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VOL. L1X, NO. 43 ' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY
BOONE'S FIRST CIVIC CLUB
Members of the Boone Civitan Club, pictured on the lawn uf the W. H. Gragg home, after
they had enjoyed dinner there in July, 1925. Reading left to right, back row: Russell D. Hodges,
Tracy Councill. Frank Moore, Rev. J. H. Burke. Leo B. Vaughn, Lloyd Isaacs, Guy L. Vannali
(Boston), Charlie Elier, Rev. C. H. Moser; middle row: Rev. P. A. Hicks, Clyde Eggers, Howard
Mast, Prof. I. G. Greer. Fred WcDade, C. M. Critcher, Cicero Greer, L. L. Bingham; front row;
George K Moose. Watt Gragg, D. Jones Cottrell, Austin South. John A. Sproles, Sam Sullivan
(Fla.), G. P. Hagaman. Edwin N Hahn.
Appalachian College Is
Allotted $1,91 8,000 ; Big
Building Program Seen
Summary of Happenings in Stale
Legislature During Past Week
When the Senate and House
adjourned on Friday the total
number of bills introduced in
this session had reached 1052. j
754 of them in the House. 298 in
the Senate. On the same legisla
tive day in 1945 the total had
reached 1287. Thus this session
continues to lag behind its im
mediate predecessor so far as the
bulk of legislation is concerned.
Of the 1052 bills introduced this
year. 584, or something more
than 50% of them have been
local in nature. This situation
will be up for study if the
Genera] Assembly passes HB 751
introduced on Friday calling for
a commission whose business it
would be to considor the whole
problem of local legislation and
to make recommendations as to
the passage of general laws on
subjects most often embraced in|
local bills.
The tenth legislative week was)
marked by the reappearance of,
the big "money" bills on thei
floor of the General Assembly.
The Finance and Appropria
tions committees of both houses
have reported out their recom
mendations on the revenue. Ap
propriations and Post War Re
serve bills. No sooner had the
Revenue Bill been released for
debate in the House than some
members began to assault it with
amendments: there were efforts
to insure that Confederate
widows and veterans get a $9-a
month pension raise, to restore
theatre taxes to their 1939
schedule, and to restore the 25
cents reduction in the corporate
franchise tax rate by the original
bill. All of them failed although
the introduction of SB 275 on
Thursday, to give totally blind
and helpless confederate widows
a pension increase, indicates that
the friends of confederate
widows are not yet ready to con
cede defeat. Representative Mull
was more successful than his col
leagues ? by a close vote he suc
ceeded in amending the Revenue
Bill so as to prohibit the sale of
wine and to closely regulate the
sale of beer in his home county
of Cleveland. The following day.l
(Continued on page 4>
Hebron Colony To Establish Home
For Inebriates At Shulls Mills
Whiting Property to Be Used for
Alcoholics; Charlotte Minister
lo Give Full Time to Rehablli-|
lation of Those Suffering From
Alcoholism
The Hebron Colony of Mercy.
Inc., Charlotte, a division of Al
coholics Anonymous, has pur
chased the Whiting property at
Shulls Mills, and will operate
'here an institution for the re
habilitation of alcoholics
Applications now on file are
??nough to fill the house, it is
said, and before admission each
applicant promises to co-operate
in every way toward his recov
ery, both from a physical
spiritual standpoint.
This is described as a non-sec-:
terian organization, welcoming1
ilLmen, and Rev. EJB0i. Dillard,
pWtor of the Bible Presbyterian
O.urch of Charlotte, will devote
his full time and effort to the
organization and the furtherance
of its work, being president of
the board of directors.
Rev. Mr. Dillard expects to
move his family to Watauga
county at a later date, and has
been granted a leave of absence
by his congregation
The organization has made
large expenditures t or its present
facilities .and anticipates a rapid
??xpansion. Those interested in
extending financial aid to the
institution and its work, should
get in touch with Rev. Mr Dil
lard or write to him at Postoffice
Box 4141, Charlotte, N C
| Art Exhibit To Be
Held At Grade School
The State elementary art ex
hibit for 1946, consisting of some
of the best art work of the ele
mentary school children of North
Carolina for the school year 1945
48, will be on display at the li-J
brary of the Boone Demonstra
tion school Monday, March 24,
from 1:30 to 5:30
In add-on to the State exhibit
the classrooms at the local school
will be open to the public after
3 o'clock, to display the work
done by local students.
