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IMPORTANT The date on your ad label show* the data aubecripUon will expire the date your paper wi USSSHSi An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1946 VOL. LIX, NO. 9 LOCAL FLOWER SHOW ATTRACTS MANY ENTRANTS More Than 80 Flower Ar rangements Mark Event Sponsored by L<ocal Worn uns Club; Art Exhibit by Otto Hans Hershel Features Evening More than eighty different ar rangements of flowers featured the largely-attended flower show conducted by the home and gar den department of the Woman's Club at the Daniel Boone Hotel Thursday afternoon and evening. Ribbon awards were made to first, second and third places in the different classifications, the awards being made on the basis of , horticultural perfection of growth and the relativity of the flowers to the container used. A group of Blowing Rock people, including Mrs. John Reineking and Mrs. Charles L. Sykes, de termined the winners as follows: Gladioli ? First, Mrs. Wayne Richardson; second. Mrs. Ed Payne; third, Mrs. Wayne Rich ardson; honorable mention, Mrs. B. W. Stallings. Asters ? First, Mrs. B. W. Stall ings; second, Mrs. A. E South; third, Mrs. D. L. Wilcox. Petunias ? First, Mrs. W. C. Greer; second, Mrs. B. W. Stall ings. Nasturtiums ? First. Mrs. W. M. Burwell; second, Mrs. James Storie; third. Miss Lucy Brock. Roses (group) ? First, Miss Lucy Brock; second, Mrs. B. W. Stall ings; third, Mrs. W. C. Greer; honorable mention, Mrs. Wayne Richardson. Dahlias ? First, Mrs. Brown; second. Mrs. A. E. South; third, . Mrs. John Barden. ^ Pom-Pom zennias ? First, Mrs. Stallings; second, Mrs. Mae Mil ler. Chrysanthemums ? First, Mrs. Stallings; second, Mrs. W. C. Greer. Vines ? First, Mrs. R. W. Wat ins; second, Mrs. J. T. C. Wright. Vegetable arrangement ? First, Mrs. R. H. Harmon. Fruit arrangement ? First. Mrs R. H. Harmon. Breakfast table arrangement ? First, Mrs. Stallings; second, Mrs. J. A. Williams; third, Mrs. W. D. Farthing. Breakfast tray arrangements ? Mrs. R. W. Watkins, rosebuds; second, Mrs. A E. South, agera tum, third, Mrs. Mae Miller rosebuds. Victoria classical arrangement ??First, Mrs. L. L. Bingham, lily. Porch arrangement ? First, Mil ton Barden; second, Mrs. D. L. Wilcox; third, Mrs. A. E. South; honorable mention, Mrs. Mae Miller. Dahlias (specimen)? First. Mrs. Ma# Miller; second, Mrs. Roy Phillips. Tea table arrangement? First, Mis. Ralph Mast, second, Mrs. W. D. Farthing; third, Mrs. R. H, Harmon. Small arrangement ? First, Lawrence Barden, second, Mrs. Stallings; third. Miss Lucy Brock; honorable mention, Mrs. W. M. Burwell. Large arrangement? First, Mrs. W. C. Greer; second, Mrs. W. G. Hartzog; third. Mrs. Hartzog; honorable mention, Mr. Tipton Greene. The final sweepstakes awards ? for the finest arrangements of the entire show went to the fol io*''^ First place, Miss Lucy Brock, group .arrangement of Peace roses; second place, Mrs. B. W. Stallings, bronze mums; third, Mrs. W. C. Greer, ruffled petunias. An added attraction was the display of the works of Otto Hans Hershel, renowned Viennese art ist, who is vacationing in Boone. The many portraits in oils were outstanding in the collection. Mrs. R. H. Harmon, president of the Woman's Club, greeted the guests and directed them to the attractively decorated tea table| where refreshments were served by Mrs. W. G. Hartzog and Mrs. Roy Phillips. After viewing the various flower arrangements ot the show, the guests were shown into the lobby by Mrs. R. C. Winebarger and Mrs. Councill Cooke, who invited them to meet the artist and survey his pictures. The guests who called in the evening were entertained at 7:00 o'clock on the hotel lawn with a band concert under the direction of Mr. Gordon Nash. A large number of local peo ple and summer . guests q ailed during the afternoon and eve ning. EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE * Southhampton, Eng. ? Twenty four American teachers of a group of 74 have arrived to teach ? year in British schoools. A similar number of British teach ers will spend a year in the United States schools under an exchange program developed by the English-Speaking Union. H. GRADY FARHING FARTHING QUITS STATE POSITION Boon* Man Retires u District Game Protector; Considering Other Proposal Mr. H. Grady Farthing, Boone, former state Senator, has resign ed his position as district game and fish protector with the Dep artment of