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"* BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY DEMOCRAT APPALACHIAN PREPARES FOR OPEMNGTODAY T Registration for First Sum mer Term at College Under Way, as Workmen Are Pre paring for Influx of Stu dents; Increased Number Seen Regist ation for the first sum mer term of Appalachian State Teachers College gets under way Thursday morning, and admin istration staffs, carpenters, paint ers, cafeteria personnel, office secretaries, and all others em ployed on the campus are busily engaged in preaparation for the college opening. Information from the office of Registrar H. R. Eggers is that en rollments are expected to be con siderably heavier than was the case in 1946, during the first post-war summer term, when ' 850 were registered, but an ac curate estimate could not be sup plied, due, to the fact that large numbers of teachers who attend these sessions do not make ad vance reservations. Dean Rankin states that regular class-room work will get under way Friday. PRIZES GIVEN BASS ANGLERS Wildlife Club Names A. E. Ham- 1 by President for Ensuing Year at Recent Meeting I , The Watauga Wildlife Club \ held a business meeting at the | American Legion hut in Boone ( on Monday evening, May 26, for, the purpose of awarding prizes in the 1946 bass fishing contest | and also for the purpose of elect- j ing new officers for 1947. The prizes awarded were as J follows: A. E. Hamby, first, prize; J. Ed Clay, second; Dr.: Wayne Richardson, third; and Dr. J. T. C. Wright, fourth. i Officers elected for 1947 were . as follows: A. E. Hamby, presi-' dent; Bert Ellis, vice-president; and Dr. J. T. C. Wright, secre tary-treasurer. The club Agreed to sponsor two contests for 1947 beginning now. There will be five prizes awarded in the bass fishing contest for the heaviest bass taken in Watauga or adjacent counties. There will be three prizes in the trout fish ing contest in the same waters. All fish entered in these contests must be taken on artificial baits, and can be registered only by paid-up members of the club. They are to be weighed in by Bert Ellis who will keep a record of the catch and the equipment used. The bass are to be judged by weight while the trout are to be judged by length. The club will be responsible for the first prize in each of these contests, ant? the other prizes will be awarded by the business men of Boone whom we wish to thank for their hearty co-operation with us last year. The club agreed to hold its next meeting in Mrs. Frank Lin ney's back yard on the last Wed nesday night in June, the 25th. All members of the club are urg ed to be present at that time and bring along some prospective new members. The secretary desires to remind the members that dues for 1947 are due and payable at that meeting and for them to come prepared. A supper of frog legs will be served. Come at 5:30 p. m. Vets Must Soon Claim Terminal Leave Payments All veterans of World War II who have not yet filed applica tion for terminal leave pay should do so at once as the time for fil ing expires Sept. 1, 1947. Applications after that time] will not be considered except in cases where discharge is being renewed. A certified copy of discharge! is required to be sent in with application and all applications when, made out must be sworn to before someone qualified to administer oaths. Dry Cleaning Plant Damaged by Flames Fire, which doubtless caught from the boiler, destroyed the frame boiler roorn, situated at the rear of the Hi -Land Cleaners plant on Main street Friday even ing, inflicting a relatively small loas. O Efficient work by the fire department quickly quenched the flames, and no damage was done to the main building. House group i^.told, schoojs should get 5 percent of our in come. IN AGAIN In Boston, Mass., Jake Lindsey, 100th infantryman to re ceive the Congressional Medal of Honor, is sworn in by Lt Col. John W. Grady after re-enlisting in the U. S. army as a master sergeant. WORK STARTED ON CITY STREET State Takes Over Important Thoroughfare From Depot St. to Poplar Grove Road Work is expected to start this morning on the building of the street, originally known as Burns yille Avenue, from Depot Streeti at the bus station to the Poplar! jrove road, it is stated by Mayor Gordon H. Winkler. The State lighway department is doing the work, and Mayor Winkler had seen negotiating with the State officials for some time looking to :his construction, which is in ?eality an extension of the Poplar Urove road, and which will pro vide the city another good street. The Mayor states that the Dlack top