arrival there the driver
was told to proceed a distance on a
country road, where he was robbed
of $55 in currency, bound and gag
ged- and trussed to a tree. The trio
proceeded to Boone in the taxi.
Davis later freed himself, and re
ported the robbery to local officers.
Patrolman C. M. Jones and Police
Chief O. L. Scruggs immediately
apprehended the robbers as they
sought to get a local taxi driver to
take them to Johnson City.
Millard Greer made his escape
from local' officers. Wanted on simi
lar charges elsewhere, Greer was
later taken into custody after a run
ning gun battle with officers at
Welch, W. Va.
BUSINESSMEN
LEAD JAP VOTE
Tokyo, April 14 ? Business and
professional men predominate in thi
nesvly -elected Japanese house of
representatives, replacing the "purg
ed" politicians who dominated the
diet prior to Japan's surrender, a
survey of the election returns show
ed today.
Of the 464 members elected, only
six listed their occupation as "poli
tician," while only 21 were public
officials. The largest occupational
classification was that of company
director, with 82. Also elected were
15 industrialists, 39 business men of
other sorts, 80 educators, doctors
and journalists, 52 lawyers and 49
farmers.
Complexion of the new house is
predominantly conservative, al
though no single party won a ma- !
jority.
More than 52,000,000 votes were
cast by half that many voters, each
being allowed to choose two can
didates.
Appalachian May Have
New Stands and Lights
?
Plans are being made, it is learn
ed for the building of additional
stands and the installation of lights
at the Mountaineer football stadium
at Appalachian College, bringing the
seating capacity of the stadium 'up
to about five thousand. The new
stands will be located on the oppo
site side of the field from those
now used.
Night games will be featured
when the field is lighted,' ? thus giv
ing many townspeople an opportun
ity to enjoy .football, with the pros
pect of increased attendance from
othpr towns and communities.
Definite plans for the improve
ment will be presented to the next
meeting of the Athletic Committee.
New Tobacco House
Given Charter by State
A certificate of incorporation has
been issued to the Farmers Burley
Warehouse Company of Boone, by
Secretary of State Thad ? Eure, au
thorizing the company to do a gen
era] warehouse business with a capi
tal stock of >102,000.
Stock in the sum of $12,000 was
subscribed by A. G. Wright of
Kemersville, and C. C. Taylor and
Rex Taylor, both of Westfield, it was
said.
School Children to Give
Public Performances
The Boone demonstration school
plans to give two public perform
ances this spring. The Easter can
tata is given by the choirs of the
four grades and the other will be
an operetta given by the children of
the primary grades about May ft.
It is estimated by U. 8. economists
that this country will be able to
meet only about flt per cent of for
eign demand or American product? I
SON OF LASSIE ENTERS MOVIES
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Month-old Lassie, Jr., son of the famous canine star Lassie,
makes his debut in movie. Lassie, Jr., is shown getting some pro
fessional advice fttom Rip, veteran of many Hollywood productions.
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Larger Newspaper
The publisher of The Democrat
is glad to announce that another
column is soon to be added to
each page to take care of the
crowded condition of the newspa
per. Material for- this slight ex
pansion has been ordered for sev
eral months, but is now on the
way. With paper and labor short
ages more acute than before the
war's end, all newspapers are
faced with conserving space in
every possible way, and have ne
cessarily been crowded with ads
to meet soaring production ex
penses. However. The Democrat
will expand at this time as much
as possible, and will continue to
be in thj procession of progress
in the fastest growing community
in the state.
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MAN ASSAULTED,
ROBBED OF $290
Willie Presnell Loses Sum of Mon
ey; Left Unconscious
on Highway
Willie Presnell lost $290 in cur
rency as the climax of a drinking
party in which he and two friends
engaged last Sunday, Sheriff C. M.
Watson reports.
Presr.ell, the sheriff continues,
was "ound unconscious near the
county home Sunday afternoon, and
was brought to the jail, pretty badly
mutilated. The sheriff says that
Presnell, John Tester and Leonard
Rominger, had been intoxicated to
gether, but that there is no infor
mation as to who perpetrated the
robbery.
The bills stolen consisted of two
one hundred dollar bank notes, one
of them marked "36" with red pen
cil The remainder of the money
was in bills of 5, 10 and 20-dollar de
nominations. The sheriff will ap
preciate any information concerning
the missing currency.
THIS VETERAN
NEEDS A JOB
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Age 25, white, 8th grade educa
tion. N. Y. A. training as painter.
U. S. Army experience: IVt yean
as requisition clerk; checked re
quisition and filled orders from
store rooms.
Civilian experience: 1 year-4
months punch press operator; paint
ter (brush and spray) 2 years. Does
both exterior ?ad interior work.
Mixes and blends paints. Uses trans
fers, does minor repair work, car
pentry, plastering, filling in glass
setting.
Comments: Wants work in this
area as a painter. Will consider job
by contract; will work for local con
tractor by day; or sub-contract job.
Can furnish own equipment
If any employer, or other persons
needing Minting done wotpd like
to interview this veteran far a pos
sible position, or .has suggestions
where be might secure employment,
contact the U. S. Employment ser
vice, or telephone 220.
Demonstration School
IIU ?
The choirs of the Boone Demom
tration School, directed by Mr. O. M.
Hartaell. will give an Carter Can
ute Sunday April Slat at 7 JO p. m.
at the Vbst Baptist Church.
The cantata will be ghreo
Monday at 10 a. m. for the
of the aehool chflrtw and
who could not be pi earn t at the |
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HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
BE GIVEN APRIL 25
~Th? Fighting Litllaa." Adapted
From Booth Tarlriagton. Is 3*
1 action of Local School
"The Fighting Littles", a Samuel
French adaptation from the novel of
the same name by Booth Tarking
ton, will be the annual Appalach
ian high school production in the
high school auditorium on April 25.
