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BOONE*WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1947
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CLUB WOMEN
HOLD MEETING i
IN CITY TODAY
Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs . Will Hold
District Meeting; Mrs. Ward
Ray Presides Over Gather- j
ing From Seven Counties
Members of the Home Demon- ]
stration Clubs of seven counties
will Rather at the Boone Baptist
Church today for the annual dis
trict federation meeting, and
the women of the local clubs
have prepared a program of en
tertainment for the event.
The session gets under way at
10:30, when Dr. W. G. Bond will
conduct the devotional, while the
group will be jointly welcomed
by Mrs. Homer Lane, president
of the Watauga Federation of ,
Home Demonstration Clubs, and
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler. Mrs.
T. S. Moxley of Alleghany coun
ty, will respond to the welcome,
while greetings will be brought
by Mrs. R. H. Harmon, president ,
of the Boone Woman's Club, and 1
Mrs. J. S. Gary, vice-president of
the State Federation of Clubs.
The morning session will end
with roll call and reports.
Following lunch which will be :
served by the Watauga women :
in the church basement, Miss ,
Verna Stanton, assistant state ,
home agent, will deliver an ad- 1
dress, and reports of committees
will be heard prior to the elec
tion of officers. The program
will be interspersed by musical
numbers.
The counties represented ,and
the names of the county club
presidents in each case, are as i
follows: Alexander, Mrs. Carl
Motsinger; Alleghany, Mrs.
Champ Duncan; Ashe, Mrs. Ward (
Ray; Avery, Mrs. W. W. Bras
well; Caldwell, Mrs. Fred G.
Bowman; Watauga, Mrs. Homer
Lane; Wilkes, Mrs. C. F. Breth
oU.
AAA CANCELS
FAR! ORDERS
Appropriation Cuts Rasull in Sus
pension of Farm Plans and Can
cellation Outstanding Orders |
Watauga county farmers, par
ticpating in the AAA agricultur
al program, were notified last
week by the local triple-A of
fice that siging of all farm plans
for this year has been suspended
in the face of impending drastic
cuts by Congress in Federal ap
propriations. The notification also
cancels all orders for phosphate,
grass seed and other materials in
tfce hands -of farmers and ven
dors. It is further stated that no
novice of minimum assistance for
farm allowance will be issued
for the time being at least, pend
ing the final action of the Con
gress.
The House appropriations com
mittee proposes to cut the bud
get for AAA from $301,720,000 to
$165,614,290, or about 45 per cent.
Considerable apprehension as
to the fate of the farm program
has been voiced in the county,
where the AAA has been Credit
ed with being one of the most
beneficial agencies of the Roose
velt era. Farmers report greatly
increased yields of grass and
food crops frori) lands which have
been treated with TVA phosphate,
and green fields have supplanted
most of the broom sedge areas in
the leading crop regions of the
county.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Blackburn
Funeral services were conduct
ed SOnday afternoon from the
Poplar Grove Baptist Church
for Mrs. Margaret Rosella Black
burn, 31, of Shulls Mills, who
died in Watauga Hospital Friday.
Rev. Robert Shore and Rev. R.
C. Eggers were in charge of the
rites and interment was in the
* cemetery in the home neighbor
hood. Reins-Sturdivant was in
charge of the SB&hgqnnents.
Surviving are the* husband,!
Jorm Blackburn, and vfive chil
dren: Dellno, Juanita, Nadine,
Kojpieth and Gorey Blackburn,
Shulls Mills. A
Navy Recruiter To
Be in Boone June 9
Chief Petty Officer Gordon E.
Baker of .the navy recruiting
service, will be , in Boone on
Monday, June 8.
Chief Baker will be at the
postoffice building from 9:30 a.
m. to 3 p. m. Men interested in
enlisting in the navy, or veter
ans desiring information on the
naval reserve or other matters,
are urged to contact Chief Baker
at that time.
Wendell Berge urges real com
petition to cure business ills.
Gets M.D. Degree
J. B. HAGAMAN, JR.
J. B. HAGAMAN
TOGETDEGREE
Son of Boone Physician to Be
come M.D. Mondav; Intern
ship at Winston-Salem
John B. Hagaman, Jr., son of
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Hagaman of
Boone, will graduate from the
University of Tennessee with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine, at
exercises to be held in Memphis
next Monday, and information is
that he will serve a one-year in
ternship at City Hospital, Win
ston-Salem, before entering the
practice of 'his profession.
