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j ^ BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 1947 FIVE CENTS A COPY
VETS FORM' IN
LINES TO GET
BONDS CASHED
Local 'Bank Has Rush When
Terminal Leave Bonds Ma
ture; Some $40,000 Paid to
Local Men Tuesday; Banks
Crowded Throughout Na
tion
Watauga county veterans form
ed solid lines at the windows of
the Northwestern Bank Tuesday
to get the cash for their terminal
leave bonds, and information
from the bank this morning is to
the effect that at the end of the
day about $40,000 had been dis
tributed to the veterans in ex
change for about 200 bonds.
The bonds became payable
Monday, but since the bank was
closed for Labor Day, Tuesday
provided the first chance to liqui
date the Federal paper. At the
local hank two windows were set
apart for theexclusive use of the
veterans, and with some extra
help bank officials were able to
take care of the extra activity,
and at the same time transact the
regular routine business of the i
institution.
Tellers state that a small num
ber of the veterans placed their
money on deposit, some few ap
plied the proceeds from the bonds
on their notes, while the vast
majority took the cash away
with them. The rush is expected
to continue at the bank today.
Near 2 Billion In Nation
Thousands of World War II
veterans began cashing their ter
minal leave bonds Tuesday and
a survey of major cities brought
reports from a "moderate" to
"heavy" rush.
Approximately 9,000,000 ex
servicemen are eligible to cash
about $1,800,000,000 in bonds.
Long lines formed before bank
windows in a number of cities as
many veterans took advantage of
the new law permitting imme
diate payment. President Tru
man has urged- that those who do
not actually need the mon^t
should keep the bonds as a nest
egg. The bonds carry 2Vi per
cent interest.
The heaviest cash-ins appeared |
to be in the south.
Immediate effects on business'
volume were slow in showing up, I
although some stores had been
keying their advertisements to
veterans for several days. Most
stores said they were unable to
gauge the effect on sales of mil
lions in fresh cash. Aside from
the cash-ins, it was also the first
day most people had an opportu
nity to spend last month's or last
week's pay checks.
Some veterans gave "dire need"
as an explanation for their cash
ins, and the general trend ap
peared to be they were seeking
the money to pay old bills rather
than pave the way for an orgy of
spending.
^Students, newlyweds and fath
ers of big families made the
heaviest inroads on their war
savings, reports said. A typical
example was former Staff Sgt.
James de Loache, of Newark, N.
J., now a truck-trailer driver,
who said he was cashing his $175
bonds because "I've got a brand
new baby."
19 Republics Sign
Pact to Outlaw War
Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 2 ? Re
presentatives of 19 of the 21
American republics, acting in a
concerted effort to outlaw war in
the Western Hemisphere, signed
today the mutual defense treaty
framed at the Inter-American
conference at Quitandinha
The statesmen signed the
history-making pact in the panel
ed reception hall of Itamaraty
palace, Brazil's Foreign office.
Secretary of State George C.'
Marshall was the first United
States representative to affix his
signature to the document. The
other American signers were
Senator Arthur H. Vundenberg.
Republican of Michigan; Senator
Tom Connally, Democrat of
Texas; Warren R. Austin, chief
United States delegate to the
United Nations; Representative
Sol Bloom. Democrat of New
York, and William Pawlcy, Unit
ed States ambassador to Brazil.
President Truman, now visiting
Brazil, did not attend the cere
mony.
U. S. "Health ship" treats Al
askan children.
NEW FREEZER PLANT NEARS COMPLETION
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Boone's new freezer locker plant, which is neari ng completion, and which owner W. H. Dameron
hopes will be ready for business by October first.
Waikins Gives Some of Things
Recreation Project Nay Provide
Coach R. W. Watkins. of the
Appalachian College faculty, who
has been closely identified with
all movements toward organized
recreation here, gives out the fol
lowing information on what can
be accomplished if the people of
the town vote for a special ten
cent tax levy for recreational
purposes, at a special election
which will be called soon.
The city council has indicated
its willingness to let the people
decide the issue and the election
date will be announced as quick
ly as certain statutes are com
plied with.
