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WW ?? ? - - V -r rlfS WATAUGA DEMOCRAT "" An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. ,,nc* VOL. LIX, NO. 4 BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 25. 1946 . 5 CENTS A COPY P.O. ROUTES WILL BE SPEEDED FOR MOUNTAIN AREA K. Lovill. Local Attorney. *? is Assured That Every Ef fort Will Be Made For Equipment to Operate Mail Cars Between Boone and Greensboro "Washington. July 16. ? John D. Hardy, of the Post Office De partment, today assured W. R. Lovill, of Boone, attorney and former State senator, $nd Paul A. Andrews, of Johnson City, Tenn., that the Department would exert all possible effort to help Andrews secure enough trucks and equipment to start a High way Postal Service route be tween Johnson City and Hickory, and Boone and Greensboro. Lovill and Andrews, who con ferred for several hours today with Hardy, were accompanied by John Slear, secretary to Rep. Doughton. The group felt that as soon as orders for the equipment could be obtained from manu facturers. the routes would be initiated. Hard> emphasized that he and the Post Office Department were extremely interested in the High way Service routes and hoped that they soon could be inaug urated. Andrews has put in a bid to carry the mail between the points stated with one round trip service a day. LAMBS IN LOCAL j POOL SELL HIGH | 368 Head of Sheep Disposed of in Pool; Swift and Co. Pays as High as $21.50 Thirty-two farmers participat ed in the second 1946 Watauga Lamb Pool, which sold 368 iambs and sheep to Swift and Company. The lambs were as sembled, weighed, graded and paid for at the railroad stock yards, in North Wilkesboro. The price was $21.50 for choice, $20.50 for good and $19.00 for medium lambs with bucks discounted $1.00 per hundred.^ j Local Scouts Plan Hike and Outing All Boy Scouts are requested to be present at the next scout meeting on Monday night, July 29, at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium. At this meeting, plans will be made for an outing and over night hike. Patrol leaders are re quested to contact each member of his patrol and be ready to re port the reason for any absences from this meeting. Preparation must be made in the near future for the fall camp oree. Since three of our patrols have qualified to take part in the Council Camporee we will need to have several overnight hikes to prepare for this contest. Every scout is requested to bring his dues and get them up to date. Opportunities will be given to boys to pass off their merit badges Monday night. After the meeting, all scouts present will go swimming. Hunting Licenses are Now On Sale Locally Hunting licenses for the 1946-47 season are now on sale at the usual places it is stated by County Game Warden, Walter Edmisten, who asks all sportsmen| to secure the license that will take care of any trip they might wish to make. The combination hunting licenses for the past season expires the last of this month, and new ones may be proceed, Mr. Edmisten states The warden states that the crop of young game now is far above the average for this time of the year. Jars for Orphanage Canning Available Fruit jars for thorn ?ho wish to contribute cannea foods for the Mills Home, are now avail able at the Farmers Hardware & Supply Co , says Mr. Russell D. Hodges, orphanage directc^ of the Three Forks Association. Mr. Hodges aRks that all those who are willing to share their foods with the orphanage, get the jars at once. Germany planned Gibraltar at tack, secret records show. TEEN-AGERS AT WHITE HOUSE Thirty-four teen-age boys and girls, representing 17 national youth organizations, met at the White House to map mobilization of the nation's youth in the campaign to save food and thereby fight famine abroad. They are shown being greeted by President Truman. CHICAGO GROUP PAYMENT COUNTY TO SING HERETAXES IS URGED . "Original Deep River Singer." to A?Ut?nt Tax Collector Again Be Featured at Appalachian Xsk, yh,, 194S Levy Be paid College Saturday . 