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BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947 5 CENTS A COPY
TWO BEING HELD
FOR ROBBERY OF
NEWLANDBANK
Crowe Brothers Arc Indicted
by Federal Grand Jury in
Asheville on Charges Grow
ing Out of Robbery of New
land Bank: Three Others
Being Sought
Asheville, Feb. 18, ? George
Crowe, Jr., and Casper Crowe,
indicted by the Federal grand
ury here yesterday on charges
-owing nut the holdup of the
very County Bank, at New
tand on January 30, are expected
to be brought from Knoxville to
the Buncombe county jail today,
U. S. Marsfial Charles R. Price
said last night.
Certified copies of the bill of
indictment were sent to the U. S.
Marshal in Knoxville with the re
quest that he bring the two men
to Asheville.
Indictments were also returned
yesterday for three other defen
dants wanted in connection with
the robbery. They are now at
large and are being sought by
F. B. I. agents.
The charges against the five
men, according to the bills re
turned yesterday, are as follows:
George Crowe, Jr., charged
.vith receiving and concealing
noney alleged to have been stolen I
from a member of the Federal
Deposit Insurance corporation!
and with conspiracy to rob at
member of the FDIC.
Casper Crowe, charged with!
robbery of a member bank of the:
KDIC, conspiracy to rob the bank,
receiving and concealing money !
from the bank.
The three defendants still at i
large. are:
D. ~L. Birchfield, William Ed
ward Aired, and Cadaza George
Dewey Saylor, all charged with
ictual robbery of the bank, re
ceiving money stolen from the
bank, and conspiracy to rob the
bank.
Officers who have been work
ing on the case yesterday indi
cated that the Crowe brothers
are reported to have been the
drivers of the automobiles used
in connection with the holdup,
one for the immediate getaway
car and the other for a planted
car to which they could 'switch.
(Continued on page 8>
GEORGE HENSON !
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Farmer of Sherwood
Neighborhood Succumbs
it, From Heart Attack
George Henson, 62 years old,
prominent Sherwood farmer,
died at- the home on the 11th
from a sudden illness with what
was diagnosed as a heart attack.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Henson's Chapel
Methodist Church on February
14, by Rev. Mr. Middleton, of the
Baptist Church, and interment
was in the nearby cemetery.
Surviving arc four sons and'
two daughters." R. D. Henson,
Reese; Oka Henson, Sherwood;
Gurd Henson, Cleveland. Ohio;
Buster Henson, Sherwood; Mrs.
Grant Sutherland, Creston; Mrs.
Ray Ellison, Sherwood. There is
one brother, Dave Henson of
Sherwood, and four half-brothers:
Lonnie Henson, Vila?: Smith
Henson. Reese; Herman Henson,
Reese; Dana Henson, Reese.
There are three half-sisters: Mrs.
Howard Younce, Mabel; Mrs. I
Glenn Norris, Mabel: Miss Doraj
Henson, Reece. J
Northwestern Bank
Jumps 98 Places In ,
1946 In the Nation
I
North Wilkes boro ? The North- 1
western Bank, which has home
office here and branches in sever
al northwestern North Carolina
cities and towns, jumped 94
places during 1946 to become the
511th largest bank in the country,
figures revealed today by The
American Banker showed.
On December 31, 1945, the
Northwestern Bank was the 605th ,
largest bank in the nation. The
deposits were 30,760,796 on Dec
ember 31, 1946, compared to $26,
76S.6A1 on December 31, 1945.
Local Matmen Meet
MaryvilJe College
Team on Saturday
?
The Appalachian matmen will
be in quest of their ninth straight
victory Saturday night when
they meet the strongpMaryville
College team In the local gym
nasium
The Maryville wrestlers have
met and defeated Auburn, Van
derbilt. Georgia Tech and Uni
versity of Chattanooga this nea
son. and claim the championship
of Tennessee, Georgia and Ala
bama. Coach Watkins will be
trying to beat his team-mate,
Coach J. D. Davis, and his alma
mater.
Argentina moves for U. S. aid
for industrialization.
Hannegan says Truman will be
asked to run in 1948.