Coach Watkins says:
"It is a well known fact that
should the special election for
recreation carry for the town of
Boone, that oijly a summer pro
gram could be carried out. The
total amount that would be spent
for recreation would not exceed
$1,500, and this amount must pay
a recreation director, buy equip-]
meat and put the areas in shape
for activities. However, this
amount can be augmented by
volunteers donations by any or
ganization to the recreation com
mission of Boone. With the help
of all organizations, a good sum
mer program can be started ef
fectively and securely in its ini
tial step. The college and high
D.N. TR1VETT
RITES HELD
Former Walaugan Succumbi at
Horn* in Beaver Dam. Va.;
Burial Thursday
Funeral services for David N.
Trivett, 82, of Beaver Dam, Va.,
who died Tuesday, Aug. 17, were
held at the Beaver Dam Advent
Christian Church Thursday. Aug.
21, at 3 p. m., by Rev. James W.
Gardner, president of the Pied
mont A. C. Conference, of Clifton
Forge, Va. Burial followed in
the A. C. church cemetery.
Mr. Trivett was born in Wat
auga county but left here in 1917
and went 'to Caroline county, Va.,
where he had made his home
since. He was the son of the late
Elijah and Irena Carlton Trivett
and was widely known through
out this area. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Emma Norris Triv
ett; three sons, C. G. Trivett,
Beaver Dam, Va; M. C. Trivett,
Washington, D. C., and W. S.
Trivett of Arlington, Va.; four
daughters, Mrs. Ona Brown of
Boone; Mrs. Mary Lea Trenis,
Halifax, Va.; Mrs. Carrie T.
Smith, Takoma Park, Md., and
Mrs. Lena S. Brown, Beaver
Dam, Va. Also a number of
grandchildren and great-grand
children survive.
Those attending Mr. Trivett's
funeral from Boone were Mrs.
Jack Edmisten. Mrs. Bart Norris.
Miv Rosa Lee Brookshire, Mr.
Elzie S. Brown, and Miss feggy
Ann Brown. i
USED CLOTHING
The Welfare Department fre
quently has requests for cloth
ing from parents who have large
families and have had some mis
fortune. The agency will gladly
receive and distribute to needy
families any clothing left with
the department.
KIDS TRAIN GOOSE
Chicago ? Jiggers the goose,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry Hopkins, is undergoing
strenuous training as a watch
dog. The Hopkins children,
Horatio and Brockman, are train
ing Jigger* to honk when he
hears str^nf? noises. So far Jig
gers has frightened away two
dogs and one cat.
Agriculture Department says
Farm Belt needs vast *oil saving.
John E. Lawrence, 73 years
old, resident of Trade, Tenn
died August 23, from a long ill
ness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Trade Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon August
24 by the pastor, Rev. Ray
Stewart. Rev. Roy Jones of
Thomas Chapel also took port in
the services, which were largely
attended. Grandsons of the de
ceased acted as pallbearers, and
granddaughters carried the pro
fuse floral offering.
The widow and ten children
survive: Mrs. Emma Lawrence,
Trade, Tenn.; Mrs. Wilson Prof
fitt, Vilas; Mrs. Arnie Mae
Brown, Boone; Maxton, Paul,
Wright and Cecil Lawrence,
Trade, Tenn; Fuller Lawrence,
Banner Elk; Mrs. Birdie Miller,
Zionville; and Mrs. Ruth Oliver,
Mabel. TTiere are 22 grandchild
ren and 7 great grandchildren.
At an early age in life Mr.
Lawrence professed faith in
Christ united with the church at
Mabel. Thirty-eight years ago he
moved his membership to Thomas
Chapel Methodist Church where
he remained a member until
death. He served his church as a
Stewart for 38 year*.
Winkler is Named
Director of State
Municipal League
Mayor Gordon H. Winkler has
been advised of his appointment!
to the executive committee of the
North Carolina League of Muni
cipalities. i
In his new capacoty. Mayor
Winkler will be director for the
tenth district, which is composed
of Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Wa
tauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Avery,
jCaldwell, Alexander and Iredell.
EDMISTEN REUNION
The annual picnic reunion of
the Edmisten family will be held
Sunday, September 15, at Baaver
Creek Baptist Church, Ferguson,
N. C., in Wilkes county. All kins
men are urged to attend.
Production of lat? summer snap
beans is now indicated at 840,000
bushels.
school officials would have to co
operate with the director to reach
all ages of people that would us<
the facilities of the playgrounds.