paving on the street to 3e rebuilt will be at least 20 feet wide, and that the thorough fare will be strictly grade A. The lecessary grading and other pre liminary work will be done rather quickly it is stated, and| :he black top will likely be added ibobut the first of the month. BEAVERDAM MAN SUICIDE Henry Harmon Uses Shotgun to End Life Tuesday; 111 Health is Blamed Henry Harmon, 64 years old, a1 resident of Beaver Dsym town ship committed suicide at the| home of a son Tuesday after-i noon, and ill health Is believed1 to have been the cause of his self-destruction. County Coroner Richard E. Kelly, states that Mr. Harmon's son. who was working in the field some distance from the home, heard the shotgun blast about 2 o'clock, but believ pd it to be a ground hog hunter. When he arrived at the home he found the body of his father on the front porch. The load from a 12 guage shotgun had entered the body just below the heart. Mr. Harmon had been in ill health, was severely afflicted with arthritis, and was almost helpless. Funeral details haven't been arranged. Several sons and daughters survive. BRIEF NEWS Marshal Tito asks (or a union of "free" Balkan peoples." Vetoes can't stop third-party movement, LaGuardia assorts Mentally ill are community' responsibility, says Dr. Steven son. Government will buy wheat tor export in the open market. French survey shows 1946 Food rise continued progress in 1947. Rule for 30-day strike notice Lapses as war act nears end. Veterans and families are seen to be 43 per cent of population in 1952. World's largest cyclotron will be built on Long Island. Survey of the nation's libraries calls them inadequate. Navy's report discloses re search centering on new arms. Spain said to back trade with Soviet; official hint disclosed. Nimitz minimizes delay in sign ing of peace treaties. AAF may cancel contracts for private science research. Patterson at Hyde Parle, urges thaCU. S. bulwark freedom. Dress production in popular price field hits full stride. "Isolation no longer possible," declares Admiral Kinkaid. Spaatz sees main Army .de fenses in the Artie in the next war. Thirty-five-pound sugar ration is assured, with more possible. ? Eishenhower says the individu al must remove causes of war. FARM BUREAU MEETS FRIDAY District Farm Group From 13 Counties to Meet Here Next Friday Delegates from district seven of the Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting at the courthouse in Boone Friday, June 13 at 10 o'clock, it is an nounced by Clyde R. Greene, of the Watauga Farm Bureau. District seven embraces the :ounties of Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes, Alexander, Ashe, Alleghany, Wa tauga. Caldwell, Burke, Mc Dowell, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey, it is explained. The principal speaker will be Hon. A. C. Edwards, vice-presi lent of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, who is chairman of the membership committee at the srganization. Mr. Edwards, who is himself a farmer, - is known, as a leading authority on agricul tural problems, and was chair man of the committee on agricul ture in the last session of the state house of representatives. Will Rogers, assistant secretary of the State Farm Bureau, will also speak. All members of the Watauga jnit of the farm bureau are being urged to attend the district meet ing. Little Relief From Heat Seen in State Nor?h Carolinians, sweltering from the mountains to the sea coast in the year's first extended heat wave, mopped their fore heads yesterday and hoped for early relief but the weatherman could promise nothing better be fore Thursday. Temperature readings, soaring to new highs at some points for recent years Monday, continued to climb steadily Tuesday and Charlotte reported a" new record for June 10 ? 97.8 degrees ? at 2:15 p. m. Early afternoon readings for other points, included: Wilming ton 91, Raleigh 91, Greenville 97, Greensboro 92. Some cooling relief from the five-day heat wave, during which the mercury has jumped over the 90 ? degree mark daily, was for seen in possibility of scattered thunder showers at widely sepa rated points today. R. B. Shull Injured In Highway Accident R. B. Shull, of Boone, driving a motorcycle en route to Jeffer son on U. S. highway 16 Sunday morning about 9 o'clock collided with a Ford truck, driven by Ed Mullis, en route to Grassy Creek near Ira Calloway's garage, says the Skyland Post. Mr. Shull was taken to the Ashe Memorial Hohspital where he underwent treatment. His right leg was badly crushed, and he suffered a cut to the bone on the calf of his leg. He is also