Prison Mother
Mrs. Maud Battlington Booth.
81. shown with lock troin an old
cell block at San Qucntin prison,
California, inscribed with trib
utes by the inmate- and given
to her recently.
RADIO STATION
TO BE TOPIC OF
C. OF C. MEETING
Radio Engineer and Repre
sentative of Radio Equip-[
ment Manufacturer Expect
ed to Be Guests of Cham
ber of Commerce Thursday;
Seek Final Decision
A further discussion of the
proposed Boone radio station will
feature the meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce, which will be
held Thursday evening in con
nection with a banquet at the
Carolina Cafe, and Mr. Herman
Wilcox, president of the organi
zation, is anxious that there be a
full attendance at this gathering
to make a final decision regard
ing the proposal.
A radio engineer from Johnson
City, Tenn., and perhaps on# from
Statesville will be present at
this time, in addition to a rep
resentative from a radio equip
ment manufacturer, and it is ex
pected that complete informa
tion may be gathered at this time
regarding the cost of building, as
well as operation, of a radio stat
ion in this community.
The Chamber of Commerce,
says Mr. Wilcox, does not wish to
olace a burden on the community
by securing something that would
be a liability rather than an as
set to the town. It is his wish to
learn if the station could be ex
pected to be self-supporting. If
?uch is the case, the organization
will do all possible to secure its!
instruction, he states j;
Mrs. J. H. Brendall
Dies in Albemarle
Mrs. Virginia Gregory Bren
dall, 44, wife of Rev. J. H Bren
dall, who lived in Boone during
her husband's ministry at the
local Methodist Church some
years ago. died inexpectedly in
Albemarle Saturday morning
Mr. and Mrs. Brendall came to
Albemarle a little more than
four years ago from Winston
Salem where Mr. Brendall was
pastor of the Ardmore Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at Albermarle's
Central Methodist Church. The
rites were conducted by Rev. L. B.
Abernethy of Charlotte, and Rev.
R. M. Courtney of Salisbury.
Interment was in a mausoleum t
in Guilford Memorial Park near I
Greensboro.
Ancestral Home of
Senator Brown Burn*
The large frame residence of
Mrs. J. D. Brown of Blowing
Rock, the ancestral home of Sen
ator Wade E. Brown, was totally
destroyed by fire last Thursday.
The blaze was believed to have
started from a stove in a room
occupied at night by Mrs. Brown,
who resided during the day at
the home of a son. Mr. Kent
Brown, a short distance away.
The large 9- room frame build
ing, constructed by the late J. D.
Brown more than 34 years ago.
was a good building and in ex
cellent state of repair. Some in
surance is said to have been in
force on the property. There was
no estimate on the property loss.
"Music On Parade"
Topic of P.-T.A.
The February meeting of Boone
Parent-Teachere Association will
be held at the high school at 7:30
p. m. Monday, February 24. The
program theme for the evening
will be "Music Qp Parade". Mr.
Gordon Nash, MiTO M. Hartsell.
Mr. Lee Stout, and Mrs. Jim
Councill will be responsible for
the musical program.
All parents- and friends are
cordially invited to attend the
meeting and enjoy the music of
the high school band and glee
iclub.
RED CROSS SETS
QUOTA FOR 1947
FISCAL EFFORT
Watauga County Asked to
Contribute $2,666 in Cam
paign to Begin March 3;
Clyde R. Greene Will Again
Serve as Chairman of Cam
paign
The Watauga county chapter of
the American Red Cross has ac
cepted a quota of $2,666 and has
named Mr. Clyde R. Greene
chairman of the 1947 fund cam
paign.
1 his quota is almost 50 pei
cent below that assigned tor
Watauga county last year. JVlr.
Greene announces that the cam
paign wilt be conducted trom
March 3 to March 15 as part ol
the national drive to raise $60,
000,000 lor carrying on Hed Cross
work on a county, national and
world-wide basis.
