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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT The date on your address label shows the date your sub _ _ _ _ , _ . , m ^ ^ ^ jA r I ^ IMPORTANT THE DEMOCRAT . y. i r | ^ | | ^ ^ M 1 ? " " r " 1 ia your best ?md most econo mlcal medium or advertising With more than 2,600 paid-up, cash subscriptions, your mes- _ __ safe goes to 13.000 people, on Democrat is operating strictly the) universally used basis of M on a caah in advance basis. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. acrlption will exnlre. and the d/.te your paper will be Flopped unless sooner renewed. The BOONE, WATAUGA BOUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY RED CROSS FUND GROWS SLOWLY IN THIS COUNTY Bad Weather Continues to Hamper Activities During Last Week; More Than $400 Reported: Some Late Contributors Sn o w y weather, persisting over the week-end, continued to ^low down the annual canvass for the Red Cross Roll Call cam paign. However, the sum of $429.50 has been reported to Chairman Clyde R Greene, and there are doubtless many reports almost complete which have not been turned in. It is felt thatj with a turn for the better in the weather, the campaign will gain new impetus and the local quota of $2,600 will be raised within a relatively short time. Following are recent contribu tors: : Boon* ? Ci/dt R. Gr*?n? Worker Gordon Winkler 3.00, O. L. Scruggs -00, A. C. Shoemaker 1.00. Mrs. Ruby Ellis 1.00, Carl Teague 1.00, Mrs. Mae Miller 5.00, Southern Bell Tel. and Telephone Company 5.00. John. W f lodges, Sr. 25.00, Snow Masonic Lodge *o. 363 25.00, Farmers Hardware Com pany 100.00, Mountain Burley Ware house 100.00. Boone Business Section ? G. C. Tugman, Worker Watauga Hardware 25.00, G. E. Tug nan 5.00, Earl Tugman 1.00 Ivan Church 1.00, Wilcox Drug Co. 10.00. Appalachian Stats Teachers CoUege. John W. Wolbom. Worker. Hal Barlow 5. 00. E. M. Slugh .25, 7 K. Brown 1.00. John Welborn 5.00, Vivian Wood 5.00 David Norrls 1.00, Allen Lunsford 1.00. Hoover Greene 1.00, Wayne Rogers 1.00. J P. Houck 50 Lillian Parker 1.00. Mildred Palter 1.00. Winnie Greene 1.00, Walter Brewer 1.00, Mrs. Vivian Vannoy 1.00, Fred Winebarger 1.00. Mrs Ed Culler 1.00, Glannie Ford 1.00. Thelma Miller 1.00, William Reece 50, Mrs Mandy Hodges 1.00, Mrs. Dot Johnson 1.00, Mack Welborn .25. J W Welborn .25, Mrs Edith Greene 100. Ilia Storie 1 d0. Mrs. Betty Ragan 25. Cecil Hampton l 00. County Building ? Mrs. John D Clawson. Worker. Mrs. Amelia Greer 3.00. Mrs. W. B l^ovill 1.00. Lionel Ward 1.00. Mrs. John D. Clawson 1.00. Mrs. Maude Ingle 1.00. Dave P Mast 2.00. Robert R. King. Jr. 4 00, Mrs R D Hodges. Jr. 1.00. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tuckwlller *.00, H. L. Shepherd 1.00. Annie Smith 1.00, Howard Walker 1.00, Helen Lyons I .00, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Richard son 2.00, Alma Hodges 1.00, Betty Matheson 1.00, C H Kirkman, Ji 1.90. ?aUe Crucls C Immunity ? W. W. Mast, Worker Claude Baird 1.00. C. A. Church 100. Lee Michael 1.00. Thos. Matheson 1.00, Frank Taylor S.00. Wilma Baird 1.00. Carrel Tester 1 00. T C Baird 5 00 New Rivar Community ? L. M. Morets, Worker W. C. Downs 1.00, Mrs. Janie Greene 1.00. Avery Moretz 1.00, Don Stanbury 30. Dale Vannoy 1.00. Ralph Canter 50. Mr and Mrs R T Greer 2.05, Mr. md Mrs 11. G. Greer 2.00. Greene ind Verlee Smith 3.00. L. M Moretz 2 00. WORRONLOCKER PLANT TO START! Bad WMther Delays Start of [ Work on New Enterprise to April 1 Mr Jim Coad of Southern Frozen Food Lockers, Inc.. Ra leigh, advises Mr H W Wilcox! of the Boone Chamber of Com-| merce, that work on the city's! new frozen food locker plant has :>ecn delayed by the cold weath-i ? t, but that operations are ex pected to begin by the first of the month. Mr. Wilcox is also 111 receipt if a letter from Mr. W H. Dame ron of Dallas. Texas, who is to be the owner of the new plant He ^ays "I want to thank you for your no-operation on my recent trip tol Boone with Mr. Coad. WcJ wanted to meet with some of your citizens and determine if it would be feasible to build a locker plant there at this time. You already know our decision. In fact, we are planning to make ;t somewhat larger than we first mticipated. because of the in terest shown by the people there." Mr Dameron expccts to move *o Boone next summer, after his training as a locker plant opera tor, and will take over the man icement of the local plant Tax Cutting Controversy Pages Again Washington ? The congression al tax cutting controversy broke ut again Tuesday as Chairman; rtnutson (R. Minn.), announced, that the house ways and means ?ommittee will open hearings Thursday on his bill railing for .1 20 per cent "across the board' -lash. 0 ?JKnutson said the hearings will rlcwe Friday and Rep. Forand (D. R.I.), told reporters: "The Re publicans are using a steam rol ler." Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder was called as the first witness and is expected to sup port President Truman's position, given to congress in a January message. This is that taxes should not be cut now and any treasury surplus should be used to begin payment of the $260, r.00,000, 000 national debt. Knutson's bill calls for a 20 per i-ent reduction in the levy on in <-omes of 45,000,000 taxpayers with the relief retroactive to Jan. 1. It would reduce th?* tax load l->y about $3,500,000,000 House Bank Paying Off in Part The non-profit house of representatives" bank recently re opened for business $125,563 in the hole. The bank opened pay ing its congressmen-clients 75 cents on every dollar they have on deposit Thomas D'Alesandro (D. Md.), left, cashier; John Ober halser, right are shown as Representative D'Alesandro made first withdrawal. The shortage was discovered when new cashier took over and the books were audited. At Walter Reed mmmsmmmm LT DARK A MALTBA Lieut. Dare Maltba Assigned to Hospital In Washington City Washington. Feb. 28. ?First Lieutenant Dare A. Maltba. Army Nurse Corps, has assumed duties at Walter Reed General Hospital, it has been anno.-nced by Brig. Gen. George C. Boacb, Jr., Com manding General of the hospital; and the Army Medical center. ! A graduate of the New Jersey: State Hospital School of nursing,; Lt Maltba entered the Army in April of 1941 at Ft Bragg. N C. Prior to going overseas in 1 114-1, she was on duty at Fort Bragg, and Thayer General Hospital.! Nashville, Tenn, She was in the' European Theatre of operations \ in France until 1945, when she| returned to the United States and was again assigned to duty at Fort Bragg. She was later trans ferred to Fort Sam Houston. Tex., from which station she came to Walter Reed. Her mother, Mrs. Martha Malt ba. resides in Boone TAFT SUPPORTS PLAN TO ! KEEP RENT CONTROLS Washington. March 11. ? Sen.! Robert A. Taft. (R., O.). tonight' threw his influence behind a new' GOP plan to continue country-1 wide rent control until March 1, i 1948. and outlaw an immediate j across-the-board boost Independence. Mo., the home ofr President Truman, is a popular! residence suburb of Kansas City.1 Mo. It was settled in 1827 IJOHN G. LAY DEADAT AGE 94 | Aged Resident of Bamboo Sec tion Dies From Long 111- i ness; Riles Thursday II John G. Lay, prominent citizen of the Bamboo section, died at the hqme on Tuesday of last week, from an extended illness, at the age of 94 years. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Three Forks Baptist Church Thursday and interment was in the Ray cemetery. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Lizzie Harrison Lay. There are 3 I sons and five daughters: J. A. Lay. North Fork, W. Va.; W. F. Lay, Minneapolis, Minn.; V. E. Lay, Welch. W. Va.: Mrs. W. G. Todd, Boone; Mrs. V. F. Gordon, iKeystone, W. Va.; Mrs. Fred Al lien, Miami Beach, Fla.: Mrs. Lon Payne, Marion. Va.; Mrs. John Vannoy, La Homas. Wash. All were present for the funeral ex cept W. F. Lay, Mrs Allen and Mrs. Vannoy. Mr. Lay was born in the Globe section of Caldwell county, but had spent the most of his life in Watauga county, where he en gaged in farming. He had been a member of Three Forks Baptist Church throughout most of his adult life, and in his younger years took an active part in the church. He was postmaster at Bamboo for many years, and was one of the outstandingly fine citizens of the county. Appalachian Athletic Association Tourney I Is Now in Progress The Appalachian High School Association of Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties, opened its an nual basketball tournament this (Wednesday afternoon) at 1 o'clock, and the following games will take place tonight: Boys' pairing: Riverview vs. Cranberry 7 o'clock; West Jef ferson vs. Bethel. 