suffering from severe shock, hos pital officials reported. The front of the motorcycle was badly demolished and the damage was estimated at $300. The truck was damaged only about $40 and its driver was un injured. Blowing Rock Road Contracts Awarded The award of contracts lor Ol tnfles of grading,- "-surfacing ana structures on U. S. Highway 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock, were announced Wednes dM,' Dy the State highway com mission A roadway project, costing $298,240.50, was awarded to W. E. Graham of Cleveland. The structures project, costing $188, 014, was awarded to John Brink ley of Thomasville. MRS. M. H. CONE1 IS TAKEN BY! DEATH SUNDAY Blowing Rock Philanthropist, Widow of Late Moses H. Cone, Succumbs Sunday at Flat Top Manor; Funeral Services to Be Held on Es tate Mrs. Bertha Lindau Cone, 89 year-old philanthropist and wife of the late Moses H. Cone, co founder of the Cone Mill interests of Greensboro, died at 7:30 a. m. Sunday at her summer home, Flat Top Manor at Blowing Rock. A native of Baltimore, Mrs. Cone was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Max Lindau. She was educated in the Mary land city, and after her marriage, moved to Greensboro in 1893. Within three years, her husband and brother-in-law, Caesar Cone, built the first unit of Proximity Manufacturing company. In 1890, the Cone brothers had established Cone Export and Commission company as export | brokers in cotton goods in New York city. Their moving to Greensboro was the start of an enterprise which grew into the largest denim manufacturing or ganization in the world. A few years following the death of her husband, Mrs. Cone moved from Greensboro and divided most of her time between the residence of her sister. Mrs. Sophine Lindau, in Baltimore and her estate at Blowing Rock She is survived by her sister and several nieces and nephews. She left no children. Funeral services for Mrs. Cone will be held at Flat Top Manor, Blowing Rock, Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock, and burial will follow in the family plot on the estate. Mrs. Cone established the Moses H. Cone Memorial hospital trust on May 25, 1911, three years after the death of her husband, who left no will. It provides for the establishment of "a hospital or hospitals" on a' 80*cre tract. The charter, which was approved by legislative act in 1913, pro vides that "no patient shall be re fused admittance or admission nor be discharged because of in ability to pay" for his care and I treatment at the institution. Mrs. Cone served as president of the trust until her death There are 15 trustees. Her Wa tauga county estate is under the supervision of the board of trust ees and, according to charter, will be used as a public recreational area. It further provided that "not less than $10,000 a year" be spent in preserving the Moses H. Cone Memorial park and the burying ground, the liability to begin at Mrs. Cone's death. Appalachian State Teachers College was indicated as a bene ficiary of $250 annually. The trust was made subject to payment of certain annuities to specified relatives. The memorial fund has been estimated at $15,000,000. That amount was repeated at a public meeting over a year ago when the out of state commission ap pointed by the governor to in vestigate locations for a state hospital appeared in Greensboro to hear offers of local groups, chief among which was the chamber of commerce/ Cove Creek Realty Brings Good Price Twenty-five lots, the property of S. F. Horton were sold at auct ion Tuesday by S. C. Eggers St Co., who states that the property brought peak war-time price*. Some of the lots, with 25 foot frontage, are said to have brought $300, and the realtors are highly pleased with the sale. Other auction sales which have been held this year in the county haven't been very successful, which leads Mr. Eggers to the opinion that choice property ha3 not gone down ? in fact is still commanding the high dollar. Children's Clinic To Be Held June 20th Dr. John S. Gaul of Charlotte will hold the clinic for crippled children in the offices of the District Health Department on Friday morning June 20th, it was announced Monday. LION BITES TRAINER Decatur, Ga. ? Entering the lion'# case during a performance of the Hippodrome Thrin Circus Erntkt" Knger, 57 -year-old ani mal trainer, was knocked to the floor when one of the lions sprang at him. Circus attendant*, arm ed with heavy poles, beat the licrn off while others carried Enger out. Enger Inst an arm several years ago as a result of a lion's attack. He was not badly injured this