1o Avoid Cojt, The Original Deep River Sing ers will be presented in concert for the fourth time by Appala chian State Teachers College on Saturday night, July 27. This is America's foremost, colored male quartet, their nineteenth seas<.n.i Their concerts aiO vitaliy enter taining. dramatically gripping, de lightfully humorous, and music ally different. Some comments irum the prffS| are: "The Deep River Singers captured the enthusiasm of the crowd with "Old Man River"| and a booming version of "Wagon; Wheels." ? Chicago Daily Tri bune. | "As for the Deep River Singersj they offered a program that in-| eluded everything for which colored singers and entertainers are noted, and the entire pro gram left the huge crowd spell bound." ? Lafayette (Ind.) Jour nal. Some other colleges and univer sities where they are appearing^ this season are: Universities,' Duke, Emory, Southern, John C. Smith. Texas, and Girard Col lege, Minot State Teachers Col lege. The public is cordially invited. College Auditorium, 8:00 p. m.l ? ? I MORE SUGAR SOON DOUGHTON SAYS Ninth District Congretiman Says Western Carolina to Have Sugar Allotment Washington, July 23. ? Rep resentative R. L. Doughton of the ninth North Carolina district, ex pressed the assurance today that added sugar would be sent to western 'North Carolina ,at an early date. The veteran congressman said he had been working with Ag riculture department officials to secure enough sugar to help families save their fruits and vegetables. A shipment of sugar is cxpected to reach Savannah, Ga. between now and August 1, and Mr. Doughton was told that the de partment will allocate some ol the shipment to Western North Carolina. SENATE PASSES G. I. TERMINAL LEAVE BILL Washington, July 23 ? The sen ate passed by voice vote and re turned to the house tonight the G. I. terminal leave bill provid ing some $3,000,000,000 in gov ernment bonds ? not cash ? foi discharged enlisted men. Describ* r by its supporters as insurance against inflation and a major step in ending the caste system of the armed services, the measure was attacked by its foes as a "bonus in disguise" and "a raid on the treasury." The legislatoin is intended to pay enlisted men for leave accru ed during their military service but never received. It is aimed to match the cash payments for terminal leave hitherto given of ficers only. To flour pieties of meat or poultry, use paper bag. Mix flour with salt and pepper in bag. Drop in pieces of meat. Shake. CPA authorizes Increase ol natural rubber in tires. O. L. Coffey, assistant tax col lector for Watauga county, is to day again urging those who haven't paid their county taxes! for 1945 to do so at once, in orde to save the costs incident to ad vertising. Mr. Coffey is anxious as many as possible take advantage of the opportunity to save the penalties provided by state law. and says the property will be advertised during the month of August and sold the first Monday in September. Collections of 1946 taxes have been brisk in the past few weeks and large numbers have taken advantage of the opportunities to get discounts on the current [year's taxes. News Notes SUCCESSFUL ERROR Beatrice. Neb. ? A printer's mistake on his campaign card was credited by E. G. Maxwell as a majoir factor in his recent vic tory in the race for the Republi can nomination for sheriff. Every time Maxwell handed out a card, Ihe said. "There a mistake on this card. Can you find it?" As a result, Maxwell believes his cards jwere read more thoroughly than' ithose of his opponents. | 24-MILE HIKE ON 77TH BIRTHDAY Springfield, 111. ? John H. Keest, Sr., recently celebrated his, 77th birthday by walking from his home in Middletown to [Springfield, a distance of 24 Imiles. The trip took about six hours. UNEXPECTED RIDE New York. ? ? After buying a .horse at an Army surplus horse auction sale, Neville Carpenter, | a negro war veterans, rode into ithe Bronx. Becoming sleepy, he lay down for a nap in a park, tieing a rope from a leg of the thorse to one of his own ankles. A bee stung the horse and when [Carpenter awoke, he was being [dragged across the park. His [horizontal ride ended about 500 .feet later when the rope broke. |He was not seriously injured. SWIMS OUT OF PANTS Omaha, Neb. ? Leading on the last lap of a swimming race,] jMarty Kaplan, 13. swam so fast [in his final efforts toward victory^ i that he swam right out of his swimming pants, forgot his cause land finished an embarassed sec ;ond I BUS