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VOL. LVII. NO. 49
^B??N?:. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 6. 1946
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THREE YEAR OLD
CHILD DROWNED
IN SMALL POND
Ronald Wayne Eubanks, of Con
cord. Meets Death at Home of
Grandparents in Boone; Short
Service Held at Local Chapel:
Interment at Concord
Ronald Wayne Eubanks. three
years old. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Eubanks of Concord, was
drowned last Thursday morning,
when he fell into a small pond in
the back yard of the home of his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mur
ray Greene at their home in Boone.
The child apparently struck a con
crete retaining wall of the pond,
and was likely rendered uncons
cious before he struck the water.
Artificial respiration was admini
stered for four hours before he was
pronounced dead.
A brief funeral service was held
at the chapel of the Reins-Sturdi
vant Funeral Home here Friday,
morning at 10, and the body was'
taken to Concord where graveside
rites were conducted at 4 o'clock.
Surviving, in addition to the par
ents. are the grandparents, Mrs. S.
D. Eubanks of Durham; Mr. and'
Mrs. Murray Greene of Boone. The
?child and his mother were living
-with Mr. and Mrs. Greene tempor
ratily, until their new home in Con
cord could be completed.
THREE ARE HURT
IN AUTO CRASH
Two in Lenoir Hospital Suffering
From Injuries Sustained in Ac
cident Near Boone
Two persons were injured, one of
them seriously, when the automo
bile in which they were riding
careened from the North Wilkesboro
highway and overturned, at a point
three miles from Boone Friday
morning.
Miss Ava Laws, 16. is in a Lenoir
hospital, it is said, in a critical con- !
dition. suffering from a fractured
back and oth.-i iriuries. while her
sister. Miss Sena Laws. 35. is also
a patient there, suffering from a
broken arm and other injuries.
A man identified by Watauga of- .
ficers as Mack Parsons -of Lenoir,
was incarcerated here on charges
of driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicants and reckless
driving Officers named James Aus
tin of Lenoir as the occupant of
the wrecked car.
Election Board to
Investigate Voting
In Fifth District
Chatham - Folger Contest Charges
Bring Move to Get Facts
Raleigh. June 4 ? An investiga
tion into irregularities alleged -to
have occurred in the May 25 Demo
cratic primary in Surry and Stokes
counties in the congressional race
between Representative Johr Fol
ger and Thurmand Chatham .vas
ordered today by the sta'e b J of
elections.
Chairman W T Joyner and Ray
mond Maxwell, executive secretary
of the elections board, were nrder
ed to make the investigations and
report their findings to the full
board when it meets here early in
July to canvass returns of the sec
ond primary which will be held on 1
June 22.
The board at its meeting today
canvassed returns of the primary, ,
received a request from E. Earle 1
Rives of Greensboro, for a second
.primary, and considered charges of
Indians of the Cherokee reservation
that registrars in Jackson and Swain
counties refused to permit them to
register for the primary.
On the basis of official return^ I
from county board of elections, the ;
state board certified that Chatham
was high man in the race for the ]
Democratic nomination in the fifth 1
district.
The official tabulation for the dis
trict showed Chatham 21.282, Fol
ger. 21.223; and J J Harris. 806.
Folger to Demand 2nd Primary
Wjnston-Salem. June 4 ? Repre
sentative John H. Folger of Mount
Airy, who trailed Thurmond Chnt- ,
ham by 59 votes in the fifth district i
Democratic congressional primary,
announced from Washington tonight ,
that he will demand a run-off
IDAHO VISITOR
Mrs. A. C. Greene, of Lewiston, !
Idaho has been spending some time j
visiting with her sister, Mrs. C. J.
Icenhour of Blowing Rock, and I
with other relatives in Concord.
Mrs. Greene is the former Miss I
Edith Hayes, daughter of Mrs. '
George W., and the late Mr. Hayes
of Boone, and moved to the North
west twenty-five years ago. She is
astonished at the growth of Boone
and the ^Appalachian College plant
during the intervening years.
Britain's income from foreign in
vestments in 1938. the last "normal
.year" was $1,000,000,000.
End of Puppet Ruler
Kali Herman Frank, puppet
ruler of Czechoslovakia in the
days of Hitler, as he was hanged
in Prague before 8,000 spectators,
including the widows of his vic
tims. He was known as the
"butcher of Lidice."
