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IMPORTANT date on your ad ?town the dirta An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 . t =- ? ? ? i BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NO^TH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 THE DEMOCRAT U your beit and moat eco nomical medium of advertis Wlth more than 2J00 -?P. cash aubucriptions. your message (oca to 13.000 people, on the unlveraally used baala of five reader* to each r.ibscrlber. VOL. LDC, NO. 8 VFW ANNOUNCES NAMES OF OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS Various Additional Officers ; and Committee Members r Named at Last Meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars; Organization Meets Thurs day At the last regular meeting of Watauga Mountaineer Post No. 7031, Veterans of Foreign Wars, additional officers and commit tee members were named, as fol lows: Officer of the day: James Ray Fox. Patriotic instructor: A. L. Stew art. Historian: Spencer Quails. Service officer: Lionel Ward. Legislative officer: Wade E. Brown. Guards: Grady Hodges and Ronda G. Hampton. Color bearers: Thomas R. John son, E. S. Quails. Public relations officer: Roy E. Coffey. Employment officer: James Norris. Sergeant-major: Kenneth Clay. Quartermaster-sergeant: Har old G. Mast. Committees Budget: Olen Goodnight. Ways and means: B. K. Os borne, J. E. Joines, Dwight M. E<imisten, Jr., Jack E. Ward. Welfare: Tom B. Redmond, Eu gene L. Smith, Joe C. Ward. Building: A. W. Smith, M. G. Barnes. Mack A. Cowles, Stacy C. Eggers, James M. Burkett, Sr. Membership: Max Norris, Cus ter Wallace, Roy H. Critcher, James M. Burkett, Jr., Howard Steelman. Attendance: Jack Grogan, C. Blair, Louis Burkett. Buddy Poppy: Howard Steel man, Boyd H. Moretz, Cecil Far thing. Visiting: John T. King. Firing squad: K. M. Miller. Entertainment and recreation: H. Grady Farthing, A. L. Stew art, Wendell Wilson, Eugene E. Garbee, Walter S. Boone. Funeral: J. V. Caudill, Jr. Membership Campaign The Watauga Mountaineer Post (Continued on page 8) OPA RESTORES MEAT CEILINGS Dairy Industry Warned of Future Restrictions if Prices Are Advanced Meat price ceilings and subsi dies were ordered restored by the new decontrol board in Wash ington Tuesday night, bringing immediate outcry from the in dustry that "all the evils of the black market" may return. Most grains and all dairy prod ucts were freed from renewed price control, the latter at least temporarily. Board Chairman R. L. "Hiompson promised the public in a nation-wide broadcast that if milk and other dairy products "move upward from here on out, this board can and will put the industry back under control." The board slapped price con trols back on cottonseed prod ucts and soy beans as well as all meat and livestock. The actual ceilings, to be determined by the OPA and the agriculture depart ment, will go into effect at 12:01 a. m. (Eastern Standard time) Friday. Price Administrator Paul Por ter said the meat ceilings will be "at or close to June 30 levels." This would knock down recent price increases which Thompson called "more than" unreasonable. Acknowledging that "it would be impossible to please every body," Thompson explained that under the terms of the new price control act, no ceilings may be placed on dairy products now because their prices in the free market have not risen "unrea sonably." "Taken across the country, a quart of milk went up about three cents in the so-called 'free marke!' since June 30," he said. As for meat, the board held that price ceilings could be en forced. Thompson announced that slaughtering regulations "will be tightened a great deal" and that "a much larger" OPA enforcement staff U in prospect. SINGING TO BE HELD AT0 BRUSHY FORK SUNDAY The fourth Sunday singing will be held at the Brushy Fork Bap , list Church next Sunday, begin ning at 2 o'clock, it has been an nounce. Family Makes Home, In Jail When Sheriff Lyman D. Clark, Appleton. Wis., had to evict Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Brunette and their nine children, he in. vited them to stay in the Outagamie county jail until they could find another place to live. They are shown in their new "apart ment." BLOWING ROCK TO HAVE PARK Charlotte Architect Completes Plans for Modern Park in Mountain Reaort Plans for a new park area for Blowing Rock have been com pleted by Harold B. Bursley. ar chitect from Cljarlotte. and when these plans reach fruittion and buildings are completed. Blow ing Rock will have as modern a! park as any city in the country. The property was purchased last winter by the town of Blow ing Rock and comprises a plot of ground on Main street, known as the Coffey property. The architect's plans call for a library, which is expected to be the most widely used facility in the recreation center. Across from the library will stand a municipal building. It will house the offices of the town officials, and will be modern in design as will be the library. Between the library and the municipal building will be a pa villion which can be used for dancing and other recreations. I In the rear of the pavilionj space is planned