The State art exhibit is a proj
ect of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, and is
under the local sponsorship of!
theVkusic and art department of
the Worthwhile Club. The pub
lic is cordially invited.
To Aid Veterans In
Renewing Insurance
Mr. Jack C. Winchester, assist
ant state service officer, will be
in the office of Lionel Ward,
county service officer, until noon
Friday, March 2l, to assist vet
erans in renewing government
insurance or in converting the
insurance to some other kind of
policy.
All those interested should see
Mr Winchester at this time.
Record Sum to Come to Local
College for Gigantic Build
ing Program; Additional
Sum of $318,000 is Granted
to Replace Buildings De
stroyed by Fire
The joint appropriations
committee of the State legis
lature Tuesday afternoon, ap
proved the grant of $1,918,
000 to Appalachian State
Teachers College as a per
manent improvement fund
for the biennium, the record
sum to be used for launching
the most ambitious building
program in the history of the
local institution, and which it
is said, will bring Appalach
ian to the front ranks of all
the teachers colleges in the
nation.
College officials had asked for
$1,600,000 for building during
the biennium. later revising the
request to add $318,000 to replace
the music and art buildings de
stroyed by fire the last of the
year The first information that
the additional sum asked had
been granted, came in a telegram
to President Dougherty Tuesday
from Senator Lee Weathers of
Shelby. In addition the college
is to bo the beneficiary of $31,500
fire insurance benefit, which is
to be used for equipment for the
music and art department.
Dr. Dougherty gives out the
further information that the leg
islature this year is allowing the
college $10,000 to aid in the op
eration of the summer school.
Hitherto no funds ha? been made
available for this purpose, and
the relatively small sum is wel
comed to extend the phase of the
service offered teachers during
the summer.
Big Building Program
Information is that the huge
appropriation contained in the
permanent improvements bill,
will be used to launch at least
fifteen separate building projects
on the Appalachian campus. They
are: I
Music and art* building $318,
000; apartment house $150,000,
ten teachers' homes $100,000,
men's dormitory building and
aquipmcnt $400,000, women's
dormitory $235,000, equipment
$15,000, remodeling and enlarg
ing demonstration school and
equipment $250,000, enlarging
library building and equipment
$200,000, Laundry and shop build
ing $50,000, power plant expan
sion $197,500.
The buidget appropriations bill
contains the sum of $281,960 for
each year of the biennium for
operating costs at Appalachian.
Dr. Dougherty expresses parti
cular gratificatioiO that funds
were allowed in the sum of more
than three hundred thousand
dollars for the replacement of the
old academy and science build
(Continued on page 4)
EGGERS ACTS TO
GIVE LOCAL VOTE
ON BEER, WINE
Loral Solon Would Authorize
Commissioners to Call Vote
on Sale of Alcoholic Bev
erages in County; In Fi
nance Committee
Representatives S. C. Eggers of
Boone, is co-author of a bill
which was introduced in the
General Assembly last week by
he and Representative Barker,
which would authorize the
county commissioners of Watau
ga and Stanley counties to call
elections for the purpose of vot
ing on the question of wine and
beer sales, and the measure is
now with the finance committee.
The proposal would empower
the commissioners to order the
election as such time as they
may desire, such election to be
held under the laws governing
the election of members of the
General Assembly. If a majority
at such election votes against the
sale, or possession of wine or beer
for that purpose, such would be
come unlawful at the expiration
of thirty days after the result of
the election is determined.
The Egggers-Barker bill is one
of a great many such dry bills,
which have been introduced in
the current session of the As
sembly, and whether or not they
will be enacted into law remains
to be seen. A large portion of the
opposition, it is noted, comes
from the inclination of the solons
to preserve all sources of revenue
in the face of the largest appro
priations ever made in the his
tory of the State government
burLeygroup
HOLDS MEETING
Farmer* Warehouse Directors, in
Annual Meeting. Elect
Slate of Officers
The officers and directors of
Farmers Burley Warehouse. Inc.,
held their annual meeting in the
offices of the corporation in
Boone Tuesday, elected officers
md transacted other business.