"The following activities can
be carried on with funds allocat
ed by the special election for re
creation: Softball leagues for
boys and girls, kickball for girls,
horseshoe pitching for men, ten
nis for men and women, marble
tournaments for boys, limited
swimming, special field days for
boys and girls, square dances,
handicrafts for all ages, commu
nity sings, band concerts, and
many other typer. o! the recrea
tion program.
"Recreation has no ending and
anything that would interest a
boy or girl can be added to the
program by a well-trained direc
tor, The town can use shuffle
iboard courts and croquet courts
C?r its citizens and tourists. The
commission feels sure the pro
gram will grow if only the local
citizens will back the recreation
movement. Our town needs this
kind of program, first for its lo
cal citizens and second for our
tourist people who come here
year after year.
"Register, go to the polls and
vote yes for your summer recrea
tion urogram, when the election
is called."
Long illness is
Fatal to John E.
Lawrence, Age 73
Margaret Sings
Margaret Truman, daughter of
the President, shown in Holly
wood where the soprano made
her first appearance in the Hol
lywood Bowl, August 23.
COIffliONSr
COURT DATE
Misunderstanding on Pari of
Magistrates Makes Most Bonds
Returnable Week Late
Clerk of the Court Fred M.
Gragg points out that due to a
misunderstanding on the part of
some magistrates of the county,
a number of bonds have been
made returnable on September
22, when really the fall term of
Watpuga Superior Court con
venes on September 15th. Dis
trict Solicitor James C. Farthing
and Clerk Gragg join in calling
the attention of defendants and
others to this discrepancy so that
they will be sure to be here or*
the proper day.
Solicitor Farthing points out
that ordinarily court would be
around the 22nd, being set for
the third Monday, but that about
once ever 12 to 15 years the first
Monday in September is the first
day. This has happened thirf
year, and throws the court term
a week early.
Over 300 Meet Death
In Week-end Accidents
Summer vacation's traditional
finish, the Labor Day week-end,
cost the lives of 306 persons in
accidents hours before the high
ways and resorts were cleared
:>f holiday tourists.
Recorded from 6 p, m Friday]
were 209 traffic fatalities, 45!
drownings, and 52 miscellaneous
deaths. _
The National Safety Conncil
had predicted 250 persons would
die in automobile accidents over
the nation during the holiday
period.
The death toll by states show
ing traffic, drowning and miscel
laneous deaths included: North
Carolina, 11-3-1; South Carolina,
2-1-0.
Greatly unproved weather con
ditions during the month of July
brought about rapid plant growth
which hastened the maturity of
the 1947 tobacco crop and consi
derably reduced the lateness of
the season.
TO ENFORCE
FIRE LAWS
Chief Smyi no Interference With
Work of Department to
Be Tolerated #
Fire Chief Howard Cottrell
states that laws affording pro
tection to the fire department
during an emergency will be en
forced in the city in the future.
These laws, forbidding crowding
fire trucks, running over hose,
breaking the fire ring, failing to
clear way for fire truck, or
damaging any fire fighting equip
ment, etc., are made for the pro
tection of the people, and their
property, and it is pointed out
that an effective fire organiza
tion cannot function without the
support and cooperation of the
people.
Chief Cottrell, who is also
building inspector, says that
building permits are now being
issued, and that anyone building
or repairing without proper per
mit, are subject to condemnation.
Time and expense will be saved
by complying with the law and
securing the permit provided for.
Truman Pledges
Might of Nation
To WoVld Peace
Petropolis, Brazil, Sept. 2 ?
President Truman closed the
Inter-American conference here
today with a speech reducing
basic foreign policy of the United
States to a desire for permanent
peace but emphasizing that to
carry it out the nation was de
termine'! to remain strong.
Reiterating the fidelity of his
country to the United Nations,
the President noted that the
world organization had since in
fancy been embroiled in conflict
growing out of an unintended
role of trying to make peace
rather than to maintain it.
"We must be careful not to
prejudge it by this unfair test,"|
he said. "We must cherish the
seedling in the hope of a mighty
oak. We shall not forget our ob
ligations under the Charter and
we shall not permit others to for
get theirs."
This brought the first and
strongest applause of the address
from the delegates of the 19 re
publics who this evening at
Itamarati palace in Rio de
Jareiro formally signed the
hemisphere defense treaty which
Mr. Truman hailed as an example
to the world.