for the con struction of shuffleboard and badminton courts and a croquet setup. Horseshoe pitching pits will be located on the property. Two standard size tennis courts will be located west of the play ground. The playground will have slides, swings, teeters, sand piles and other devices. An amphitheater is to be built between the tennis court and Mayview lake. The lake will be dammed and a swimming pool built, complete with bath house, showers and lockers. Northeast and northwest of the pool will be devoted to picnic areas, with ample parking facili ties. Extensive walks will meander through the park, and trees, shrubbery and flowers wijl be planted. Direction of the work is under [the park commission, appointed by the town council. The origi nal commission was composed of G. C. Robbins. president of the Chamber of Commerce, chair man; Dr. Walter K. Keys and F. W. Webster. Additional mem bers are Mrs. Anne Cannon, Mrs. Walter K. Keys, Mrs. W. B. Cas tle, W. C. Lentz, David Ovens and J. Luther Snyder. Stewart to Speak at Legion Post Meeting Coach Flucie Stewart, of Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege faculty, will speak at the meeting of the American Legion Friday at 7:30. Coach Stewart, a veteran of the naval warfare in the Pacific during the recent conflict will tell of local football prospects during the course of his address. The Legion membership drive is going strong, it is reported, and over 100 names have been added to the roster of Watauga ROBS BLIKD MAN Chicago? While standing in line in front of the cashier's of fice in the lobby of the county office to pay his property tax of $83, Sam Faulist, 06-year-old blind man, who took the (83 Faulisi was holding and stood in line with him^j When Faulisi presented his tax statement, he told the cashier his newly-ac quirfed friend would give him the $83, only to discover that the "good Samaritan" had disappear ed. MARINE CORPS RECRUITER HERE Men Are Being Accepted for En listment in Marine Corps ? " Here Today Marine Corps Headquarters of North Carolina announced today that Platoon Sgt. Joseph A. Wal ker and Sgt. Claude C. Kiger would accept men for enlistment in the Marine Corps in Boone, on August 21-22. The sergeants, both veterans of the Pacific Campaign, will estab lish temporary recruiting head quarters in the Post Office Build ing. Their office will be open 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Current Marine recruiting re gulations permit the enlistment of able-bodied men between '17 and 30, offering a choice of general duty or duty with Marine Corps aviation. Men accepted by Sgt. Walker will be taken to Charlotte for en listment and tranferred to Parris Island. S. C., for eight weeks re cruit training.. Upon completion of the initial training period they will be granted a 10-day fur lough. Those who enlist while the ser geants are in Boone, will receive the new pay of $75 a month and will be entitled to all the bene fits of the GI Bill of Rights. Mayor Winkler Serve* On Legislative Group, Municipalities League Mayor Gordon H. Winkler has been advised of his appointment as a me'mber of the legislative committee of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, and at tended a meeting of the group in Raleigh last Thursday. The meeting was called for the purpose of drawing a 1947 league legislative program to present to the annual conference in Sep tember. DAVID OVENS TO SPEAK AT FINALS OF APPALACHIAN Charlotte Business Leader to Deliver Commencement Ad dress at Closing of Second Summer Term at Appalach ian; 41 to Get Degrees President B. B. Dougherty of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege has announced that Mr. David Ovens, of Charlotte, will be the speaker at the summer commencement on Wednesday evening, Aug. 28, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Ovens is a native of On tario, Canada, being a citizen by choice of the United States. He is an executive of Ivey's store, and a versatile public relations man. At the commencement 41 seni ors will receive degrees, certified in ten different fields: English, French, grammar grade, history, home economics, mathematics, physical education, primary, sci ence, and social studies. In addition to the state of North Carolina, the graduates come from Georgia, South Caro lina, New Jersey and Virginia. ARmraBTT ro BE HELD TODAY Showing of Paintings of Otic Hans Herschel to Feature Flower Show v An exhibition of some of the paintings of Otto Hans Herschel will feature the annual flower show of the Women's worthwhile club, which is being held Thu-s day August 22, at the Daniel Boone Hotel, in connection with a benefit tea and the weekly out door concert of the local high school band. Those who wish to enter flowers are asked to bring them to the Daniel Boone Hotel by one o'clock on Thursday. ? Proceeds from the tea and flower show are to be used to further civic projects sponsored by the Worthwhile club Annie Pearl Dobson Succumbs on Route 1 Mrs. Annie Pearl Dobson, 3"! years old, died at the home or Boone Route 1, on Aug. 14. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p. m. on the afternoon oi the 15th from the Rutherwood Baptist Church by Rev. Levi Greene, Rev. W. D. Ashley and Rev. W. J. Cook, and interment was in the Rutherwood cemeterj by Reins-Sturdivant. The husband, Estel S. Dobson survives, with one daughter Glena Mae Dobson. Other sur vivors are the parents, Mr. anc Mrs. I. L. Bodenhamer, and foui brothers: Earl, Glenn, Clyde anc Claude Bodenhamer, Route 1 Boone. Three Forks Baptist Association To Hold 106th Meeting Next Week The Three Forks Baptist Association will meet with the Rutherwood Baptist Church, on Boone R.F.D. 1, Aug. 27th and 28th, this being the one hundred and sixth session of the association. The following is the program of the gathering: v SUGGESTED ORDER OF BUSINESS rHEME: 'God Giveth the Increase" Tuesday, August 27, 1946 i 9:00- 9:25 ? Devotional and Roll Call 9:25- 9:45 ? Address of Moderator 9:45-10:30 ? Temperance 10:30-11:00 ? Religious Literature 11:00-11:15 ? Announcements and Miscellaneous 11:15-12:00 ? Annual Sermon ? Lawrence Hagaman Noon Recess 1:00- 1:15 ? Devotional 1:15- 2:30 ? Mission* (State, Home and Foreign) 2:30- ^15 ? Christian Education (Colleges, Sunday Schools and B. T. U.), 3:15- 3:30? Closing Worship Wednesday, August 28, IMC 9:00- 9:15 ? Devotional 9:15- 9:30 ? Obituaries ? 9:30-10:00? Woman's Work 10:00-10:15 ? Announcements and Miscellaneous 10:19-11:00 ? Reports and Executive Committee 11:00-11:45 ? Assoc iational Progress 11:45:12:0?? Election of Officers Noon Recess 1:00- 1:15 ? Devotional 1:15- 2:30 ? Benevolences (Mills Home, Hospital and Old Ministers Relief) 2:30 3:00 ? Reports: Treasurer, Finance, Nominations, Reso lutions and Time, Place and Preacher 3:00- 3:30 ? Miscellaneous and Reading of Minutes 3:30- 3:45 ? Closing Worship ?*? v:~V *7 '?? ? y. ;? ?f ; I ? - - - _ Wilson W. Wyatt, national housing expediter and administra tor of the national housing agency, displays the sign which will identify for veterans and servicemen all construction under the ' veteran emergency housing program. The placards will be posted 1 within five days after construction begins and for "specified" ' period after construction. Reserved For Veterans Manila Bound Archre'G. Quails, former OPA enforcement attorney at Char-j lotte, has been appointed by the war department as a senior de fense attorney for the war crimi nals trials at Manila and ordered to report at San Francisco for flight to the Philippines Aug. 19. Mr. Quails is a native of Boone, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Quails, and during the life of the OPA was active ip enforcement work with the Charlotte district office, handling many large litigations' in the Federal courts. He has been practicing law in the state since 1933. He will be in the Philip pines for approximately a year. DR. RHEA DIES ON WEDNESDAYl Well-known Shount, Tenn.. Phy sician Succumb* to Sudden Illneii Near Home Dr. E. Bruce Rhea, retired phy sician of Shouns, Tenn., who was well known in Watauga county, died suddenly Wednesday of last week, and a heart attack is given as the cause of his demise. Funeral services were con ducted Friday afternoon and in terment was in the Shouns ceme tery. Immediate survivors are two sisters: Mrs. W. C. Wright, Moun-j tain City, Tenn., and Miss Caro lyn Rhea, of Shouns. Dr. Rhea, who was a son of the late Dr. R. C. Rhea and Mrs. Rhea, was a graduate of the Jef ferson Medical College, practic ed medicine in Tacoma, Wash., and was a major in the medical corps during the first World War, before establishing practice at Shouns. He was a thirty-sec ond degree Mason. Jewelry Salesman Is Robbed of Materials Fred Harmon, jewelry sales man of Knoxville, Tenn., while staying overnight in Boone re cently, had two sample cas taken from his car, which was parked near the Watauga Hot?L The cases contained, it is said, maAials and implements tor watchmakers to the value of |1,000 or perhaps $1,500. VOLUNTEERS James A. Dugger, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dugger, of Vilas, has volunteered for reten tion until July, 1947, at the ad vanced training base at Pensa cola, Fla. FETE LIONESSES AT BANQUET MEET Tail Twi*t?r? in Charge of De lightful Program: Fun and Frolic Mark Enning The Boone Liors entertained , their ladies again last night with a dinner at the Carolina Cafe, and the attendance was described as being far above the average for such occasions. , Following custom, the after dinner program was in charge of the tail-twister, and since the Boone club is favored with two such officials in the persons of Cottrell twins, the program was ; doubly enjoyable. With remark- ' al>le spontaneity. Lions Milt ' Greer, Councill Cooke and Cratis . Williams burst forth in individual renditions of huiporous ballads 1 and spirituals which rocked the' house with laughter and ap plause, Lion Edwin Dougherty made love in pantomime; Wade j Brown gave a campaign speech in hopes he may find an office' to run for this fall, and Joe Craw "ord declined to dance for lack of , space. The evening was gay and ' marked by cordiality. Lion Cratis Williams awarded! Dr. Amos Abrams with a button for his periect attendance over a Iperiod