The directors were highly
^leased with the results obtained
on the floors of their new house
during the last tobacco season,
and gratified at the reception ac
corded them by the growers of
the belt.
Mr. C. C. Taylor was elected
?president; Rex Taylor, vice presi
dent .and A. G Wright, secre
tary-treasurer. They comprise
the board of directors. They
state they will carry on the busi
ness under the same policies as
heretofore, and make such im
provements in their facilities as
the convenience and welfare of
their farmer friends and custo
mers warrant.
C. OF C. OBSERVES
LADIES! NIGHT
Dr. Gre?r to D'liver Address al
Annual Ladies' Night Meet
ing of Chamber Commerce
The annual ladies' night ban
quet of the Boone Chamber of
Commerce is to be held in the
dining room of the Appalachian
high school Tuesday evening at
7 o'clock, and Dr. I. G. Greer of
Thomasville, has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the address of
the occasion.
The dinner will be prepared
by the high school lunch room
workers, and since there is a
limited amount of room avail
able, Mr. H. W. Wilcox, Chamber
of Commerce President, asks
that all those contacted be able
to make positive reservations.
Mr. Russell D. Hodges will tell
something of the frozen food
locker plant which is to be con
structed this year.
$2,500 Loss As Fire
Destroys Building At
Hilliard Poultry Farm
A fire, which is believed to
have been caused by a short
circut in the electric wiring, com
pletely destroyed the brooder
house at the Ernest Hillard farm
at Vilas, bringing a loss of more
than 12,600, which is partially
covered by insurance.
In addition to the building,
which was valued at $1,500. 1300
baby chicks were lost, $400 worth
of feed, 1 horse, and about a
hundred dollars worth of equip
ment
v?r TRAINING INFORMATION
Mr. T. T. Turnley, veteran ad
ministration training officer, will
be at the office of Lionel Ward,
county service officer, Thursday.
March 20. beginning at 11 a. m.,
for the purpose of aiding any
veteran having problems in con
nection with his training.
Ma jor crimes rise; Hoov?-;- puts!
lS^total at 1.685,903
Strongholds Set Up in Jerusalem
British soldiers are shown at work nutt'ng up barbed wire
in the luxurious Katamon quarter of- Jerusnlem to provide shel
ter for essential Britains who will remain in the country. Fur
ther outbreaks on the part of underground organizations are ex
pec led.
56 Per Cent Local Red
Cross Quota Is Raised
COLLEGE CHORUS
IN MUSIC DRAMA
"Trial By Jury", Title of One
Act Musical lo Be Staged
Direction of Miss Wary
The College Chorus of Appala
chian State Teachers College,
under the direction of Miss Vir
ginia Wary will present "Trial
by Jury", a music drama in one
act by Gilbert and Sullivan, on
Friday afternoon and night,
March 28th, 1947
It is a satire on one branch of
English civilization, a Court of
Justice, in which Edwin is being
sued by Angelina for breach of
promise of marriage.
The usher instructs the jury
that "from bias freo of every
kind" the trial must be tried,
adding that they need pay no at
tention when the ruffianly de
fendant speaks.
They, therefore, shake their
fists passionately at Edwin when
he enters and attempts to ox
plain that he no longer feels
about Angelina as he did, "When
First My Old, Old Love I Knew."
The Judge, a self-made man,
enters and tells the story of his
life from the beginning, "When
I, Good Friends, was Called to
the Bar." He is enraptured when
beautiful Angelina, the plaintiff,
comes in with her bridesmaids.
The note he had sent to one of
the bridesmaids, he causes to be
rerouted to her. She reads it,
kisses it passionately, and places
it in her bosom.