EXPLODES. NO ONE j HURT Reno. Nev. ? A few seconds! iafter 38 passengers left a bus bound from San Francisco to Reno at the command of the driver, Elwin U. Mainard, the bus exploded and burned. The driv er managed to save the baggage. A PIPE-FINDER Salisbury, Md. ? A Pipe-detec tor, similar to equipment used by the Army to locate buried mines, 'will be used by city water de partment officials to find water and sewer lines, particularly in the older sections of the city1 where records of underground lines have been lost. Hungary to drop raising of wheat for profitable agriculture. WILDLIFE CLUB OFFERS PRIZES TO BASS ANGLERS Number of Prizes Given by Local Business Men to Be Given to Those Landing the Biggest Fish; the Prizes and Other Contest Information At a recent meeting of the Watauga Wildlife Club, plans were made to sponsor a contest with prizes for the largest bass taken with hook and line from the mountain streams. A junior contest for fishermen under 16 years of age. will also be held this year. The tirst prize in the adult contest will be an $18.75 war bond, given by the Watauga Wildlife Club; second prize a Pfleuger Summit reel, given by the Boone Drug Company; third, | a- $10 casting rod, by the Farmers Hardware & Supply Company; fourth, a sport shirt by Belk's Department store. First prize in the junior di vision will be a $10 casting reel given by the Parkway Company; second, an automatic reel by Hol lar's Grocery; third will be con tributed by the Western Auto Associate store; fourth a necktie by Hunt's Department store. Entries by any fisherman can be made at Hollar's Grocery where the weights and measure ments will be made for each fist^ entered in the contest The Watauga Wildlife Club is now affiliated with the State Wildlife Federation and mem bership in the local club carries with it .membership in_the State Federation and members will receive a state membership card and the Wildlife magazine of the Federation. Any sportsman wishing to be come a member of the club may obtain their membership cards trom Dr. Richardson at the Boonej Drug store. Officers for the coming year are Dr. Wayne Richardson, presi dent, and Dr. R. C. Busteed sec retary-treasurer. Sheep Dipping Vat Available to Farmer# The portable dipping vat which the Vocational Agriculture Dep artment of Cove Creek high school has in charge, has been re paired and is now ready to be used. Mr. R. G. Ship1'.', Vocational teacher, is ready to do custom dipping for any farmers" who would like to have their sheep dipped. This work should be done at once therefore anyone inter ested should contact Mr. Shipley or the County Agents at once so that a schedule can be worked out. Feed is very scarce and high. Why not get rid of the ticks in order that the feed may help the sheep and not the parasites. Two Auction Sales To Be Held in This Vicinity Next Week S. C. Eggers & Co., local real tors, are advertising a double! header auction sale for this vicinity on Wednesday July 31. At 10.30 a. m. 30 lots will be offered just west of Boone on highway 421, being some of the property of V. M. Presnell, while at 2 p. m. the Andrew Blair place near Hodges Gap will be offered! in 10 or 12 small farms. The demand for local realty; continues unabated, and Mr. Eggers states that the announc? ment of the sales has aroused considerable interest. Revised OPA Bill Passed By House Washington, July 24. ? The house passed the new OPA bill 210 to 142 today after assurances from Democratic Leader Mc Cormack (Mass.) that President Truman will sign it. The senate plans to tak^it up tomorrow, with leaders hoping that it may he sent to the White House the sMie day.. With the president's signature, the way would then be open for price ceilings' to be restored after a three-week lapse. In the final house showdown, 157 Democrats, 52 Republicans and one minor party members voted for the bill. Opposing were 119 Republicans, 22 Democrats and one minor party member. Circulation is to newspaper ad vertising what butter-fat is to milk. AAF'S ANNIVERSARY President Truman is shown at the White House as he signed a proclamation announcing August 1 as the 39th anniversary of the army's air force. Left to right: President Truman, Gen. Carl Spaatz, commanding