There are more than 2,000,000
Americans still in uniform who
are benefited by the services ol
the Red Cross. In addition to
those in uniform .who are served
by this organization, the veterans'
hospitals are overflowing with
those who welcome the service
which no other agency but the
Red Cross offers. Still more ex
GI families are unsettled and in
need of advice and financial as
sistance. The Red Cross disas
ter relief, which Watauga county
gladly welcomed a few years ago.
still stands ready to aid in emer
gencies and ommunity disaster..
Oflicials oi the local chapter
?eel that the chapter is fortunate
?n being able to again have Mr.
Greene as campaign chairman.
This will be the sixth Red Cross
iund drive in which Mr. Greehe
?ias served as.. chairman and the
chapter has the record ol ex
ceeding its quota each time. Mr.
Greene is confident that the peo
ple of the couniy will not fail this
organization which is standing by
those who have served and those
A'ho are still serving their coun
try. But to raise the quota and
iive the Red Cross the means to
jarry on their services to the
servicemen and veterans of this
county will take the co-operation
and aetivte participation of every
citizen of Watauga county. The
total amount raised by the coun
ty last year was $5,151.67.
Feb. 13 has been designated as
Red Cross Sunday. Every pastor
m the county is asked to bring
the work of the Red Cross to the
attention of his congregation.
The plan of campaign will be
khe same as that used last year.
Mr. Greene has asked the follow
ing persons to act as vice-chair
men:
Rural sections. L E. Tuckwil
icr. county agent; town of Boone,
Grady Tugman; Blowing Rock,:
Mrs. H. C. Hayes; public schools.)
Superintendent W. H. Walker
The treasurer has released the
lollowing financial statement ol!
the chapter:
Fund bal. Aug 31, 1946 $3,782.87
Plus receipts 183.20
$3,966.07
Less disbursements . 1,524.61
Bal. Jan. 31, 1947 2.441.46
Summary of Happenings in Stale
Legislature During Past Week
Monday through Friday of the
fifth week of the 1947 session
saw the introduction of 99 new
bills, for a total to date of 484,
as against 152 bills introduced!
during the corresponding period)
of the 1945 session and that ses
.iKn's total at the end of the'
same legislative day was 521. At
the close of the 33rd legislative
day, the house was running prac
tically even with the 1945 house
in terms of the number of bills
introduced, with 343 bills in the|
nopper as against 1945's 342. The
senate, however, was somewhat
behind, with only 141 bills asj
against 179 in 1945
Although the week was rela
tively light with respect to the
number of new public bills in
troduced, a few bills which may
evoke some interest and a fair
amount of argument were start
ed upon their dubious journeys.
For instance, there is SB 130,
which might be termed the "bi
ennial liquor referendum bill,
which would put to a state-wide|
vote next November the question
of the continuance of ABC liquor
stores as well as the legal sale
anywhere in the state of any al
coholic beverage except malt
beverages containing not over 5%
of alcohol by weight, and light
domestic wines. Then there is|
SB 118, which would "provide for
the general welfare and protect
the health, efficiency and general
well-being of workers in the state
of North Carolina by providing!
.or minimum wages and maxi
mum hour standard."." With nu
merous exceptions as to its appli
cability, the bill would provide a
minimum wage of 40 cents per1
hour, require the payment ofl
time-and-a-half for time in ex
ess of 40 hours per week, and
amit female employees to whom
Ihe bill would apply, except for
such seasonal periods as the pre
Christmas period, to a maximum
ol a 9-hour day. 48-hour week,
and 6-day week. This bill should
stir up some excitement in ihi
same camps already stirred up o>
the introduction last week ol 1IB
229. which is designed to "make
unlawful and to prohibit con
tracts or combinations which re
quire membership in labor
unions, organizations or associa
tions as a condition of employ
ment." Both bills at the end of
the week were m thvir respective
committees on manufactures and
labor.
Another bill which might Im
paired off against one previous
ly introduced is SB 111. which
would "create within the De
partment of Conservation and
Development the North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission."