8; Boone vs. Nathan's Creek 9. Girls' pairing: Fleetwood vs. Cove Creek 7 o'clock; Cranberry vs West Jefferson 8; Boone vs. Nathan's Creek 9. Mr. and Mrs. Greene Acquire Fashion Shop Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Greene have purchased the local retail store know as the Fashion Shop from Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hunt. Th? popular dress shop will continue under the joint manage ment of Mrs. Vance Culler and Mrs. Greene Summary of Happenings in State Legislature During Past Week At the close of the 51st legisla tive day, 242 bills and resolutions had been Introduced in the Sen ate. and 620 in the House, for a total of 862, which is just 199 short of the 1.061 introduced dur-j ing the same period in 1945. Of the 862 bills, only 124 were in troduced during the first 5 days of the past week, as compared to 181 during the comparAlc 5 jdays of the 1945 session. As sug gested in the summary of Febru ary 22, this appWent "slow down" in the introduction rate may tend to produce a shorter session than lif a greater number of bills were being handed in; for it certainly means, unless bills are introduced at a substantially accelerated rate within the next week or two. that the legislature will have at least a smaller volume of bills to attend to before it can adjourn, and it may very well mean that the members are giving more time and attention to matters al ready than to thinking up new measurqji. As to this latter point. It is aj) paient that most committees are working hard and earnestly to dispose of important matters be fore them, and major issues are beginning to come to a head and. if not finally disposed of in com mittee, to reach the floors of the House and Senate. For example, on Friday, the committee substi tute for the Biennial Revenue Bill was reported by the House Fi nance committee .the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was set as a special order of business for Tuesday, March 11. The changes in the original bill effected by the committee sub stitute are too numerous and technical in nature to be dealt with here. Perhaps the changes of most general interest are those which will allow public school teachers, principals and supcrin (Continued on pagr- 8> CHARTER GIVEN FOR OPERATION RADIO STATION Watauga Broadcasting Com pany of Boone Will Operatr Station in This City; Facili ties Will Be Subject to Ex pansion; FM May Be Usee1 Later The Secretary of State har "ranted a charter to the Watauga Broadcasting Co., of Boone, under the terms t>f which the corpora tion may own and operate or lease and operate, one or more radio wireless broadcasting stat ons. as well as do a general wholesale and retail business in radio equipment, supplies and ac ?essories. It is stated that application will be made through the proper chan nels for the erection of one of the most modern and well equipped broadcasting stations in this sec tion of the country. The facilities provided will be subject to ex pansion, and will likely result in the future use of the FM fre quencies. The incorporators of the Wata uga Broadcasting Company are Messrs H. Grady Farthing, Clyde R. Greene, M. R. Maddux. I.. H. Smith, and H. W. Wilcox Thus Boone and Watauga coun ty take another step forward looking toward serving not only the local institutions but the great throngs of summer visitors who come to the area each year. The organization has the enthusiastic support of the entire citizenry, who realize the potentialities of this part of North Carolina, and who are interested in their full development. The success of the venture appears assured Local School Boosts Price of Lunches Starting March 15, the Federal, government will stop subsidizing all school lunch rooms in North Carolina. In order to keep the lunch rooms open, it will be ne cessary for them to be entirely self-supporting and in an effort to do tnis, the price of lunches have been increased from 15 to 20 cents for the month of March. An additional increase will be necessary starting April I. During the first