general, AAP, and Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker deputy commanding general, AAF. Infantile Paralysis Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, Scars ' dale. N. Y., who has been ap pointed medical director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Dr. Van Riper is widely exverienced in public health and welfare administra tive work. W. f. WINKLER ~ DEAD AT AGE 84 Prominent Farmer of Valle Cru ris Section Succumbs After Long Indisposition William Franklin Winkler, one of Watauga county's most prom inent citizens and farmers, and member of a pioneer Boone fam ily, died at Watauga Hospital last Saturday, following a long period of declining health. His condition, however, had been critical but for a few days. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Boone Baptist Church Monday morning at 10:30 by Rev. J. C. Canipe and Rev. K C. Eggers, and interment was in the family cemetery near Boone, Mr Winkler was born and reared on Winkler's Creek neat Boone, a son of the late Joshua and Mrs. Winkler, but for more than 50 years had resided on his Watauga River farm near Valle Cruets. He was one of the coun ty's leading farmers and cattle men, and was one of the first in the county to see the advantage of thoroughbred livestock. Mr Winkler was affiliated with the Baptist Church, and while living a quiet and retiring life, perform ed many acts of Christian serv ice to his fellowmen. The widow, the former Miss Nettie W. Winkler, of Shulls Mills, survives. There are also three sisters: Mrs. J. D. Councill, Boone; Mrs. CaUie Corpening, Camdenton, Mo.; Mrs. R. B. Es tes, Carstairs, Alberta, Ca-ada, and many other relatives outside the immediate family. Governor Cherry to Attend Horse Show Governor R. Gregg Cherry will be in Blowing Rock the week-end of August 2 and 3, tc attend the Blowing Rock horse show. He will be the guest ol Mr, and Mrs. T. Bodie Ward. Fourth Sunday Sing at Union Baptist Church The annual fourth Sundaj singing will be held at the Unioi Baptist Church at Mabel nex Sunday at 1:30 in the afternoon it is announced by W. M. Thomas chairman, who ask that all sins ins classes be present on tht occasion. LEGION TO NAME successor? BEACH KELLER Election of Commander Made Neccssary by Removal of Mr. Keller to Different Lo cality With USES; Square Dance to Feature Gathering The Watauga Post American Legion will meet in the Legion hut Friday evening at eight o'clock, it is announced by Adjutant J. E. Huffman, who states that the principal business of the meeting will be the elect ion of a post commander to suc ceed Mr. Beach Keller. Mr. Keller, who was recently elected to the top Legion office, and who was manager of the local U. S. Employment office at the time, has been tranferred to Asheville, thus creating the vacancy. Following the business session of the meeting a watermelon feast will be enjoyed by the legionnaires, there will be string music, and a square dance will climax the activities of the even ing. All legionnaires, their wives land sweethearts are being urged (to attend the important meeting. iRed Cross Chapter Gets Urgent Call for 1 Ouota Woolen Capes i The women of Boone and Wal , auga county arc receiving an '[urgent call from the local Red Cross chapter to lend their time and talent in an effort to com jpli'te a quota of 100 wi>olen icapes within the next few weeks. These capes have been cut out and are at Red Cross headquar ters over the Boone Drug Com j'pany. where they may be issued J to anyone able to dn sewing at I home. Having been a leading figure ,;m the humanitarian project <>l ,1 feeding the hungry in the war .'stricken areas overseas, the Red iCross is now sparing no effort tc J provide warm clothing for the . needy in the same areas and is speeding up its drive as the sum ,|mer months hurry to an end. Second Annual Men's Horseshoe X ourney I t The second annual mens horse 1 shoe tournament will be held at , the college athletic field Aug. 1st , All men that plan to enter please register at Crawfords Barbei , Shop or Call Coach R. W. Watk ? inf. at the college. The defending j champions are Ray and O'Sul llivan in the doubles and Ray ir Ithe singles. Only one of these will | be missing from the tournament Ithis year, O'Sullivan has moved lout of town. ;j YOUNGSTERS! > Memphis, Tenn. ? Mrs. Mattie > Driver, 60-year-old youngster, t bought a motor scooter and in vited her friend, Mrs. Ida L. Frisby, 82, to go for a ride. The ^ scooter, however, got out of control and the ladies landed in ithe hospital, Mrs. Frisby with a possible fracture of the sholdei rand Mrs. Diver with a head cut i Nothing daunted, Mrs. Frisby t piped, "I have no regrets. I w?? .