This bill would set up within the
Department of Conservation and
Development a 9-member com
ber commission, with a commis
sioner and personnel of its own,
| to manage and promote the wild
life resources of the state with
the exception of commercial fish
eries and fish. The bill seems to
be something of a compromise to-j
ward meeting the objective of
the "bill of divorcement," intro
duced in the senate as SB 66 and
in the house as HB 133, which
seeks completely to remove con
trol over wildlife (game fish and
animals) from the Department of
Conservation fcnd Development
and place it in an independent
commission composed of persons
who would presumably bend ev
ery effort toward making for bet
ter hunting and fishing in the
[state. This compromise, however,
seems not noticeably to h^re
dimmed the enthusiasm of the
separatists nor the determination
of the retentionists At a house
committee hearing on the two
separation bills, the pros and
antis attended in such numbers
(Continued on page 8)
BOONE'S NEW FREEZER-LOCKER PLANT
ii Front elevation of the new freezer-locker plant, which will be erected in Boone this year,
'| with work to get under way on actual construction as soon as weather conditions will permit.
WEED GROWERS
HEAR BENNETT
i Extension Tobacco Specialist
Talk* to Planters on Plant
Bed Failure
More than 100 farmers gather
jed to hear Roy R. Bennett, ex
tension tobacco specialist and the
Icounty agents lead u discussion
!on tobacco production
The meeting opened with a
'discussion of the quality of the
1946 burley crop in this area. The
'farmers bi ought out the point
that late plant letting dates
caused by plant bed failure was
largely responsible for the poor
quality. Blue mold and wild fire
were believed to be the main
causes of plant bed failure.
Mr. Bennett then led a discus
sion, using colored slides to il
lustrate the effective way to
combat these plant diseases. He
showed many slides showing the
results of using fermate as a pre
ventative. This is applied as a
spray or as a dust.
The fermate spray 01 dust
should be applied first when the
plants leaves ari about the size
of a dime, and repeated twice a
week, with an extra application
after each hard rain thereafter
until the plants are set to the
field.
A supply of bulletins will be
sent to the county agents' office,
and any one interested in using
the formate should call by ana
secure one of these bulletins.
There was quite a lot of dis
cussion on the possibility of pro
ducing tobacco plants below the
mountain. Mr. Bennett pointed
out thai he thought that arrange
ments could be made to produce
plants below the mountain and
he promised to investigate the]
costs and conditions.
Any one interested in having
plants produced for them should
leave their order with the county
agent
U. S. plea to settle lend lease
is ignored by Russians
w
GUY GREER
WATAUGA MAN 1
NOW AN AUTHOR
Guy GrNr Celebrates the Publi-'
cation of Volume on Cunuiuiii*
iy Planning. Homing
?
New York. N. Y.. Fob 18?
Guy Greer, native of Wataugal
county, whose ancestors camcj
here with Daniel Boone at the J
time of the Revolution, this week;
celebrated the publication of his
book "Your City Tomorrow", by
the Macmillan Company. New
York. * ?
Mr. Greer was born near Boone
in 1891, and on his mother's side
is descendd from the Yates
family of the western part of the
state. His two brothers now run
R. T. Greer & Co.. crude drug
company, in Pikeville, Ky.. Mar-i
ion. Va.. and elsewhere.
The author has worked with
the Federal Housing Administra
tion in Washington, and as a
member of the Board of Editors j
of Fortune" magazine. He is at
present a partner in Armstrong,
Associates ? advisers, analysts and,
consultants in real estate at^!
community planning, with head
quarters in New York.
In "Your City Tomorrow , Mi.
Greer explains what the average
citizen needs to know about
community planning and hous
ing
Local Red Cross
Unit Names Officers
Rev. E. F. Troutman has been
inamed chairman of the Watauga
Chapter, American Red Cross, for
the sixth consecutive year, it hai
been announced. \
Miss Bernice Gragfc was named
treasurer for the ensuing year,
land Mrs. Nora D Warman was
elected secretary. All board
members were re-elected. Clyde
R. Greene was named roll call
chairman for the seventh year.
I At the annual meeting reports
were made by the various com
mittee cnairmen and R. W. Wat
kins. former field director for the
organizati?i in the European the
atre of operations, gave a talk on
[Red Cross work overseas
Mrs. Emma H. Ellison
Die* Tuesday Evening
Mrs. Emma Hockeday Ellison,
62 years old, died at the home at
Tamarack Tuesday evening, aft
er a long period of indisposition.