two weeks of March, the schools will get fed eral aid and thus will be able to keep the price at 20 cents during the month. The nine cents per child which the government nas been giving to each school has run out because of the fact that the state certified so many more schools to take part in the lunch program during this year than they did last year, and no addi tional funds will be forthcoming from the federal government. It is also pointed out that un less the same number of students continue eating in the lunch room it will be necessary to close the lunch rooms. In order to serve a meal for 25 cents, there must be at least 200 people eat ing each day. So far this week the number has dropped from 200 to 150 at the high school. If this decrease continues, this lunch room will be forced to close. It is important that students have a well-balanced meal at lunch and parents are asked to co-operate in seeing that their children eat in the lunch room instead of using candy and soft drinks. This is far better for students and will cost no more, even at 25 cents, than the various items of candy, etc. often used for mid-day meal. S. C. Will Vote On Lifting Of Ban On Divorce Columbia. S. C? A#I948 gen eral election vote on the ques tion of lifting the 52-year-old South Carolina ban on divorce appeared almost certain Tuesday with final senate passage of a joint resolution to submit the j proposed amendment. By 34-8, the senate gave third reading to the house-approved resolution and returned it to the other chamber for concurrence in an amendment which removed incurable infinity from the list of] grounds on which divorce would be obtainable. Besides insanity, the resolution as passed by the house specified divorce grounds as adultery, desertion, physical cruelty and habitual drunken ness. TROY LEE PRE8NELL I Troy Lee Presnell, 15 years old,! died Tuesday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Pres nell at Valle Crucis. Rites are being held this afternoon at one o'clock from the Antioch Baptist Church by Rev. Raymond Hen drix, and interment will be in the church cemetery by Reins-Stur divant Funeral Home. In addi tion to the parents) five brothers and two sisters survive: Ed L., Charles, McKinley. John, James L., of Valle Crucis. Mrs. John Tester, Valle Crucis; Mrs Bill Huff. Bluefield. Ark Sidewalk Justice for Jaywalkers Police Judge Kenneth C. Newell, Pasadena, Calif., holding court on an improvised "bench" in front of the post office. Jay walkers were hauled before the court for lecturing and sentence. This was part of a traffic safety campaign. KY. CHOIR WILL APPEAR IN CITY Acappella Choir of Bowling Gre?n to Be On Appalachian Series Next Friday For the sixth number in the artist series. Appalachian State Teachers College will present on Friday evening, March 14. at 8 o'clock, the Acapella Choir of Bowling Green State University. The director, James Paul Kennedy Phd, has distinguished himself as a conductor, pianist, organist, ar ranger, composer, teacher of voice and piano, and a collector of anti ques. He is a member of Bowling Green faculty. His musical train ing was secured from William] Pcnn college, Northwestern Uni versity, and the University of Ohio. He also studied at the Uni-I versity of Southern California and) the Matthay Pianoforte School in1 London, England. ? Dr. Kennedy was first prize winner in the National Composer s contest in 1941 with "symphonic po^rn for chorus and orchestra." He has given piano recitals in New York, Chicago, Los Angles, and many of the large cities. His works cover the field of symph ony. ?ongs. choral music, and chamber music. Occasionally, his wife joins him in two-piano recit-l als. His appearance at Appala chian will be the last number in a tour covering Alabama. Georgia, and North Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. Kennedy are children of Methodist pastors, the one in Iowa and the other in Indiana. The public is cordially invited to be guests of the college on this occision. Snow Gives Way to Soringlike Weather In Mountain Section Protracted snows nave way to springlike weather in this area over the week-end. travel has re turned to normal, and all the schools of the county are func tioning with usual attendance