MANY GUERNSEYS
ARE SOLD HERE
Forty-four Registered Cattle Bring
Average of S257.43 at
Annual Sale
The Fifth Annual Boone Pure
bred Guernsey Sale was held at W.
M. Winkler's New River Farm,
Thursday, May 30.
Forty-four Guernseys were sold
at the average price of $257.43 per
head. The young cow, Sedgley
Noble's Ann, consigned by T. Holt
Haywood. Arden Farm. Clemmons,
N. C. was the top selling animal.
She was purchased by W. W. All
man, Jonesville, S. C? for $675.00.
The second highest price was paid
by O. T. Fowler and Zeb. V. Gam
bill. Pfafftown. N. C.. for Maxim's
Dot of Grassy Grove, a cow son
signed by L. G. Davis, Terrace Farm
Lenwood, N. C.
Watauga county purchasers were:
D. Wayne Perry, Sugar Grove, one
heifer, Frank Perry, Sugar Grove,
2 cows and one heifer, Edgar Royce
Perry, Sugar Grove, 1 bull Stan
ford Coffey, Shulls Mills, 2 cows,
and 1 bull.
Cattle were sold into five states:
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia. Tennessee and Virginia.
George B. Salley, Orangeburg, S.
C , was sales manager, and read the
pedigrees, and Col. Glenn Lecky,
Holmesville, Ohio, was auctioneer.
Lunch was served by the women
of the local home demonstration
clubs.
Tar Heels Asked
To Give Food
An announcement from Governor
Cherry's office urges the people of
the state to donate cash contribu
tions or canned food for shipment
overseas to alleviate the food short
age in many foreign countries
"Every person in our state," the
announcement said, "must be touch
ed by the plight of the 500 million
human beings in famine-stricken
lands The people of our state al
ready are responding to the appeals
of the President's famine emergen
cy committee that we cut down on
the use of wheat and wheat cereals,
cooking fats and oils ? and so con
serve such food supplies a? the
source for shipment overseas
"The emergency food collection
asks each of us to go one step fur
ther It offers every individual the
opportunity of giving quick, direct
and personal help to hungry and
starving people through cash con
tributions to buy food and through
gifts of food canned in tin."
The announcement said that in
every city, town and rural commu
nity in the state, local committees
of the emergency food collection are
operating collection depots to re
ceive both cash contributions and
food canned in tin for safe ship
ment overseas.
"Because hunger can't wait." the
announcement added, "our contri
butions through these committers
must be generous and prompt."
City Meat Market
Is Sold By Tatum
The City Meat Market, which has
been operated by Mr. L. T Tatum
for the past 20 years, was sold last
week to Mr. Jones Hollar, who is
?now actively engaged in the eon
duct of the business.
Mr. Tatum, who was one of the
town's most popular business men.
is retiring from business, he says,
due to impaired health.
Spanish War Veterans
Meet at Blowing Rock
The State Encampment of Span
ish War Veterans will befheld at
Mayview Manor, Blowing Rock, on
June 9, 10, 11, it is announced by
Albert Watson, of Boone, state com
mander.
Memorial service* will be held at
the Presbyterian Church June 9th,
at 8 o'clock p. m.
WELL DRILLED TO
ALLEVIATE CITY
WATER SHORTAGE
Shaft Has Been Sunk 175 Feel
in Effort to Strike Satisfac
tory Flow of Water; Action
Taken to Prevent Water
Shortage This Season
The city administration has acted
l to supplement the municipal water
supply and to forestall recurrent
future shortages of water in dry
I seasons, by letting a contract for
! the digging of a deep well, and con
; tractors have already drilled a
' well to a depth of 175 feet in an ef
! fort to locate an adequate flow of
water.
The operations are going on at a
spot purchased by the town from
1 Robert Winkler in East Boone, and
75 feet from the main water line
; leading from the city reservoir. The
\ cite had been chosen for the city by
the State geologist, and approved by
the State Board of Health before
' operations began. The bits, it is
said, are now biting their way
through solid rock, and while there;
[ are some evidences of water, the ?
1 flow sought has not been struck.
The shaft will be driven to a depth
of as much as 300 feet if necessary, !
i Mayor Winkler says.
The contract for the well was let
to the Faw Well Digging Company
of Hickory, late in 1945. but the se- !
vere winter weather, coupled with I
the inability of the company to se- !
cure delivery on new machinery j
until lately, prevented the start of
the work At any rate, the work 1
! is going forward daily now. and !
every effort will be made to have
the supplemental water available i
within the shortest possible time, j
in the event that a water shortage j
should develop with the comir.g of 1
mid-summer.