time, however, and. after first-aid treatment, return ed to take his bow. I DOUBLE OR NOTHING First entrants in Miss Chattanooga of 1947 contest were identical twins Jane and Jean Cunningham. If they* .win, they'll represent their city as the Misses Chattanooga at the Miss America Contest next fall. GRIM T hfi s excellent portrait President Truman, made at desk, is a study of grim ness. With important bills him for his signature and worry about the condition ailing mother, the familiar man smile is missing. COURT TERM IS CANCELLED ? Small Number of Cases Ready for Trial Results in Calling Off Civil Court | The civil term of Watauga Su jperior Court, which was to have [convened Monday morning, was cancelled, when it developed that relatively few actions were to be ready fcr trial ? certainly not enough to justify the sitting of the court. Judge Hubert E. Olive of Lex ington, who was to have presid ed over the June term, was noti fied of the situation, says Court Clerk Fred M, Gragg, and ac cordingly did not make the trip to Boone. Forty-nine civil actions, many of which have been on the calen dar for long periods of time, were slated for trial at the proposed term. Blowing Rock Gets Southern Textile Meeting Spartanburg, S. C. ? Governor J. Storm IShurmond will head the list of speakers for the 1947 convention of the Southern Tex tile Association June 19-21 at Blowing Rock, N. C., John M. Caughman, president, announc ed here last Thursday. Caughman, who is superinten dent of Spartan Mills, said that advance registration for the con vention was the heaviest in as sociation history. In addition to Governor Thur mond, guest seakers will include Thurman Chatham, Elkin, N. C., industrialist, and Arthur C. Hor rocks of the public relations de partment of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company of Akron. The convention will open with a meeting of the executive board on the night of June 19. This meeting will be followed by a dinner and dance. * ; Friday morning will be devoted to a business session, including Caughman's annual report and recommendations, and the after-, noon will be given over to recrea- j tion. Another dinner and dance, will be held that night. The convention will close Satur day afternoon, after a morning session at which talks will be heard from Governor Thurmond and Chatham. Election and in stallation of officers will bring the meeting to an end. ! To secure a good strong vigor ous calf at birth the dam must be in good condition at calving time. HONE CLUBS HOLD MEETING 600 Club Women From Six! Counties Attend Gathering; Wataugan Elected President The Watauga county Federa tion o{ Home Demonstration Clubs was hostess to 600 club women from six other counties in the Third District for their an nual meeting. The meeting was ' held in the First Baptist Church < in Boone on June 4th at 10:30 a. ' m. Mrs. Ward Ray of Ashe county presided at the meeting. Dr. W. G. Bond conducted the devotional, while the group was jointly wel comed by Mrs. Homer Lane, ^resident of Watauga county Tederation of Home Demonstra tion Clubs, and Mayor Gordon Winkler. Mrs. T. S. Moxley of Alleghany county responded to the welcome. Greetings were brought by Mrs. R. H. Harmon, president of Boone Woman's Club, Mrs. Glenn Duncan and Mrs. Ji?S. Gray, president and vice-president of the State Fed eration of Clubs. The morning session included interesting re ports from each county on the (work that has been done during the year. Following a delicious lunch prepared and served by the Wa tauga women in the basement of the church, Miss Verria Stanton, assistant state home agent de livered an interesting address, and reports of the committees were heard. Mrs. Arthur Greene of Deep Gap was elected president of the Third District. MAN TRAPPED BY TRACTOR William Lindsay Hendrix Loses Life When Crushed by Caterpillar William Lindsay H e n d r i x, about forty years old. former Stony Fork resident, but lately a resident of Wilkes county, met death Tuesday morning near Deep Gap, when a caterpillar tractor he was assisting in tak ing from a truck suddenly got out of control, pinning him to the roadway. His skull was crushed and he died instantly. Funeral services will be con ducted Thursday at 10 o'clock at the Mountain View Baptist Church by Rev. Levi Greene, and Rev. Roscoe Greene, and inter ment will be in the church ceme tery by Reins-Sturdivant. The widow and the following :hildren survive: LeVaughn Hendrix, Parlier; Kathleen Hendrix, Triplett; Iva 3ean. Irene, Lorraine Hendrix, Parlier. The mother Mrs. Maggie rlendrix survives, with four brothers and five