Although Mr. Truman went be
yond the Americas in the general
scope of his address, he had
serious words for representatives
of Latin nations who had already
been warned by Secretary of
State Marshall that the needs of
Europe came first.
Going beyond this, the Presi
dent noted that the nations of
"free Europe" would soon make
their needs known.
"I hope that the nations of free
America," he continued," will be
prepared, each according to its
ability and in its own manner, to
contribute 'to a lasting peace for
the benefit of mankind."
Says Farm Co-ops
Meet Definite Need
Farmer co-operatives nearly
always arise in answer to a defi
nite need, Harry B. Caldwell,
executive secretary of the the
North Carolina co operative coun
cil, told a group of interested
farmers at a Tuesday morning
session of Farm and Home Week
at State College. In fact, he said,
co-operatives were on the Ameri
can sceqf long before they were
recognized by law.
Mr. Caldwell, in his brief
history of the farmer co-opera
tive movement in America, said
that the Capper-Volstead Act of
1922 marked the first national
legal acceptance of the co-opera-|
tive. In North Carolina the;
Mutual Act of 1916 and the Crop1
Law of 1921 defined the status'
of co-operatives within the state. I
"Many people think that farmer^
purchasing co-operatives do more
business than marketing co-ops." ,
he continued. "This is not the
case. In 1944 the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture reported
that marketing '.ooperatives did
over four billion dollar* worth of
business. In that same year, pur
chasing AP-ops did a combined
business or $730,000,000."
Mr. Caldwell also answered
some of the current charges about
tax exemption. Only 54 per cent
of farmer co-ops attempt to
qualify for tax exemptions, he
declared. And in order to do so,
they must meet many legal re
tuirements such as ceilings on
ividends, one vote per member,
profits returned to patrons and
voting control limited to farmers.
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SPEAKER
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Former Governor J. M. Brough
ton, who will deliver two ad
dresses in Boone on the evening
of September 8.
HOSPITAL TO
BE INSPECTED
Officlali to Be in Boone Sept 9,
With View to Enlarging Local
Hospital Facilities
Raleigh, Sept. 2 ? Sites of pro
posed new hospitals or of present
hospitals that are seeking state
and federal funds for expansion
under thfc hospital building pro
gram will be inspected during the
next 10 days, Dr. John A. Ferrell,
executive secretary of the Medical
Care Commission, announced to
day.
The Inspection party, made up
of representatives of the Medical
Care commission, the Federal
Hospital agency and the State
Board of Health were scheduled
to inspect hospital sites in Lum
berton and Monroe.
The schedule for the next 10
days follows:
September 3, Albemarle and
Concord; 4, Shelby, Rutherfordton1
and Tryon; 5, Hendersonville,
Fletcher and Asheville in Wayne
sville; 8, Marion, Morganton and
Valdese; 9, Lenoir and Boone; 10,
Jefferson and Elkin; and 11, Mt.
Airy and Reidsville.
WILL PROTECT
GRANDFATHER
Famad Mountain to Go Undar
MimgimNnt of Forast Sarr
ice and Park Sarrica
Washington ? North Carolina's
Grandfather Mountain ? Linville
Gorge area, was added yesterday
to a Federal program of consoli
dation of administrative activities
in forest areas.
Protection of the area's scenic
as well as recreational and for
estry values will be handled in
the future by both the Forest
Service and the National Park
Service under an agreement an
nounced by the two agencies.
The agreement establishes a
special administrative section of
55.000 acres of privately and pub
licly owned land in the Blue
Ridge Parkway area.
Effective immediately, the
agreement marks 7,500 acres in
the vicinity of Grandfather Moun
tain and about 5,500 acres border
ing Linville River for inclusion
within the immediate boundaries
of the Blue Ridge Parkway de
signed to connect the Shenan
doah and Great Smoky Moun
tains Parks.
BRIEF NEWS
Peace treaty is ratified by the
Bulgarian National Assembly.
Russians testing long-range
guns at Porkkala, near Helsinki.
China is facing further infla
tion to pay government costs.
United Nations information on
armaments again sidetracked.
$541,412 tops the Treasury list
of individual earnings in 1946.