ONE FOSTER HOME
NOW AVAILABLE
Welfare- Head Says Children May
Be Given Care Until Ar
rangements Made
There is one foster boarding home
for children in Watauga County
whore children may be given good
care until arrangements can be
made for their permanent care.
Other homes of this type may be
needed, says Dave P. Mast, Watauga
county superintendent of welfare.
There are many reasons which
contribute to the making of home
less children. Among such reasons
are: Broken homes, either temp
oraty or permenent; death of one or
both parents; emergencies such as
illness of the mother, leaving no
one who will be responsible for the
children; irresponsible apd unstable
mother; absence of the father;
i where there is no mother: and par
ental neglect.
There are today in the country,
children in need of a home outside
of their natural home, children who
have a right to a normal life. The
Watauga County Welfare Depart
ment has the opportunity of know
ing the conditions.
Certain standards set up by the
State Board of Welfare must be met
in order to qualify for a "foster
boarding home." After an investi
gation of the home by the County
Welfare Department, it must be ap
proved by the State Board. The
amount paid for board varies, ac
cording to the child's age, and the'
payments may be mSde by rela
tives or by the placement - agency.
A "foster boarding home" is not
a rooming or boarding house, but
a home in which there are both the
father and mother is preferable, the \
parents of the home must be of
suitable age and temperment to
care for children. Each member of
the family must be in good mental
and physical health, and the total
number of children in the foster
home, including the family's own
children, must not exceed six. There
must bo other sources of income in
I to the home, in addition to the in
come received for the board of the
I children.
The "foster boarding home" must j
conform to the county sanitation |
laws; must provide adequate sletp-.;
ing quarters, proper diet; a yard in i
which children can play; and be
accessible to church and school I
facilities.
Persons in the county, who are i
interested in giving "foster board
( ing home" care to children, may |
| communicate with the Watauga
County Welfare Department.
DEMOCRAT CARRIES WILKES !
| North Wilkes boro ? Wilkes county 1
was carried by a Democratic con
gressional candidate in May 25
special elestion for the first time
in recent history.
In the special election to name a
I successor to the late Rep. W. O
Burgin of the Eighth district. Miss
Jane Pratt, the Democratic no
minee, received 1,503 votes against
1,378 for her Republican opponent,
H. Frank Hulin.
This country produced in 1945
about 330 billion packages of ciga
rettes.
AUTO GOLDEN JUBILEE
m
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford rode again in the car that Ford first
drove on the streets of Detroit on June 4, 1896. He was honored as
an automotive pioneer during the Automotive Golden Jubilee re
cently held in Detroit.
GREENE TO SPEAK
TO RETAIL GROUP
Boone Merchani. Head of Stale As
sociation. to Deliver Address
at Wrightirille
Clyde R Greene of Boone, presi
dent of the North Carolina Mer
chants Association, will not only be
the presiding officer at the forty
fourth annual convention of the
association, which is to be held at
Wrightsvillo Beach on June 10-11,
but he will also be one of the prin
cipal speakers for the occasion. W.
L. Dowell. executive secretary of
the association announced today.
Mr. Greene will speak at the
morning session on the first day of
the convention immediately follow
ing the addrt-ss by Governor Cherry.
The topic of Mr. Greene's address
will be "The New Order in Retail
ing."
Mr Dowell said that aside from
Mr. Greene only six men had ever
served as president of the associa
tion for more than one term. Mr.
Mr. Greene was unopposed for
the presidency in 1944 and was un
animous re-elected in 1945, thus
making him the seventh man to
occupy the office of president for
more than one year since its or
ganization in 1902.
"During Mr. Greene's tenure of
office." Mr. Wowell continued,
"the association has made substan
tial progress along all lines of as
sociation endeavor Its service has
been expanded, its membershinp
greatly increased, its influence ex
tended and its financial condition is
the best in its history." And he ad
ded. "the association is now reco
gnized throughout the country as
one of the oldest, largest and most
active state associations of mer
chants in the United States."
Meat and Bread
Shortage Is Critical
Chicago, June 4?- Meat and bread
shortages are becoming critical from
coast to coast, with bakeries and
meat shops curtailing operations or
closing, a survey showed tunight.
Housewives stood in line in some
cities today for meat and bread and
many were turned away with
neither.