Conservation and Development, it was learned yes terday, his resignation to take ef fect September 1. It is known that Mr. Farthing has been offered a far more lucrative governmental position than the one relinquished, but de clined comment other than to say he has the matter under con sideration, but is giving his time a present to personal business in terests. Mr. Farthing has been with the Conservation Department for 21 years, during all the period of pioneering in the field of wild life conservation, and describes the work of the department as having advanced steadily through; out the years. He was supervisor of law enforcement as regards hunting and fishing in fifteen counties of Piedmont and North western Carolina, and is being succeeded by Mr. R. F. Logan of Chaped Hill. Mr. Farthing, in retiring from this wbrk, refers to the many pleasant associations he has en joyed with sportsmen, landown ers and others throughout the state, and desires to express his appreciation to all for their splendid assistance and coopera tion. He bespeaks for his suc cessor a like degree of considera tion. No Trace Found of Stolen Automobile No trace has been found of the automobile belonging to T. Milton Greer which was stolen from in front of the Rivers building Saturday evening. The car was locked, it is said, and the culprit evidently broke a glass to gain admission, and connected igni tion wires in such a way as to operate the machine without the switch key. Patrolman C. M. Jones im mediately had the news of the missing car broadcast by short wave, but without results up to this time. The car was a 1940 model Chevrolet coupe. COLOR SCHEME FOR 1947 LICENSE TAOS ANNOUNCED North Carolina's 1947 automo bile license tags will be black letters on an orange background, Motor Vehicle Commissioner T. Boddie Ward announces. Manufacture of the tags, which will go on sale December 1, h.is begun at Central prison in Ra leigh. / Ward said the steel shortage again would limit the tags to one per car instead of two fur nished in pre-war days. TO CLOSE ON LABOR DAY The local fofice of the U. S. Employment Service will be closed next Monday, in obser vance of Labor Day, it is an nounced. WIPES OUT FAMILY Yokosuka, Japan. ? Rear Ad miral Shiro Sato, wartime com mander of forces in the i New Guinea area shot himself after killing his wife and two children as they slept. He had recently suffered a nervous breakdown. CUB SCOUTS TO MEET The Cub Scouts will bold a pack meeting at the Presbyterian Church Friday evening at 7 o'clock. <-? ... f?. 5UE3raj=S3J=B=R=S?l I French Official, Family, Recent Visitors in City Roger Capron. deputy finan cial comptroller of ih? French missions to Dm United States and Canada. Mrs. Capron, son. Michael, and sister. Mademoi selle Jeanie Capron. left Boone Friday after < having spent a week at' the local tourist court operated by Mrs. A. E. Hornby. The French official says France is working hard on her reconstruction programs, but that recovery is slow and that many years will be required to bring the nation back to her pre-war status. TROUT SEASON ENDS SATURDAY Bass Water* to Be Open to Angler*; Fishing in Closed Waters to Bring Prosecution The open season for trout fish ing closes on August 31, it is stated by County Game Warden Walter Edmisten, who reminds anglers that certain waters are open to fishing after Sept. 1. Fishing will be permitted in Watauga River from the mouth of Laurel Creek down. New River from its forks near the Blair farm down. Elk Creek and Cove Creek. All other waters are con sidered trout' streams and are closed^ ? Fishing in any of the closed waters, says Warden Edmisten, will constitute a violation of the state law, and the anfcler will be subject to criminal prosecution. Terminal Leave Blanks Available At Local Postof fice Blanks on which former mem bers of the armed forces may file application for payment under the terminal leave bill, are now available at the Boone postoffice, and other postoffices in the CMnty, state* Joh? E. Brown, Jr., local postmaster. The blanks will be distributed to all veterans who desire them. Recruiter to Be Here Every Monday Sgt. Ned R. Rockette, U. S. Army recruiter, has announced that he will be in the post office building in Boone every Monday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., to answer inquiries from all men interest ed in the regular army. Sgt. Rockett pointed out that former service