Funeral details are not com
pleted, but it is stated th*t the
rites will likely be held Thursday
at the Ellison cemetery at Tama
rack , . . ,
Mrs. Ellison, who was the wid
ow of the late Alex E Ellison, is
survived by three sons and one
daughter: Earl Ellison, Tama
rack; Roy Ellison, Sparta ,0*^
Ellison, Sherwood; Mrs. I^ester
Eller. Tamarack. There are two
brothers. Ed Hockeday, Damas
cus, Va., and Linney Hockeday,
Fairfield, Pa. /
The earth's store of uranium ore
would be exhausted in less than
100 years it uranium were to re
place coal completely as a source
of energy
lions are told
OF HEALTH PLAN
of Lions Club
public heamTofncef; gaveCantrtot
formative talk about the p?oDS
Statp?^?thealth pro?ram for the
L^nc n ^ meeting of the Boone
l'ub. Tuesday overling
th? ^ g is re**iarks was
the statement Mat 35-5! of Thf
rejected by Car<??na were
jcciea by the armed services
rtut to impaired health This con
dition provided the impetus for
.The? N. CeaMedC.SPCagrne Com
to'^u^eyPthe "state* C01JnmUsion 1
the,, finding before fhe GeS
fhat^X0' 1945 11 wasGfSund
in'urha were concentrated
s?s and m?n? i'"5, that lut"-'rculo
mental institutions were
aKu lngl and ttlat ? consider
able percentage of births wcurr
Addition. 7ledic.al attention. I
Pital f^nfi an en'arKed hos-|
ed tnanth Wuere recommend
id, together with more facilities
for training doctors, nurses and
technicians. medical aid for
23?I7>eVnd l*lc c-stat>lishment of
scholarships for training doctors
who woufd agree to practice in
years. arCUS " n,mimum of five
, P'.' King further stated that the
local hospital would probably be
adequate if the requirement/ a^e
met. The main requirement in
volyed in the present program ,
t? K?? ?atchin? funds which are'
inH P^?de.aVai,ab,? ,,v ^e StaU
mv o governments.
MV. Smith Haguman. one ?f
rustees of the local hospital
.mphasued that
>s a corporation and that the'
property on which it stands was
deeded to it by the state. He add
tf u J?osP'tal has no legal
"-in with Appalachian College
the J ,th'' hosP'tal belongs to
the people of the county He
said that the college has use of
the hospital, and that without
r-rnt hospital faciliUca, the
TTZ c2u,<J.no? l'o accredit
or Colleges. urn Association
The Lions Club pledged u
;UrZ?rL'r?t th," ???d health pro
,Sr
MANY ATTEND
LINCOLN EVENT
|LOC*sJumUlJliCLni ?? to Win"<">
Salem lo Hear National
GOP Leaden
lfromla^a^n^ber^ ^Publicaiu
Wi^to^l . ga ;ounty went tc
cipatl i^'lh Sutlir^v to parti
Mint, annual Lincoln Dav
'r!!l wan to h<,ar addresses b?
Ispealte^oV'th ?Hf
t?ut? n^ ^?US?r,of represen
former' r* C1?n? ^th Luce
j woman Conncctlcut Congress
MartI?*Vll!f Speaker
Martm and Raymond C Barker
introduced Mrs. Luce. Other,?
Jm?r0gnf:m were Buford T Hen
dfr?on. Winston-Salem Rav
&wtevilie ^ "J
who m.' Stokes county sheriff
Yo,' ^ elected head of the
Jute"* ?"Can c,ub# in the
earner _? ^
j .T? *J? VETERANS
gtate ^ervi#J^ln??e,ter ' ""^tant
f, ^ service officer will k*?