after having been closed for more than a week by the snow. The first of the week brought temperatures in the thirties and remains of the big snowfall are rapidly disappearing from the streets and roadways. On last Friday, town workers, aided by the State Highway De partment, succeeded in clearing the main street of the town, by the liberal use of city water, but only to make room for another eight-inch snowfall that night, to again bring ridges of snow along the gutters, as highway forces cleared the main thorough fare. State highway officials are to be commended for their untiring ef forts toward keeping the roads of the county open for the past weeks, in the face of heavy odds. Main throughfares and school bus routes, of course, received first attention, and workers toiled day and night, and Sundays in restor ing travel. Every avilable piece of equipment was pressed into service to meet the emergency, and in isolated cases, men with shovels moved drifts ten feet high to allow travel to proceed. RURAL CARRIER ENDS 34 YEARS jThomas Holloway Retiree From Postal Service; Started in Horse and Buggy Days | Thomas 1 Holloway, Sr., R. F. D. carrier at Shulls Mills, retired Fob. 28, after 34 years in govern ment service. A veteran of World War I, he served as assistant postmaster at Rawing Rock be fore being appointed rural letter carrier. Mr. Holloway began carrying the mail during the horse and buggy days, and made many trips around the route on horse back. He recalls making one trip ?>n muleback. This particular mule was afraid of the mail boxes and could not be ridden close enough to them to collect or deposit the mail. A lot of beating and much strong langu age had no effect whatever on this mule, so Mr. Holloway just rode around the route and brought back the mail he was to deliver and left the mail he was to collect in the boxes. Need less to say. that mule was never used on the route again. Mr. Holloway also used four Model "T" Fords, three Model "A's". tine V-8. three Chevrolets and two Plymouth cars. For the oast five years he has used a Model "A" Ford This faithful old flivver, a veteran of 100,000 miles of muddy and impassable rnads. was also f-etired on Fob 28 I Mr Hollowa.v has sold his] jhomr at Foscoo and will move toi t*i fnrm near Boone, whore he (hopes to do some farming and maybe a bit of dairying, and takel ? long needed rest. Ho also hopesj | that when he gets out on the .highway, he will not be assailed 'by such queries as, "Got any uackagcs today?" "I haven't heard from that money order I sent last week." "Ain't this Thursday? Cot my Democrat today? There ain't never nothing in it. but I shore do miss it when it don't come." C C. Cook has been appointed temporary carrier, until an ex amination is held and a regular carrier appointed. Records Fall as Price Of Wheat Climbs Chicago. March 12 ? The price of cash wheat, the article from which bread is made, yesterday pushed to $2.80 a bushel, the highest in 27 years, as dealers questioned the nation's ability to deliver enough wheat to meet the needs of war prostrated nations. Grain futures, dealt in at the Chicago board of trade to estab lish orderly marketing of cash wheat, bounded higher at the start of yesterday's trading, but dropped back nearly 10 cents a iiushel in some instances before the session's close, when a wave of profit cashing ? entered the trading pits ? The total forest acreage plant ed in the United States since 1926 is 6,483,632 acre*. SERIES OF ROBBftUES OCCUR IN COUNTY DURING PAST WEEK Pal's Grill. Perkinsville; A O. Miller's Store, Deep Gap, and Carl Henson's store at Vilas, were entered and robbed on Thursday night of last week, .according to Highway Patrolman M. C. Jones, who states that small amounts of cash were taken at each place, and Pat McGuire, owner of Pat's Grill, believes that cigarettes and other merchandise taken from his place probably amounted to $100. Officers have been unable to find any clues as to the identity of the robbers who evidently com mitted the series of robberies onj their way through the county on highway 421. Koby Oliver of Caldwell coun ty, is being held in the Watauga county jail in default of $2,000 bond on a charge of the theft of about $200 worth of meat from Alvin Storie's placc at Matney. Patrolman Jones states that the meat was recovered in Caldwell county. Mr. Jones states that four other hams are known to have been stolen in the county in the past ."ew days, and fortunately has some very good evidence as to who the thief is. Arrests are ex pected in the latter case WOMEN TO SERVE ON LOCAL JURY FOR FIRST TIME Commissioners Act to Com ply With Constitutional Amendment Giving Wom en Jurv Rights; Three Se lected for April Court Term For the first time in history, "?omen will serve on the jury at ?he spring term of Watauga su "?