Spokesmen for the meat and
milling industries predicted that t he I
situation would be worse within]
two weeks. Millers said 90 per
cent of the nation's flour nulls al
ready had closed and that most
bakeries would run out of supplies
soon.
FIRST CLASS FOR VETS
STUDYING FARMING OPENS
The school teell rings again for
Veterans of World War II. On last
Saturday June 1st. the first class
for returned soldiers of the Boone j
area was held in the Vocational
shop building. Farmer training
courses is one of the many courses
being offered the boys who have
returned. There are two types of]
training being offered self-proprie
torship and employer-trainer. For
the first plan the trainee must own
or rent a farm and spend a mini
mum of 200 hours per year in class
room instruction and 100 hours per
year in on the job supervision under
the agriculture teacher. In the sec
ond plan the trainee gets 96 hours
in school instruction and must work
36 hours per week on the farm.
Each type of trainee draws sub
sistences pay while training and is
allowed certain types of equipment.
Attendance at the first class was
100%. Those attending were Larna
M. Miller, Cecil B. Marshall, and
Stanford 3. StoriO of Boone. Jef
ferson W Davis, Todd, and Ward
G. Carroll Deep Gap. Classes will
be held each Saturday from 8-13.
Mr. Ernest Hillard is assistant
teacher and will have active charge
of the classes.
Stewart Cook, winner of the Park
way F. F. A. livestock judging con
test, will represent the federation
and district at the state contest at
Raleigh in August.
WOOL POOL DATA
GIVEN FARMERS
Flecce to Be Weighed. Graded and!
Paid For June 13-14. Says
County Agent
The 1946 wool pool will be weigh- 1
ed. graded, and paid for on Thurs
day and Friday, June 13, and 14.
J. C. Fields. Mouth-of-Wilson, Va., ;
will be here in person to supervise i
the grading and do the paying. The
price will be 52% cents for clear!
medium wool, 47% cents for light]
burry. 42 % cents for medium burry,
and 37% cents for bad burry,
35% cents for dead, black, and other
rejects. Merino wool at 40 cents.
The weigh schedule is as follows:
Thursday. June 13.
8:00 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.. Tobacco!
Warehouse, Boone
1:00 p. m. to 2:30 p. m., Howard
Mast's Store, Valle Crucis
3:00 p. m .to 4:30 p. m., Sher
wood's Store. Sherwood
Friday. June 14
8:30 a. m. to 10:00 a. m., Clyde
| Perry's Store, on Beaver Dam
10:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.. Donley
I Hagaman's Store. Reese
1:30 p. m. to 3:00 p. m., Bert
Mast's Store, Mable
There will be no difference in
price between tied and untied wool.
It is believed that Ashe county
will schedule a weighing place at
Todd, arid also near Sutherland, on
either June 11 or 12. Any of our
farmers who may find it more con
venient to take their wool to one of
these points may do so. since both
county pools were sold to the same
man at the same price, and on the
same grade.
Local Library
Has New Books
A number of new books have been
received in the Watauga County Li
brary. Included in the list are the j
following: -
"Memories of an Old Time Tar;
Heel," by Battle; "Burma Surgeon!
Returns," by Seagraves; "Man From j
Missouri," by Clemens; "Key to Ja-I
pan," by Price; "Patton, Fighting |
Man," by Mellon, "Farmer Takes aj
Wife," by Gould; "Plantations On i
Parade," by Kaue; "Needle in the]
Haystack," by Spillard; and "Your
Cabin in the Woods," by Meinecke. ]
On the list of fiction are the fol
lowing books: "Ever After," by
Thane; "Marriage for Josephine,"
Coryn; "Those Other People", by
O'Douneily; "Passionate Brood," by1
Barnes; "Hercules, My Shipmate", j
by Graves; "David the King", by |
Schmitt; "Beyond the Sound of I
Guns," by Loring; "General Duty
Nurse", by Haucock; "Stout Cour
age", bv Haine; "Wisdom's Gate." j
Barnes; Ride With Me", by Cos
tain; " Haunted Lady", by Rinehart;
and "D. A. Breaks a Seal", by Gard
ner.
LEGION TO AID ARMY IN
RETURNING BODIES OF DEAD
Indianapolis. Ind. ? The bodies of
nearly a quarter of a million serv
icemen and women killed in World
War II will be returned to the Uni
ted States for burial with military
honors in their home soil, Muncel
Talcott, chairman of the American
Legion grave registration program,
announced here.
This will be 80 per cent of those
buried in foreign lands, Talcott said.