Dr. Hagaman graduated from
Boone high school in 1941, at
tended the University of North
Carolina, 1941-44. and has been at
the University of Tennessee since
that time, where he was presi
dent of Alpha Kappa Kappa fra
ternity.
Local Men to Aid
in Enlisting Men
For Naval Reserve
Senator Wade E. Brown and
Richard E. Kelley as local navy
reserve recruiting officers, so!
that veterans and non-veterans
17 to 40 years of age, may enter
the new naval reserve, without
traveling to a distant point.
Senator Brown served as a
Lieutenant in the Navy during
the recent war while Mr. Kelley
had the rank of Ensign.
HOW THE MONEY GOES
Lincoln, Neb. ? It's hard, these
days, to hang on to money. Jean
WKolf, student veteran at the
University of Nebraska, told po
lice a $503 government subsist
ence check blew out of his pocket
while he was on his way to bank|
NO SALE
South Bend, Ind. ? Mrs. Bernice
Gregory rang up "no sale" on an
$80 coat. She hung the coat on a
display rack of raincoats. Some
one walked off without paying
for it. The coat was her own.
LEGION BALL
TEAM GOES TO
BATONMONDAY
Efforts of Watauga Legion
Post Bear Fruit as Junior
Baseball Team Takes the
Field at Rutherfordton Next
Sunday; The Schedule
The first American Legion
junior baseball team ever to re
present Watauga county takes
the field next Monday at Ruther
fordton in the initial elimination
series that ends on July 4. The
first home game will be held on
Tuesday, June 10th on the college
diamond with the Watauga team
playinp against the Newland
entry. Plans are now underway
to inaugurate this home season
with a parade and other gala
festivities at the ball ground.
All Watauga county people are
urged to come out and look over
the Boone entry. Naturally the
team will be inexperienced, but
Coach Raleigh Cottrell is pushing
hard to have the local nine ready.
Practice games at Boone, Cove
Creek and Mabel have uncovered
some good potential material. It
appears that the twenty man
squad will consist of nine boys
from Boone school, nine from
Cove Creek arid two from Mabel.
Two other gamps are on tap
next week with tne team travel
ing to Valdese on Thursday of
next week, and the reportedly
strong Hendersonville team in
vading the local diamond on
Saturday afternoon June 14th.
The Boone team is in area 4
along with seven other teams. At
the end of a fourteen game sche
dule the two top teams will en
gage other North Carolina teams
which have similarly advanced
to determine the state champion.
The local .team is being sponsored
by the Boone Merchants Associa
tion, and are being greatly aided
by the Ford Motor Company
and the local distributor, Winkler
Motor Co. The complete sche
dule:
Schedule of Gimti
June 9, Boone at Rutherfordton
June 10, Newland at Boone
June 12. Boone at Valdese
June 14, Hendersonville at
Boone
June 16, Boone at Morganton
June 18, Asheville at Boone
June 20, Cftnton at Boone
June 21, Rutherfordton at Boone
June 24 Boone at Newland
June 26, Valdese at Boone
June 28, Boone at Henderson
ville
June 30 Morganton at Boone
July 2, Boone at Asheville
July 4, Boone at Canton
LAW IS LAW
Hammond, Ind. ? Two coin
counterfeiters were sentenced by
a federal court to six months im
prisonment still protesting "we
didn't do anything against the
law." They were found guilty of
counterfeiting "dime" and "quar
ter" slugs for the city's illegal
slot machines.
FAMILY GROUP
Mrs. Martha Truman, 94, whose valiant fight
her famous son and his family during a visit to
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, Mother Truman, Miss M
for life has amazed her doctors, is shown with
her home in Grandview, Mo. Left to right are
argaret Truman, and President Ttuman.
FJU. FUNDS
CUT TO BONE
Federal Farm Agency May Be
Rendered Impotent if Con
gress Enacts Drastic Cuts
Action of the House of Repre
sentatives in severely cutting
funds of the Farm Home Admin
istration, familiary known as the
"Seed Loan Office", threatens to
virtually destroy the usefulness
of the program, it is learned from
officials of the agency here. The
cuts, sponsored by the economy
minded Republican Congress, will
take place if the bill passed by
the house meets the approval of
the senate, it is said.
Under the measure administra
tive funds are being reduced
from a recommended $30,000,000
to $18,000,000; the operating loan
fund is cut from $90,000,000 to
$60,000,000; the loan fund for
farm ownership, which recom
mendations placed at $25,000,000,
has been eliminated altogether.