sisters: Rev. rheo. Hendrix, Hayes; Don Hen irix, Darby; Ray Hendrix, Deep Sap; C Ion hie Hendrix, Lenoir; Mrs. Zena Shirley, Havre de Srace, Md.; Mrs. H. G. Triplett, Darby; Mrs. V. M. Greene. Deep Gap; Mesdames Cora and Dora Hawkins, Darby. TRAFFIC HEAVY ON GRANDFATHER TOLL ROAD Linville, N. C. ? Traffic on the Grandfather Mountain toll road in the first two weeks of the sea ion was four times greater than In the same period last season, the Linville Company reported. FAST TIME Philadelphia ? New Yorls to Philadelphia, 71 miles, in 7 min utes and 1 1 seconds seems un believable and yet Capt. Charles E. Yeager recently flew a P-84, the Army's new jet fighter, from the Empire State building to the City Hall in Philadelphia in th*t time. I CITYVOTERSTO NAME COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY Considerable Interest Devel ops in Race for Mayor and City Aldermen; Registra tion Finished Last Satur day; Next Saturday Chal lenge Day ? : The voters of the town o t Boone will go to the polls next Tuesday to elect a mayor and three members of the board of aldermen to hold the reins of municipal government for the next two years, and indications are that a full vote will be cast. The Democratic slate is headed by Mayor Gordon H. Winkler, with Guy Hunt, Grady Moretz and Councill Cooke, as candi dates for aldermen. The incum bent aldermen, Lee Stout, Dr. W. M. Matheson and Owen Wilson, it is said, declined to again enter the contest. The Republicans nominated W. H. Gragg for Mayor; Alvin Can non, M. R. Maddux and Charles Wilcox for the council seats. Partisans on both sides of the [political fence are making a 'strong effort by personal contact to line up their friends and sup porters into winning organiza-" tions, and it is expected that in tense interest will have develop ed in the outcome of the election by the time the polls open. The registration books closed last Saturday and about two hundred voters were registered. Next Saturday will be challenge iay, when any registrant may be challenged, if the legality of his voting may be brought into quest- ? ion. LEGION TEAM IN FIRST WIN Junior League Trounce* Newland in Home Opener; Loses to Rutherfordton With Mayor Gordon Winkler throwing a perfect strike to open .the home season for the Watauga American Legion Juniors in due form, the Watauga boys went on behind the two hit pitching of Jimmy Scruggs to solidly trounce the Newland Juniors 28-0 From the first inning the Boone boys had the situation under control, and even when the Newland boys got on base they were promptly picked off by catcher Ray Ward with the help of an alert infield. J. D. Younce, Cove Creek stand out at second base led the hitt ing with four for five, including a solid smash in the creek for two bases. The entire Boone team, smarting under a defeat at Rutherfordton Monday night, hit twenty well placed licks to fat ten batting averages, and enabl ed Coaches Howard and Raleigh Cottrell and Tom Beach to throw several untried players in the game in the late innings. A combination of the jitters, inexperience under the lights, errors and wildness lost the ball game at Rutherfordton Monday night. Despite all this, Pitcher Sherman Bingham and Carlock Greene allowed only four hits to the experienced Rutherfordton boys and led veteran Rutherford ton Coach Pop Simmons to com ment after the game that with a little more seasoning the Boone entry would be tough to handle. Thursday night the locals in vade Valdese with a number of Wataugans following the team. Southpaw Sherman Bingham ia slated to pitch. The Henderson ville Juniors invade College Field here Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the Asheville team comes here Wednesday afternoon, June 18. Wataugans are urged to attend these games. Tri-County Singing j Convention To Be On Third Sunday The great 23rd annual Tri-Sta)e and Tri-County Singing conven tion and Sunday School picnic will be held on the Yonahlossee road at the Alexander McRae place on the fourth Sunday in June, according to J. L. Hartley, chairman, and Jack Cook, secre tary. INJURED IN CRASH Mrs. Zeb Buchanan, son, Ron da Buchanan, and Mrs. B. H. I Bryan suffered injuries in an au tomobile accident which occurred near Somerset, Ky., as the party was en route to Science Hill to visit relatives. Information is that the Buchanan car was side swiped by a {ruck, and that Mrs. Bryan suffered broken ribs, while Mrs. Buchanan and Ronda received severe bruises in the ac cident ?9 In 230 A. D? Galen mentioned the drying properties of linseed oil.
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