Listening to her counsel's piti
ful plea in her behalf, which he
delivers, "With a Sense of Deep
Emotion." Angelina is so moved
that she falls sobbing into the
arms of the foreman of the jury,
while the usher tries in vain to
maintain silence in court, the
iurors heap imprecations on
Edwin and call for substantial
damages.
In vain, Edwin begs, "Oh,
Gentlemen, Listen. I Pray", and
pleads with them not to bring a
young fellow to sorrow, who
loves this young lady today *nd
loves that young lady tomorrow.
But the plaintiff's counsel, upon
referring to a law book, dis
covers that
"In the reign of James the
Second.
It was generally reckoned
As a very serious crime
To marry two wives at a time"
and while Angelina embraces
Edwin, maintaining that she
loves him with fervor unceasing,
Edwin repels her energetically,
protesting that he is a terrible
bully, a ruffian and a sot.
All is confusion until the
judge can stand it no more. He
bids l^1 lawyers put their briefs
uponthe shelf, he will marry her
himself.
The operetta is one of the most
colorful, and the music the most
sparkling of any of the Gilbert
and Sullivan productions. The ac
companying parts are being
handled in a most capable man
ner by Mis* Margaret Manning,
a member of the music faculty.
Mrs. Kirchner of the Physical
Education Department is direct
ing the danc?s.
Spud" Whitener, of the cast,
and Bill Christensen are in
charge of the desingning and
directing of stage seta.
Costumes are being furnished
by Hooker-Howe Costume Co.
Admission charges will be 25
cents for children and 50 cents
for adult*.
Contributions Pat* Hall Way
Mark as Better Weather Lend?
Impetus to Campaign; Chair
man Asks That Reports Be
Made Immediately So That
Final Report May Be Made
Next Week
Colllections for the Red Cross
Roll Call campaign reached the
sum of $1,482,50, representing ap
proximately 56 per cent of the
Watauga county quota, it is re
vealed by campaign chairman
Clyde R. Greene, who states that
receipts have been greatly ac
celerated, since the abatenment
of the recent storms.
Mr. Greene is very anxious
that the campaign be concluded
within the next few days, and is
urging the workers in the dif
ferent section of the county to
make immediate reports, in order
that the final tabulation giay he
published in the Democrat next
week
A CORRECTION
Mr. Greene calls the attention
of the Democrat to an error
which occurred last week, when
he was credited with a group of
contributions, which in fact re
sulted from the efforts of Mr.
Alfred Adams, and Mrs. Rubye
Ellis.
Following are the names of the
late contributors to the Red
Cross: ?
Court Houm, Paul A. Coflay
WorkM
Paul A. Coffey ft 00. Mildred Sed
berry 10.00. Mr*. Rex Geer 1.00, BUllc
1 Badgett 1.00. Mr. and Mrs. W. A
Smith. 5.00. Fred M. Graffs 2.00. Helen
Underdown ft 00. Mrs. Don Hodges
1.00. W. A. Carter 1.00.
Hunt * Paparimanl Stora
Hunt's Department Store 50 00, Mr*
Dallas Hodges 100. Rosedna Billings
100. Faye Rayfleld 1.00, Mrs. John
Duggor 100. Mrs Bill Burkett 1.00
j.Mrs, George Roark 1.00. Bynum
Orogan 1.00. Minnie Dare Green** 1.00.
j Forest Smith 1.00.
Carolina Pharmacy
i Lennis Brown 1.00. Lovola Brown
! 1 00. Mrs. Nina Taylor 1.00. Mrs
I Margaret Archer 100. Mrs. C H
Mock 100. Jack Mock 100. C B
(Continued on page 8)
CITY ELECTION
TO BE HELD THIS
YEAR ON JUNE 17
Date of Voting Changed Un
der Bill Introduced in leg
islature bv Senator Brown;
Present Board's Term Ex
tended to July 1
The municipal election for the
town of Boone, which would
have been held on Tuesday after
the first Monday in May, will
take place on June 17th, under
the terms of a bill introduced in
the Senate by Senator Wade E.
Brown last week, and which
passed the upper branch of the
assembly on Saturday.