*rior court next month, and ?hreo local ladies have been se 'wted to bo the first to perform ?his important duty. The com missioned placed 1he names of '"omen in the jury box for the 'irst time as a result of the con -titutional amendment passed at ?he last election, giving women ?nual status with men in the iurv box. Since the establish ment of the state government on'v men could act as jurors. The three local women who have been selected for the jury are Mrs. Nor:a Rrovhill, Boone; Mrs. J Wnvnc Harmon, Laurel Creek township, and Mm. C. P Moore of Watauga township. Court Convenes April 21 The two weeks term of super ior court will convene in Boone on April 21. with resident Judge Wilson Wnrlick of Newton, pre siding Following is a list, by town ships, of those who are being summoned for jury duty : Emory E. Ragan, Bald Moun tain: Collis R. Greene. Hill Eg errs, A. D. Henson. Arlie E. Eg ?ers. Beaver Dam: Frank Ford. Brown Miller. Tom Hampton, Millard Day. Blue Kidge; W. S Christian. George C. Greene, Boone; Ben H. Moody, Roby Cof 'ey. Clyde Downs. A. B. Craig, Mrs Nora Broyhill. Blowing Rock: Dock Isaacs, James Cole. W. Reeves Holman. Cove Creek, Leonard Carroll. Albert Greer Elk: Albert T. Watson, Mr*. J Wayne Harmon. Vance Harmon, Laurel Creek; Lawrence Norris D. B. Ragan. Grady G. Moretz, Meat Camp; Sam S South, Will Wallace, North Fork; Spencer Watson. Carson Mastin, Ira Townsend, Shawneehaw; Walter M. Greene. Wallace Greene, Clyde C. Ray. Stony Fork; By iium White. L. R. Earp, Clyde Harmon. Ernest White. Watauga; Burl Hartley. Ernest Vannoy. Now River. Sec ond Week J. E. Clay Boone: Blaine Idol, Meat Camp; Mrs. C. P. Moore, Watauga; Green Michael, Shaw neehaw; Waldo Tugman, Meat Camp; Charlie Mast, Laurel Creek; Albert Watson, Boone; Leonard Glenn, Laurel Creek; Archie Wilson. North Fork; D. P Miller, New River; Joe Moody. Brushy Fork; Clarence A. Price, Boone; Ira Scott, Beaver Dam, Arthur .1 Wheeler. Elk; Geo. W Robinson. Beaver Dam; Clyde ,Dulu. Watauga; Edward Moody. Blowing Rock;, Arville J. Miller, Stony Fork; Spencer Storie, Blue Ridge; Jus. Allen. Shawneehaw, Jerry O. Harrison. Blue Ridge, jjoe Cowles, New River; W H [Shull. Laurel Creek. DR. GREER WILL | SPEAK TO C. OF C. iNew Officer* io Be Elected at Ladies' Night Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Dr. 1 G. Greer, superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomusville, will be the principal speaker at the ladies' night meet ing of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, which is to be held on March 25, it is stated by H. W Wilcox, president, and the detail ed program for the meeting is being formulated. New officers will be elected at this time, and Mr. Wilcox is mak ing the announcement of the meeting well in advance with the hope that other organizations may schedule their meetings so as not to conflict PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL EXTENDING HIGH TAXES ^ Washington. March 11. ? Those high wartime taxes on liquor, jewelry, cosmetics, passenger fares and telephone calls are ex tended for another year past July 1 under a bill signed today by President Truman. An example; The tax on liquor remains at $9 per hundred proof gallon; without the new law it would have dropped to $6. The extension legislation is figured to bring in $1,200, OOO.fMX) annually. The tax on furs was lightened to exempt from taxation aQ fur trimmed women's coats costing up to $180. OVER 55 MILLION IM CIVILIAN JOBS About 55,000,000 persons were employed in civilian jobs in Feb ruary, a small gain over January due to an increase in farm work that more than offset a drop in industrial employment, the cen sus report*.