Internal revenue declines bil
lion and a half in 1947 fiscal year.
Small business lauds Attorney
General for anti-trust drive.
Railroads called financially un
able to pay a 20c-an-hour rise.
Japanese are authorized to re
build their woolen industry.
Pullman Co. asks ICC authori
zation for rate rises of 1 to 49
percent.
Molotov attacks American pol
icy in Korea as "persecution."
U. S. exports for June decline
$200,000,000 from May total.
Personnel of the Wac will be
2 per cent of peacetime Army.
Astronomer says electronic de
vices may supplant telescope.
Per capita income of nation in
1946 $1,200, a new high mark.
"Freedom Train" to carry
documents about U. S, history.
Educator avers 705,000,000 ocan
speak English.'
BROUGHTON TO
TELL USES OF
LOCKER PLANT
Former Governor to Addres*
Meeting of Citizens Next
Monday Evening, Follow
ing Dinner Session of
Chamber of Commerce
Former Governor J. Mel villa
Broughton is scheduled to deliver
an address to a mass meeting at
Watauga county citizens at the
courthouse in Boone on Septem
ber 8, at 8 o'clock, immediately
following an address at a Cham
ber of Commerce banquet.
Mr. Herman Wilcox, Chamber
of Commerce president, states
that Mr. Broughton will explain
to the county-wide meeting the
services and facilities of the
frozen food locker plant now
nearing completion in this city.
Farmers and their families are
especially asked to attend the
meeting.
Mr. Broughton will speak also
on the Stabilization Board and
Tobacco Incorporated, which we
are sure, will be of wide interest
in Watauga county to the growers
and marketers of tobacco. Gover
nor Broughton is chief counsellor
to both organizations.
At the meeting the opening date
for the local locker plant will be
announced, arid will likely be
somewhere between the later
part of September and the early
part of October. It is understood
that this plant is one of the most
complete in the southeast and
will provide facilities not avail
able in many such establishments.
Boone and Watauga county is
proud to have an institution
which promises such broad ser
vice to the citizenry.
Chamber Commerce Meeting
A meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce is to be held at the
Skyline Caf'_ at 6:30, immediate
ly before the mass meeting,
where Governor Broughton will
speak on the "Possibilities of
Boone." Immediately following
the dinner meeting, those at
tending will go to the courthouse
for the eight o'clock meeting.
Other guests at the meetings
will be the owner of the local
plant, Mr. Bill Dameron. and
James E. Coad, vice-president of
the Southern Food Locker Corp
oration.
I Plans are to be laid by the
Chamber of Commerce for enter
taining the State Park, Parkway
and Forest Development Com
mission, of which Mr. Ralph
Winkler is a member, and under
whose influence the important
commission is to meet in this
city. The members of the com
mission are scheduled to arrive
here on the evening of Sept. 14.
New York Author
Is Bamboo Visitor
Miss Katherine Bryan and Mrs.
J. M. Barris of New York City,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Hampton of Bamboo. Miss
Bryan, a lineal descendant of
Daniel Boone, is a former owner
director of Camp Viking, a boys'
sailing camp on Cape Cod. She
is not only enjoying the beauty
of the southern mountains, but
is deeply interested in the Bryan
and Boone associations she is
discovering in this locality.
Mrs. Barris, who is a writer of
feature articles and the author of
six books, is renewing her ac
quaintance with her many friends
in this vicinity, for several years
ago she and her husband spent
the summer with Mr. and Mrs.
Hampton.
Last spring Mrs. Barris re
turned from an extensive trip
through Central and South Amer
ica where she went for material
for a book on Colombia, and fea
ture articles on the Pan-Ameri
can highway. One of her inter
esting experiences was a 500
mile journey up the Magdalena
River in Colombia. While in
Madellin. Colombia, she had the
almost unbelievable experience
a# being a guest of honor at a
luncheon where there were 2,500
orchids (cattalayas) around the
spacious veranda of the beautiful
home.
Squirrel Season to
Open September 15
Squirrel hunting in Watauga
county will begin September 15,
states Walter F. Edmisten, district
game protector, who states that
the season will end on December
15. The daily bag limit is five
squirrels. The season is open for
the same length of time in all the
area in and we^t of Alleghany,
Wilkes, Caldwell, Burke and
Rutherford counties.