The agency has been of great
benefit to the farmers of this area
in years past, through loaning
money at low interest rates for
seed, fertilizer, etc., as well as
for farm ownership, and consid
erable anxiety is being felt over
the ultimate outcome of the meas
ure before Congress. Mr. W. A.
Smith, local FHA supervisor, ex
pects only a clerk to be left in
the local office, when the skele
ton organization is set up in line
with the new legislation, and in
formation is that the program
cannot operate to any appre
ciable benefit under the new fi
nancial set-up.
Grand Lodge K. of P.
To Be Held at Blowing
Rock June 17 and 18
The annual convention of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
Domain of North Carolina, will
be held at Mayview Manor, Blow
ing Rock, on June 17th and 18th.
The Grand Lodge meeting this
year will be sponsored by the
Caldwell Lodge No. 78 of Lenoir
and the North Wilkesboro Lodge
No. 67.
Besides the usuai routine of
business conducted by the Grand
Lodge, an elaborate entertain
ment program has been arranged
by the sponsoring lodges which
includes fight seeing trips, golf
tournament, special entertain
ment for the ladies and a banquet
on Tuesday night, June 17th, at
which former Governor Brough
ton will be the principal speak
er. Following the banquet, a
dance will be held in the Ball
Room of the Mayview Manor.
In addition to the Grand Lodge
delegates and their wives, it Is
expected that the convention will
be attended by a large number
of Knights and their wives from
various sections of the State,
with the prospects that this con
vention will be the largest at
tended by any convention the
Grand Lodge has ever held. The
chairman on arrangements and
reservations is Lloyd M. Rash,
I/?noir.
A SURPRISED LEANER
Oklahoma City ? Waiting for a
bus, Paul Carter Burns, 13, lean
ed against a light post. A short
drcut in the wiring melted the
anchor bolts and the metal post
erased into the street. The boy
fainted and was carried to a
nearby hospital.
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A GLANCE AT THE BOONE OF LONG AGO
This picture, made something near forty years ago, gives a rather clear insight as to how Boone looked in the days before
good roads, automobiles and other modern ways of life. The stre?t or roa% on the right is Depot street, the bank corner seems to
be planted in corn, while the old "yellow house" adjacent, the B1 alr Hotel, the W. L. Bryan house, the original Democrat office, the
R. C. Rivers home, Methodist Church,, Blackburn House, and courthouse, 'may be seen in the King street area. In the foreground
is the Greer home, now occupied by the Granville Norrises, while the Baptist Church, whose belfry supported a huge wooden fish,
is seen at center left. The CritcheT bam, the Bryan barn, the Rivers barn, and the old jail are shown. It will be noted that there
are no houses in the area where Watt Gragg lives or in any of the northside district.
LIONS GIVE
! BIOGRAPHIES
Reports Presented Meeting on
State Lions Convention
Held in Asheville
?
Members of the Boone Lions
Club were entertained Tuesday
evening with biogarohies by
Lipns McKeown, Greene, Payne
and Newton.
Lions Whitener, Huffman.
Smith and Kelly gave reports on
the state Lions convention re
cently held in Asheville. Lion
Whitener was honored at the
convetit&n by being presented
with a silver cup and a plaque
for being the best zone chairman
last year and deputy district
governor the year before.
Lion President Milt Greer was
absent, being confined to the
Davis Hospital, Statesville. Each
member of the club wrote the
president a card.
Guests for the evening were
James G. Wilson, Coach Fred
Dickerson of Lees-McRae Col
lege; Lion O. H. Hahn, Asheville;
Roy Johnson of University of
Illinois; and Lion F. L. Rickard
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.. who is
a summer guest of the club each
year.
Rev. F. M. Speagle
Assumes Pastorate
Of Lutheran Parish
Rev. F. M. Speagle assumed his
new duties as pastor of the Wa
tauga Lutheran Parish, Sunday
June 1. He and Mrs. Speagle
plan to move to the parsonage
sometime^next week. He has
served as pAstor of a parish near
Gastonia, N. G. for the past fif
teen years.
Rev. A. Kenneth Hewitt, of
Konnarock, Va. has been serving
as supply pastor here since the
resignation of Rev. Hoke Ritchie
in July 1946.
Carl Hodges Dies v
Tuesday at Age 29
Carl Carter Hodges, 49 years
old, died at Banner Elk Hospital
Tuesday, where he had been a
patient for two weeks.
Funeral services are to be con
ducted Thursday at 2 o'clock at
the Oak Grove Baptist Church
by Rev. Ed Hodges and Rev.
Robert Shore, and interment will
be in the Hine cemetery by Reins
Sturdivant Funeral Home.