National headquarters of the Le
gion here will become the nerve
center for the vast project of "evac
uation and return of the honored
dead." And the Legion's 14,640 posts
will provide honor guards when the
bodies arrive at their final destina
tions.
The program has been developed
over a period of several years ?
since shortly after Pearl Harbor ?
and will react in every cross-roads
community.
HUMMINGBIRD NEST
Mrs. W. M. Burwell has discover
ed .a hummingbird's nest on the
lawn of Mr. A. E. South, and asks
interested members of the local bird
club to come there and see the nest.
JAS.C. FARTHING
WILL DEFINITELY
BE NEW SOLICITOR*
Lenoir Man, High in Primary,
Definite Winner, Alter M. T.
Leatherman of Lincoln,
Waives Right of Second Pri
mary; No GOP Oposition
James C. Farthing, Lenoir attor
ney, veteran of the last war, and 9
son of a native Watauga county citi
zen, the late A. C. Farthing, will be
the next solicitor of the sixteenth
judicial district, which includes
Watauga county, it was learned Sat
urday.
In the Democratic primary held
ten days ago, Mr. Farthing received
the highest vote of any of the three
candidates whose names were en
tered on the ballot, and his popu
larity was attested by the fact that
he carried four out of the six coun
ties in the district. While falling
short of the majority of the votes
cast, he had a plurality of 2,244
votes, Mr. Leatherman of Lincoln
ton, being his highest opponent. Mr.
Leatherman cinched the office for
Mr. Farthing Saturday when he
waived his right to a second pri
mary as provided by law, where no
candidate receives more than all
other candidates combined.
Horace Kennedy of Shelby, was
third man in the race. Both of the
unsuccessful candidates carried
their own counties, Lincoln and
Cleveland, respectively.
In winning the Democratic nomi
nation. Mr. Farthing automatically
wins the election, since the Repub
licans are offering no sixteenth dis
trict solicitorial candidate.
Mr. Farthing's successful cam
paign was conducted under the
management of V. D. Guire, Lenoir
manufacturer and veteran Caldwell
county politician.
COLLEGE SUMMER
TERM STARTS 13TH
' First Postwar Summer School at
Appalachian to Draw Large
Enrollment
? The first of two six-weeks sum
! mer school terms will open at, Ap
palachian College on Thursday,
June 13th, and information coming
| from Dean J. D. Rankin indicates
that the enrollment of teachers will
1 be the largest for many years, and
I that the ultimate total enrollment
will depend largely on how many
teachers can be accommodated by
i the people of the town.
Dr. Rankin states that a registra
tion of some 650 is expected, that
J all dormitories are full, and that
I there are about 150 on the waiting
[ list. The first meal will be served
i in the college cafeteria at dinner on
June 12th.
Coleman Gives Advice
To Burley Growers
Mr. R. C. Coleman of Tabor City,
operator of the Mountain Burley
Tobacco Warehouses, was in town
Tuesday, en route home from Ashe
ville, where he had attended the
meeting of the N. C. Mountain Bur
ley Warehouse Association, of
which he is vice-president.
Mr. Coleman is insisting on local
farmers planting their lull allot
ments this year, and with smaller
production sees a livelier and more
stable market during the next sea
I son.
Commenting on the shortage of
plants, Mr. Coleman asks that farm
ers treat their plant beds for blue
mold, and wait for them to grow
out of it." He says that experience
in the bright leaf belt shows that
these infected plants will recover
and be as good or better than be
| lore.
Veterans Foreign Wars
Name Slate Delegates
The Watauga Mountaineer Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, in a
j meeting held Thursday evening,
i named the following delegates to
i the State encampment, VFW, to be
I held in Winston-Salem June 8, 9
I and 10: Lloyd Swofford, Tom Red
| mond and James Noms, Byron
Farthing was named quartermaster
j sergeant, while Pete Coffey, Byron
| Farthing and Tom Councill were
chosen alternate delegates.
; All members of the Veterans of
| Foreign Wars are asked to attend
the state meeting, and any veteran
with overseas service who has not
joined the organization, is urged to
do so soon, in order that he may be
among the charter members of the
local post.
The next meeting will be held
June 12th in the Junior Order hall.
DISCHARGED
Mr. Spencer Quails who has ser
ved 20 months in the European
theatre of operations, has been dis
charged from the army at Fort
Bragg, and has arrived at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mr*. Kd_
Quails of Boone.