men will be es pecially interested in the new war department pamphlet 12-16 which authorizes enlistment in grades according to training and experience. Paul Weber To Play For Labor Day Dance Paul Weber and his orchestra will supply the music for a Labor Day benefit dance, sponsored by the Women's Worthwhile Club, which will be held Friday even ing, September 6 in the Appala chian High School gymnasium. Tickets will be $1.50 per couple and the proceeds will go to the high school recreational pro gram. A squirrel hake is a fish of the cod family, found in the Atlantic I Ocean, v. After Glass' Seat William A. Wrifht, Tappahan ncx!k, Va., chairman of the Vir ginia conservation commission, who has announced his candi dacy for the unexpired term of the late U. S. Senator Carter Glass. Nominations will be made by convention to be held at Rich-j morid, September 5. To Practice Here . *siRY - . sSfiSt* DR. H. B. PERRY, JR. DR. PERRY OPENS OFFICES ON FIRST Back From Naval Tour of Duty, Dr. H. B. Parry. Jr.. to Open Medical Office Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., recently released from active duty as medical officer in the Navy, will open his office here in connect ion with that of his father, Dr. H. B. Perry, Sr.. and Dr. R. H. Harmon, on September 1. Dr. Perry was graduated from Wake Forest College and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to his service in the Navy he was resident phy sician in charge of obstetrics at Baltimore City Hospitals in Bal timore, Md., and an instructor in obstetrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He served as a medical officer aboard the navy transport USS West Point (AP-23) carrying troops from both Europe and Pacific areas. Dr. Pgrry is a member of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, the Baltimore City Medical Society, the Medical faculty of the State of Maryland, and the American Medical Association. ? Dr. Perry. Mrs. Perry, and their daughter Donna, will make their home in Boone. List of Winners in Pet Show Are Given A Pfct Show, sponsored by "Red" Watkins and his Intra mural class at Appalachian, was held on the college campus last Wednesday afternoon. Five prizes were awarded!, Little Miss Rachel Rivers was ?warded the prize for the cutest pet; her entry being a coal-black End re-ribboned cocker spaniel up named "Skippy." Peter Quincey, carrying a duck named "Tattle-Tale-Grey," carried off the unanimous decision of the judges for the "Ugliest" pet prize. Lawrence Barden, with j mother rabbit and a family of [tiny baby rabbits, won the prize for the most "Unusual" pet. There was a two way tie for the "Largest" pet prize, the honors being split by Johnny Yount with his Collie, "Sport," and Jimmy Cline with his Pointer, "Scalp." The prize for the "smallest" pet and the one that provoked the most interest and laughter during the show, was a tiny tur tle named "Nicodemus" belong ing to little Miss Linda Greene. Other entering pets were: Ker mit Dacus, Robert Busteed, Nancy Winkler, Dempsey Wil cox, Lilly Lyons, Charles Wink ler, Bobby Watkins, Maynard Tate, Buddy McGuire, Phil Mc Guire, Peter Quincey, Milton Bar den, Helen Parker, P a n s i e Greene, Margaret Hendricks,] Lawrence Barden, Marjoric South, Linda Greene, Johnny Yount, Diana Watkins, Rachel Rivers, J. W. Welborn and Jim mie Cline. BIG POTATOES Rev. Tipton Greene, of Boone, hag presented to the Democrat three Sequoia potatoes, Which weigh fotfr pounds and ten ounces, which were frown in the garden of the popular local minister. COHV1CTED Paris, France. ? Three French Admirals were recently given sentences at haid labor and na tional degradation for life. They were accused of complicity in the ?elf-destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon in 1M2, shortly after the American Army invao ed North Africa. TO CLOSE MONDAY The . Watauga county library will be closed on Labor Day, September 2. Miss Edmisien Wins In Contest By Merchants, Local Theatre Miss Lilfein Edmisten of Sugar [Grove, N. C., was the winner of the prize in the contest recently conducted by the Boone Merch ants Association and the Appala chian Theatre, for having sub mitted the best 50-word dis sertation on "Why 1 Like to Live in Watauga County," and is being (given a $25 war bond and 20 free ipasses to the Appalachian Thea tre' |J| Miss Edmisten's entry is as fol I lows? ? "1 lov* Us simple but magni FIVE HELD FOR AUTO