?e^?"iCoffj^i?^IdJarreSua^
68,1 before noon on that date
KNITTERS ARE NEEDED
A number of volunteer knitter!
are .needed by the local Red Crow
charier, to make use of left ovei
yarns in fashioning boys' sweat
era. The yarn may be found ai
the home of Mrs. w. XL BurweV
at 203 North Water Street
FREEZER PLANT
EQUIPMENT IS
NOW ON ORDER
Work to Start Next Month on
Construction of Local Freez
er-Locker Plant, as Final
Papers Are Signed; To Out
line Plans for Rental of
Lockers
The final contracts and charter
arrangements for the Boone fre
ezer locker plant were signed in
Raleigh last week by Mr. W. H.
Dameron and Southern Frozen
Food Lockers, Inc., and present
plans call for construction opera
tions to begin on the enterprise
no later than the middle of
March, if weather conditions per
mit.
This information is contained
in a letter to Mr. H. W. Wilcox
from James E. Coad, vice-presi
dent of the Southern Frozen Food
Lockers, who takes occasion to
"express my sincere appreciation
for your enthusiastic cooperation
with regard to the locker plant
and packing company for Boone."
Mr. Coad states that Mr. Damer
on has instructed his firm to pro
ceed with" "full and absolute
authority for the construction of
the locker plant in Boone."
The signing of the final con
tracts resulted in the immediate
placing of orders for all mach
inery and other equipment which
will be needed, as well as build
ing materials, and it is said that
construction will be started just
as quickly , as weather conditions
will permit. Doubt is expressed
however, that much can be ac
complished before about the 15th
of March.
Mr. Coad states that he expects
to come to Boone within the next
thirty days and meet with local
people to discuss an outline of
plans for the rental of lockers
SAYDOUGHTON
WILL NOT RUN
Flock of Candidates Expected to
[ Fight For Poit of Veteran
Congrttiman
Hickory, Feb. 18 ? Representa
tive Robert L. Doughton will not
be a candidate for renomination
to Congress from the Ninth North
Carolina district in 1948. The
Hickory Record said it learned to
day from sources close to the
congressmen which are consider
ed reliable. Doughton upon com
pleting his present term will
round out 38 years in Congress
A wide open race for the vac
ancy is in prospect. Potential
candidates include Walter Wood
son, Sr., and W. D. Kizziah of
Salisbury; Eugene Bost of Con
cord; Tom Wolfe, former highway
commissioner, and S e n a to r
Erskine Smith of Albemarle;
former U. S. District Attorney
Carlyle Higgins of Sparta; Ed
Anderson, West Jefferson news
paper publisher; Senator John
McLaughlin and former Senator
Hugh Mitchell of Statesville;
Representative Max C. Wilson
ana former Highway Commis
sioner V. D. Guire of Lenoir, and
Kidd Brewer of Boone, admin
istrative assistant to Senator Wil
liam B. Umstead
Net Proceeds From
March of Dimes
ii Campaign $1,835
i
Mr. R. E. Agle. chairman of the
| recent March of Dimes campaign,
reveals that the total contribu
jtions to the fund in Watauga
"countv amounted to $2,067. and
that the expenses of the canvass
was $231.35. leaving a net contri
bution of $1,835.65 The local
quota was $1,525.
Following is the March of
Dimes expense account:
Gasoline, car expense and
signs $ 22.00
Metal lapel tabs 4.50
Dime cards, coin collectors.
window cards 47.50
Rubber stamp ........ 1.55
Postage and cards 21.00
Freight 3.50
Stenographic work 6.00
Dance hall 15.00
Music. Paul Weston 100.00
Total $ 231.35
|Total contributions $2,067.00
Less expense ? 231.35
? t
Net receipts ...... $1,839.85
iTo be applied to:
50% National Foundation $917.83
p0% Local chapter 917.82
O
$1,838.65
Perfect Marriage Is
Goal Novel Contest
In a novel contest seeking the
I perfect marriage in Watauga
county, sponsord by the Appala
chian Theartre prior to the play
ling of Hal Wallls' production,
"The Perfect Marriage, " the cur
rent ballots show. "Trigger" and
"Gallant Bess" leading in the
votes. Since neither are residents
of Watauga county, and this con
- test was really meant for human
t beings, these horses will not be
I eligible to compete, says the
management.
Writes Book