(doing something I'd always want i,ed to do." Mrs. Driver declare! ? that, a* soon as she's releasee (from the hospital she's going tc ride her scooter to Chattanooga NEW CITY WELL PRODUCES GOOD SUPPLY WATER One Hundred and Twenty Gallons Per Minute Being Pumped From New Well in Continued Tests; Officials Act to Get Adequate Water The second well drilled for the city by R. E. Faw and Co., of Hickory, to supplement the pre sent uncertain water supply of the town, has been drilled to a depth of 250 feet, and in con tinued tests conducted Tuesday the shaft was delivering 120 gal lons of water per minute, and city officials are well pleased with the results obstained, thto being three times the amount of water yielded from the 350 foot well which was completed some time ago. City officials, it is said by Mayor Winkler haven't decided whether or not a third well will be drilled to supplement the municipal water supply. Both wells are located within a few feet of the mains carrying the regular gravity water supply, and if pumping equipment was immediately available, the 100 gallons of water per minute could be forced into the mains immediately. Pumps, it is ex plained. have to be more or less built to specifications, consider ing the amount of water to be delivered, the depth of the well, the distance to the mains etc. The equipment is not readily available, it is stated, but will be produced as quickly as possible. It ?s hoped by the administra tion that delivery can be secured in time to prevent another local water shortage, but obviously in Iview oi the scarcities now exist ing in manufactured product*, they can make no promises. Any way they are to be commended for acting to satisfy perhaps the most critical need of the town at [this time. EGGERS ATTENDS BURLEY MEETING Sales Supervisor for Mountain Burley Attends Organisation Meeting in Kentucky ' Mr. S. C. Eggers, sales super visor for the Mountain Burley Warehouse Corporation, returned Tuesday from Lexington, Ky.( where he attended the organiza tion meeting of the Burley To bacco Auction Association. i The local man. who represent !ed both the Mountain Burley jwarehouses. as well as the Ashe ville market at the meeting, states |that the new organization is de signed to stabilize the burley to jbacco market, and give the farm ler some assurance that the ;ame (quality leaf will bring the same | price any day in the season, thus | rendering him a service in the j matter of price, and at the same' |lime preventing so much con gestion on the warehouse floors, as a result of entire crops being j brought at one time to take ad vantage of some particularly fa r|vorable selling time. Mr. Fred Royster of Henderson, I l|was named chairman of the as- 1 social ion and a committee was named to look after the price, stabilization details. Formerjl .iGovernor Broughton delivered an'| ! address to the tobacconists. Community Cannery To Open Thursday I ?j Mr. R L. Tait, Vocational t Agriculture teacher of the high . school announces that the Com ;munity Cannery will open on, ?Thursday, July 25 and will be\ . available for use for anyone who [has fruits or vegetables they,] ? want canned. i The location of the Boone Cam-s I munity Cannery has been chang-ij ed and it is now located in the? [Agriculture Shop Building which j is just behind the Appalact high school building. The cannery has been revi and modernized so that cann will be simpler. It is located in cool place and has close facilities. After this week the ' will be open on Tuesdays i Thursdays and can be open i other days if certain groups to can. For additional inform concerning the cannery, get touch with Mr. R. L. Tait. ji? VFW TO HOLD MEETWC The local post of Veteran* Foreign Wars will m? t American Legion hut evening at 7:30.
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