ROBBERIES Todd Men Bound to Court After Many Item* Taken From Cart ] Found In Their Possession Five men, of the Todd neigh borhood have been indicted, on charges growing out of the pil fering of automobiles in Blowing Rock, and following hearings conducted by Manley J. Williams, Justice of the Peace, were bound to Superior court in bonds of $1,000 each. The men are listed as Coy Michael, Julian Ragan, Fred Par sons. Howard C. Lewis, and Austin Worth Lewis, and Patrol man C. M. Jones states they were apprehended last Wednesday evening, following a disturbance at a Blowing Rock resort. In| their car, says officer Jones were found, automobile tools, cameras, flash lights,, jacks, engineering instruments and various other articles, corresponding to thos^ taken from a number of autos which had been entered at Blow ing Rock. Service Officer Will Aid Vets in Making Terminal Pay Claim Lionel Ward, veterans service officer for Watauga county, says he has a supply of forms at his office for applications for pay ments to veterans under the ter minal leave law, and that he will be glad to aid in filling these "orms, providing notarial services, etc., without charge. Mr. Ward advises all veterans that it will be necessary for them to bring certified or photostatic copies of their discharges when making their applications. Accepts Position in Caldwell Schools G. E. Tester, for the past three years principal of Bethel high school, this county, has accepted a position as supervisor of school bus transportation and driver ed ucation for the Caldwell county schools. Mr. Tester is moving his family to Lenoir where he has purchased a home. Mrs. Tester will teach English in the Gamewell high school, four miles from Lenoir. BLOWING ROCK MAN GETS 8EAMAN AWARD Washington, Aug. 28 ? Two Tar Heel merchant seamen, wounded in action during the war, have been awarded the Mariners' Med al, Maritime Service equivalent of the Purple Heart, the War Shipping Administration an nounced Saturday. The two re cipients of the award are Mallory J. Coffey, of Blowing Rock, and Alex R. Hines, of Sparta. Oldest Governor Gov. Walter S. Good land, Ra cine. Wis., 83, Who received the Republican nomination for gov ernor over the opposition of the party organization. He became governor of Wisconsin upon thfl death of Or I and S- Loomis in 1*41 . iicant beauty. Its gratia, sub dued quietness, its babbling ^raoks. and its rivers. whm fishermen Bad t haven. Us fresh Igrigondbig sir. its wsll kept towns, its splendid colkg*. its mountains. forests. ils abun dant harvest and It's hop* for another year." More than seventy-five letters were received in the contest, they were uniformly good and the judges were faced with quite a problem in determining who should receive the award. Named President GRADY TUGMAN RETAIL GROUP NAMES OFFICERS Grady Tugmin N?w PrMid*nt of Merchant! Association; Haw Directorate Established Grady Tugman, local hardware merchant, was named president of the Boone Merchants Associa tion at a meeting of the new board of directors elected at the annual picnic meeting of the or ganization held last week. Joe Huffman was named vice president; Mrs. Ruby Ellis, secre tary-treasurer, while Clyde R. Greene was re-elected to serve as state director. The present board of directors Tor the retail association com prises: Owen Little, Guy Hunt, W T. Welch, C. P. Angel, D. L. Wilcox, B. W. -Suitings, G. K. Moose, C. H. Mock, Bob Agle, Joe Huffman and Grady Tug man. Brief, Very Brief Argentine Senate ratifies U. N. Charter and Act of Chapultepec. Airborne field trips by schools and colleges pVove successful, j FCC licenses "radiopaging" ser vice on an exeprimental basis. Nation's armed services now total 2,500,000 men and women. Federal aid for education urged at teacher federation session. | OPA raises prices on automo bile parts by 12 to 27 per cent. Goodyear earnings in first half largest in company's history. Many Koreans are arrested trying to enter Japan illegally. Europe's wheat crop is ex pected to be 30% above last year's . Russia "unveils" jet and rocket propelled planes in air show. War Department to hold nation wide hearings on Army justice. President Truman urges full and adequate education for all. World textbooks, rid of biases, are urged at teachers' parley. Four small powers to seek full participation in Paris parley. Clergymen urge Tfuman free 1,500 conscientious objectors. U. S. proposes