A comedy of family' life, the play
is well cast and promises to be one
of the best plays offered by the high
school thespians in recent years.
Following the Tarkington theme,
the play portrays the struggle for
understanding between adolescents
and their parents. After despairing
with a successful but intolerant
father. Miss Goody Little decides to
give up her typical 'teen-age friends,
those young hoodlums so despised by
her father, for the ambitious but
pompous "one of the few old
lashioned boys left." Later, Mr. Lit
tle discovers that loud-mouthed
youth is more solid than it appears
to be, and his daughter's friends are
accepted as he comes to understand
youth. The comic is achieved
through the sympathetic portrayal of
the puppy love of Filmore Little,
age 12, and the little girl across the
street. The play, so human and
sympathetic with the problems of
family life, should prove popular
with old and young alike.
The cast includes: Goody Little,
16, Adabelle Moretz; Ham Ellers, 18,
a regular guy but slightly gaga. Bill
Aldridge; Norman Peel, 21, the fath
er's choice, Jack Whitener; Bilmer
Little, 12, who can't keep out of
trouble, Durward Stallings; Antoi
nette, 12, the girl across the street
who thinks Filmer is wonderful,
Virginia Moretz; Mr. Little, a suc
cessful but gruff business man.
Sonny Williams; Mrs. Little, who
desires a peaceful household, Betty
Lou Clawson.
Others appearing are problem,
boys, screwballs, maids, crazy youths
and mentally-twisted, queer old la
dies. These parts are played by
Gene Craven, Sally Penick, Mary
Sue Greene, Erma Norris, Nell Nor
ris, Mary Lee Stout, Verdola Keller,
Mary Sue Clawson and others.
The play is under the direction
of Mr. Cratis Williams, dramatics
teacher and counselor.
IN GERMANY
MAYOR REQUESTS
COOPERATION IN
CLEANING UP CITY
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Annual Cleanup Period is Desig
nated as Last Week in April
and first in May; Largest
Number Summer Visitors in
History Expected
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler on
Monday designated the last week in
April and the first week in May as
the' annual clean-up period (or
Boone, and insists on the full co
operation of the people in making
the city clean and attractive for
what is expected to be the largest
crowd of summer visitors ever to
visit this section.
The mayor's statement follows:
"In designating the annual clean
up period, I wish to thank the large
number of citizens for the good job
they have already done in making
their premises spick and span.
"The usual spring clean-up period
will start April 29. and continue
through the first week in May. This
wilt give plenty of, time for every
body to get their -did tin carts and
Other trash together, and put where
the city truck may haul it away.
"Let's make the town the clean
est its ever been, as we expect the
greatest number of visitors in our
history during the 1946 tourist sea
sofc.'V ,
Mayor Winkler suggests that trash
be placed in containers for conveni
ence of thf truckmen, when possible.
PUPIL INJURED
IN BUS MISHAP
rour)?m-r? r-Old Girl Injured as
CleeOU^*!c?* FtoT
Eugenia Ruth LuttreU, 14-year-old
daughter of Mrs. E. M. LuttreU and
the late Mr. Lrtittrell, of Shulls Mills,
received serious injuries last Wed
nesday, as a group of children made
their escape from a school bus, .in
danger of being ignited fFom flam
ing gasoline on the ground.
The bus. which was carrying pu
pils home from the Cove Creek
school, developed engine trouble
near Vilas, and the driver was at
tempting to blow the gasoline line
free with an air pump. When the
pressure was applied, it is said, some
gasoline was forced from the fuel
tank onto the pavement. One of
the passengers thoughtlessly tossed
a lighted match into the gasoline,
precijrttating the rush from the load
ed vehicle. As the boys pushed the
machine back off the flames, the
LuttreU child jumped and fell un
der the rear wheels, the bus pass
ing over her legs and chest. There
were two broken ribs, one fractured
and one misplaced.
Sh* is a patient at Watauga Hos
pital, where her condition is des
cribed as favorable.
Funeral Services Held
For Robert Lee Moretz
Funeral services for Robert Lee
Moretz were held Wednesday morn
ing at Mt. Pleasant Evangelical
Lutheran Church, with the pastor,
Rev. Hoke H. Ritchie, in charge.
Mr. Moretz, son of WiUiam Mo
retz and Sarah Condor Moretz, was
born May 29, 1870, in Watauga
county, and departed this life April
15, 1946, at the age of 75 years, 10
months and 17 days.
He was married to Emma John
son, of Mountain City , Tenn., on
April 9, 1908. To this union were
born one daughter and one son who
survive: Cynthia Caroline Moretz,
of Washington, O. C., and Robert
Ray Moretz, of Boone Route 2.
Surviving besides the wife and
children arc: one brother, E. Frank
lin Moretz, of Route 2, Boone, and
one sister, Mrs. Ed Jackson, of Lax
on; one grandchild, Violet Moretz,
and a host of relatives and friends.
Mr. Moretz was the eldest mem
ber of Mt. Pleasant Church, having
been baptized in infancy, and con
firmed into adult membership In
early manhood, where he remained
a faithful member until death.
TAX HEEL SOLOM TELLS
HOW OPA CAM PLEASE ALL
Washington, April 18 ? Comment
ing on the second day of haatad
congressional debate on the exten
sion at OPA, Rep. Sam Brvin, of
the tenth North Carolina district,
philosophized: The only OPA act
which wUl meet universal approval
will be one which keep* calling
prices on everything that we buy.
and removes tksm from everything
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