of five years. Before presenting the button Lion Wil liams made numerous compli mentary remarks about Dr. Ab rams and expressed the club's feeling of reluctance in losing him. Dr. Abrams then spoke of his reluctance in leaving Buch a fine club. The club rose and gave Dr. Abrams enthusiastic applause in appreciation of his friendship and fine work. Davis Child Dies From Unknown Causes Mary Ellen Davis, five years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis of Reese, died in Watauga Hospital on Aug. 14 from a short illness of an unde termined nature. Information is that the little girl had received a fall shortly before her illness, while at play in the yard, but did not appear to be seriously hurt. However, she laid down on a bed and a member of the fam ily discovered she had become limp. She was brought quickly to the hospital, where she ex pired within a few minutes. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 o'clock on Aug. 16, from the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, and interment was in that lo cality. Surviving are the parents, one sister and one brother, Martha Jean and Claude R. Davis of the home. Results of Horseshoe Tourney Announced The second annual horseshoe pitching tournament conducted by Coach R. W. Watkins, under the sponsorship of the intramur al department at Appalachian State Teachers College has end ed, with the following results: Wright and Cook defeated Mc Kinney and Dennis Townsend Ray and Dick Townsend de feated Hull and Clark. Wright and Cook defeated Ray and Dick Townsend for the title. Capes and blue uniforms foe pi's considered by the army. July steel output highest sinca last month of war! SCHOOL SYSTEM IS FACED WITH TUTOR SHORTAGE i i Board of Education Runs Into Difficulty " Finding Enough Qualified Teachers for Classrooms This Year; Number of Vacancies Exist The county school system to teachers with high certificates to teaihers with high certificates to Fill the many teaching position*, says Superintendent W. Howard Walker, who states that a num ber of vacancies still exist in the system. In an effort to bridge over the emergency, Mr. Walker states that a number have been employ ed with low certificates and some with non-standard certifi cates. Even at that there are still 10 vacancies in the school system, as follows: Fairview (one teacher school). Elk, two vacancies (three teacher school). Blowing Rock, one sixth grade, one eighth grade and one high school. Cook (one teacher school). Bethel, one high school. Mabel, one first grade and one fourth grade. The various county schools will open their 1946-47 terms on Tues day September 3. JUNIORS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Daniel Boon* Council Organised Twenty Years Ago; Ban quet Monday Night In celebration of its twentieth anniversary, Daniel Boone Coun cil, No. 129, Junior Order, United American Mechanics, will observe ladies night at a banquet to be held at Carolina Cafe Monday evening, August 26th, at 7:30 o'clock. ' C. W. Snyder, who was State Councilor at the time the local council was instituted, and J. H. Gilley, whtf organized the coun cil, have been invited to speak. The Daniel Boone Council was organized August 26, 1926, with 52 charter members. Of the 52, 16 are still members of the order and 12 have died. There are now 91 members. During the twenty year span the organization has made great progress, and a halt has been bought and paid for during the period. Ira S. Ayers is the present councilor, and Rus sel D. Hodges is Secretary. Mrs. Bettie Watson Succumbs at Age 85 Mrs. Bettie Wellborn Watson, 85 years old, died at the home at Deep Gap last Thursday and funeral rites were held at the Laurel Springs Baptist Church on Friday by Rev. Levi Greene and Rev. G. A. Hamby and interment was in the church cemetery, Reins-Sturdivant being in charge of the details. Surviving are four sons and six daughters: C. D. and Ode Wat son, Deep Gap; J. D. Watson, Bel lingham, Wash.; W. F. Watson, '' San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. J. C. Greene, Mrs. A. G. Watson, Deep Gap; Mrs. C M Mitchell, Erie, Mich.; Mrs. L. A. Galvin, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Mae Richard son, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. J. A. Idol of Boone. There are two brothers and two sisters: Daniel Wellborn and A. E. Wellborn, Stony Fork; Mrs. Rebecca Brown, Laxon, and Mrs. Mary Glenn, Vilas. Roby Greer Seriously Hurt in Fall Friday Roby T. Greer suffered a frac tured vertebrae in a fall on his farm near Boone last Friday and information from the local hos pital, where Mr. Greer is a pa-~ tient, indicates that* while his in jury is serious he is showing a normal improvement. Mr. Greer was engaged in haying when the accident occur red and he reportedly fell from atop a haystack. Lord Inverchapel At Blowing Rokc Lord Inverchapel, British am bassador to the United SUUjs, spent last week-end at Blowing Rock as the guest of Mr. ana Mrs. John Heraey. The party stopped in Charlotte Friday at the home of Mrs. Bet sey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin L. Cannon. 'jn&snlHHB