a new world authority to rule oil resources. State Department is pressing for a world trade conference. Bank loans to business and in dustry setting new records. British still look for joint ac cord with U.S. on Palestine. McNarney sees German Bed plot to wipe out capitalism. Protestant leaders differ in views on new world commission Communist attacks feared in Shanghai, Changchum, Tientsin. Federal atom research institute is planned to aid humanity. OPA accuses "Big Four" pock en of black market activities. Seven groups spopsor most of 11,200 aliens moving to U. S. Army reveals guided missile and armor coat for soldier*. _ < AFL report! gain 100,000 mem bers in the South. SPEAKS AGAINST DIVERSION STATE HIGHWAY FUNDS Petroleum Committee Execu tive Says Available Hun dred Million Will Meet All Needs if Used Exclusively for Road Construction Pro gram S. Gilmer Sparger, executive secretary of the North Carolina Petroleum Industries committee, said Thursday evening that high way revenues are adequate to fi nance the state's most ambitious road building program over the next three-year period. Lee H. Stout, chairman of the Watauga County Petroleum In dustries committee, presiding at the gathering of local oil men, introduced the speaker. Speaking before this group, an affiliate of the state organization, Mr. Sparger declared, "With the highway fund surplus already available and current gasoline tax revenues exceeding all previous estimates, North Carolina's road system can be improved and ex? panded to meet the most exact ing needs of the state's motorist*. The only thing necessary is to make sure by necessary legisla tion that these revenues are spent exclusively for road Construction and maintenance. To do other wise would not anly be a travesir ty on good judgment and sound fiscal policy but a breach of trust with highway users who pay out annually millions of dollars in gasoline taxes for better roads and highways." Basing his figures on reports of the state highway and public works commission and the U. S. public roads administration, he said that more than $100,000,000 would be available for road con struction and maintenance over the next three-year period. He explained that the major portion of this amount would come from the 6 cents per gallon roaO tax on gasoline, but would be sup plemented by motor vehicle reg istration fees and federal aid. "With receipts from the gasoline tax mounting by leaps and bounds ? already 25 per eent above the first quarter of 1M1 for the same period of this year ? our revenues from gasoline taxes are apt to be even more than the amount estimated. Furthermore, the many new cars which will be appearing on our highways will bring additional revenues from registration fees. "From these figures," Mr. Spar ger continued, "it is obvious that North Carolina can, as soon as equipment and trained personnel are available, embark on a sound and progressive highway program with the assurance that the high (Continued on page 8) Order For Dark Flour Revoked By Government I _____ The government Friday night cancelled its order requiring "dark" bread and flour, effective Sept. 1. The agriculture department an nounced that improved wheat supplies make it possible to end the order by which millers were required to convert 80 per cent of the wheat kernel into flour, instead of only 72 per cent as usual. The order was designed to make more wheat available for shortage areas abroad at a time when world supplies of cereals were far short of needs. However, an order limiting do mestic distribution of flour to 87 per cent of last year's level will be continued indefinitely. Hence, Friday's action changes the quality of the flour but not the quantity. , Dates Given On Hunting Season The following hunting regula tions and season openings for Watauga county in the hunting season of 1MS-47 were announc ed this week by Walter Edmis ten, county fame warden: Opossum and raccoon, with gun and dog only, Oct. 15 through Feb. 15 Mink and imukrat, trapping, Dec. 1 through Feb. 1; quail, Nov. 28 through Jan. SI, bag limit, eight per day; rabbit, Nov. 28 through Jan. 31; squirrel, Sept. IS through Dec. 15, bag limit, six per day; ruffled grouse, Nov. 28 through Jan. 1, bag limit two per day, ten for the season. ) !? - Plant nectar doesn't becwne honey until it has entered the stomach of a bee. ? juF, i'l
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