The widow, Mrs. Allie Colvard
Hodges survives, together with
five sons and daughters: Mrs.
Charles Dotson, Boone; Richard,
Loraine, Mary Doris Hodges,
Shulls Mills; Mrs. Buford Roten,
North Wilkesboro.
Tonsil Clinics
To Be Arranged
The health department states
that tonsil clinics are to be held
in the future, in line with the
need for these operations. Ac
cordingly, all those desiring tc
enter one of these clinics are
asked to register with the depart
ment. so that the necessary clin
ics may be provided on the basif
of need.
NEW OIL SOURCE FOUND
New Albany, Ind. ? Depart
ment of Interior officials disclos
ed that the second largest de
posit of oil-bearing shale in thil
country has been discovered near
here. The report indicates thai
the rock formation underlying
central and southern Indian is
rich in oil and that its content
runs more than 30 gallons to the
ton.
BOTH PARTIES
NAME TICKETS
?CITY ELECTION
Mayor Winkler Renominated;
Watt Gragg Candidate of
Republicans for Top Posi
tion in City Government;
Saturday is Last Day to
Register
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler,
Democrat, will be opposed in the
city election June 17 by Watt H.
Gragg. it was learned Tuesday,
following the Republican conven
tion Monday evening, which no
minated a full slate of candidates
to run against those slated by the
Democrats in their convention
last Friday.
The Democrats unanimously
chose Mayor Winkler as a canidi
date to succeed himself, while
Councill C. Cooke, Guy Hunt and
D. Grady Moretz were named as
candidates for the board of ald
ermen. The meeting, which was
largely attended, and presided
over by A. E. South, made all the
nominations by acclamation. Mrs.
W. G. Hartzog, E. Ford King,
Raleigh Cottrell, Bob Agle and
John Greer were named as an
executive committee for the city.
Mr. T. B. Moore, who has been
chairman of the Democratic city
organization for many years re
signed, and was given a rising
vote of thanks for his long and
faithful service.
The Republicans met Monday
evening, and named Mr. Gragg as
a candidate for Mayor; C. C. Wil
cox,' Buck Maddux, and Alvin
Cannon as candidates for the
board of aldermen.
Conseiderable interest is de
veloping in the municipal con
test, and a heavy vote is in pros
pect when election day rolls
around. It is pointed out ?hat the
registration books will be open
next Saturday for registration of
new voters, while the following
Saturday will be observed as
challenge day. Those wishing to
vote on June 17, and who are
otherwise qualified, will have to
register Saturday at city hall to
gain the privilege of the fran
chise.
CARNIVAL TO
AID BUS FUND
Junior Order and Athletic De
partment Promote Carnival
to Secure Needed Bui
Recently the Appalachian high
| school proposed plans for tne
purchase of a bus for the trans
portation of the school band, its
athletic teams and various or
ganizations that travel to a great
extent.
Realizing the danger that the
school was exposing itself to, in
transporting its students by
means of private cars, it was de
cided that the only safe solution
to the problem was the purchase
of a bus for this spacific purpose.
The cost of a bus to fill this
need will be in the neighborhood
of $5,000. Several of the local
civic organizations have already
made contributions to this cause.
The Junior Order United Amer
ican Mechanics, being an organi
zation whose chief aim is to sup
port the public school system, has
pledged its full support for this
I cause. In order that the goal
may be reached in time, so that
'delivery of the bus will be made
for use during the next school
year, the Daniel Boone Council
No. 129, JR.O.U.A.M., in co-op
eration with the athletic depart
ment of the high school, are to
sponsor a carnival.
The carnival will be held be
ginning June 9 and running
through June 14th. .
Gate City Shows, who are
bringing this carnival to Boone,
promise a good clean show with
plenty of rides for the young and
old, a midway packed with enter
tainment and fun for everybody.
Winkler Named On
I Park, Forest Group
W. Ralph Winkler, local auto
mobile dealer has been named a
member of the North Carolina
National Park, Parkway and
Forest Development Commission,
as authorized by an act of the
recent State Assembly.
Mr. Winkler was appointed to
the commission by Governor
Gregg Cherry, for a term ending
July 1, 1949.
WHISTLE EL8EWHERE.
PLEASE
Wabash, Ind. ? This is no whist
ling stop. An ordinance prohibit
ing railway trains from sounding
off inside the city limits was
passed by the city council. Resi
dents complained of the "prolong
ed whistling."
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Gen. Mark Clark returns, un
> optimistic on U. S.-Soviet rela
tions.