Under the new legislation,
city officials will be elected on
the first Tuesday after the third
Monday in June, 1947, and bien
nially thereafter, and would take
office on the first Monday in
July. The terms of the Mayor and
commissioners would remain at
two years, and the terms of the
present Mayor and council would
be extended to the first Monday
in July. Except as to the time of
the election, and the date (or
new officials taking office, all
elections for Mayor and Com
missioners are to be governed by
the general state laws as set
forth in Article 3 of Chapter 180
of the General Statutes.
The measure received a favor
able report from the Senate com
mittee on election laws, and pas
sed its third reading Saturday.
The Brown measure, accord
ing to proponents, was sponsor
ed largely because of the fact
that in the present situation, an
audit of the affairs of the town
is always ordered, immediately
upon the election of a new coun
cil, and that the books must
again be audited as of the end
of the fiscal year on June 30th.
Henceforth only the year-end
audot will be necessary
MERCHANTS TO
FETE EMPLOYEES
Annual Employer-Employ** Baa
quel to Be Hald Thursday
Evening at Gateway Cale
The annual employer-employ
ee banquet of the Boone Mer
chants Association will be held at
the Gateway Cafe Thursday
evening, March 20, at 7:30, and a
number of entertainment features
are being worked out for the
gathering, which is expected to
be attended by a number of vi?i
tors from Lenoir and West Jef
ferson
Mr. Grady Tugman, Merchants
association president, states that
there will probably be 125 in at
tendance.
Red Cross Is Again
Seeking Knitters
Mrs. W. M. Burwell is again
{ asking for volunteer knitteis to
1 knit wool now on hand into
sweaters.
Those willing to aid in this
work should call for wool at Mrs.
Burwell's home, 203 North Water
1 Street, Phone 72-J* and it will
be greatly appreciated as she
wants the chapter to keep its no,
1 rating on knitting.
5,000 American troops assigned
to garrison duty in TVieste.
Cove Creek, Virginia-Carolina
Winners In Basketball Tourney
Sugar Stamp 53 to
Expire March 31
Housewives arc reminded by
OPA that spare stamp 53, current
ly good for five pounds of sugar,
must be "spent" in the next few
days or not at all, since it ex
pires March 31. one month ear
lier than originally intended
The following day, April 1,
OPA begins the use of ten
stamps, with spare stamp 11 be
coming good for that amount.
While spare stamp 11 will !>e
good for ten pounds right on
through Sept. 30, OPA hopes the
sugar supply will make it pos
sible to declare another ten
pound stamp good on July 1.
It is emphasized, however, that
these ten-pound stamps are not
a "bonus and that sugar must
still be used carefully. It is also
pointed out that there will be no
special stamps set aside this year
for canning sugar, as the ten
pound stamps should prove suffi
cient to cover all necessary home
use* of sugar, including canning.
Draft Board Offices
Closed Thur?., Fri.
The offices of the local Selec
tive Service Board will be closed
Thursday and Friday of this
week, it is announced, but will
open for business again Monday
morning
Appalachian High School Associa
tion Closai Annual Tourna
menl: Cove Craek Boy? Defeat
Boone by Narrow Margin in
Finale
With one- of the most success
1'ul years in its long and color
ful history, the Appalachian
High School Basketball Associa
tion crowned as champions, in
the tournament finals Saturday
night. Cove Creek and Virginia
Carolina, winners in the boys and
girls divisions.
j Starting Wednesday, sixteen
[boys teams and sixteen girls
teams battled it out with Cove
Creek and Boone emerging as
finalists over West Jefferson and
Blowing Rock in the boys divj
sion. In a terrific battle Saturday
night, the rangy lads from Cove
Creek downed their Boone rivals
by the narrow Aargin of two
points, 24-22.
The Virgi: .a-Carolina girls
were the class of the tournament
all the way, experiencing little
trouble ??s they licked West Jef
ferson in the semi-finals and
emerged victorious over Jefferson
in 'the finals, 34-22.
All Tournament teams were
picked by a selected group of
men and women in the Physical
Education department of Appala
chian State and the presentation
of these awards, along with the
winner and runnerup trophies,
were presented Saturday nijdxt
by R W Watkins, director oftne
(Continued on page 8)