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FIVE CENTS A THE DEMOCRAT Is your best and most econo mical medium or advertising. With more than 2.900 paid-up. oaah subscriptions, your mes sage goes to 13,000 people, on me universally used bade at tlve readers to each subscriber. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888 BOONE. WATAUGA JTOUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 Democrat la on a cash In KING STREET ?By.... Rob. Rivers Two businessmen wondering if folks are going to be too soft for the job when they have to again settle down to seriously digging for business ... in the days when the economic roller-coaster hits the grade, and the buyer's mark et returns . . . They didn't know. Anyway, it was remarked that where good service was once the watchword of all enterprise*, the time of curtailed service, short ened hours, and a general dispo sition to do less for more, has ar rived. No successful employer in the community is recalled who didn't start his upward climb through the burning of the mid night oil, through long hours of slavish toil, and through strict fidelity to duty, at the expense of personal gratification . . . These are the reasons he is the employer rather than the worker today. The hard lessons taught in the days following the 1929 crash, weren't learned well enough . . . We are going to have to do them all over again some time. PURELY PICAYUNE . . . End In number of visitors to lb* Dtmoail office tailing the publisher "we just can't do without the paper" . . . these testimonials bringing more joy than the lnd&pensible dollar and a half . . . Frank Payne, peerless insurance salesman, -with the State's smoothest handshake, remarking on the fine weather (rainy and cold) . . . Ivy B. Wilson soliciting support for the Farm Rureau and getting it . . . June Russell, selling clothes an^ thing* and railing his customers and their ldddies by their Christian names . . . Co uncill Cooke, Guy Hunt and Grady Motets, city aldermen, patiently listening to the requests of taxpayers ? ? ? and trying to do something about them . . . Prominent business man says he's decid ed to be against everything ? that according to percentages of the past ha will be at least 50 per cent right that way ? we didn't argue . . . Local citisen who can't say hello without mentioning his particular va riety of politics . . . and the guy who referred to Rivers as ? "fanatical prohibitionist" . . . do tell I . . shivering household en remarking on the short summer, and everybody, Just about, talking about money . . . the lovs of which, it is taught, nurtures all evil. PERSONAL DISLIKES . . . The endless soap operas which pervade the radio waves . . . the hillbilly songs with their tragic themes . . . the sidewalk bicycl ing and skating . . . tftfe narrow escape from injury as grown men "scuffle" on the sidewalks . . . double-parker (holding down the! line of traffic on King . . . the! guy who signals for a left turn) ?when he means to turn right all) the time . . .the drunk who can't quite reach up to a smart crack, but tries . . . pointless speech making . . . the guy whom you don't particularly like, who con tinues to hold your hand in a vice-like grip, and uses your arm like a pump handle during an embarrassing five-minute side walk conversation . . . the religi ous, who are careful to seive out the precious bits of Christianity from their systems ... and the guy who refuses to enjoy God's glorious sunshine, in anticipation of a cloudy sky tomorrow. THINGS WE ENJOY . . . Friendly interludes with the ? ighlim i . . . Th? kids running ? foot-race down the slope to meet their pop . . . the small talk engaged in with the busi ness men of the city, and their cherished friendliness . . . the ttlks we have with our farmer friends, and their families . . . Ike brief exchanges in the waiting line at the bank on Saturday mornings . . . the as sociations with the college iellri . . . the wisdom gathered from the elementary and high edbool kids . . . the chummy little get-togethers of intimate Mends by a family fireside . . . the odors of a kitchen on pickle mnking days . . . trees landed with bright red apples . . . well-kept lawns, spreading t?as?. and husbanded hemlocks . . . the song of the birds, the spar his of the dew, the cry (Continued on page 8) f Mil ander to Address Legion Meet State Commander Wflpr jjBp Ray Galloway, State Comman der of the American Legion, who is to speak at the District Ameri can Legion rally in Boone Fri day. SB" IN VOTE DRIVE Students of Elementary and High School to Parade in Support of Recreation Proposal Tha students of the Boone ele mentary and high schools will appear in a parade through the town Friday at 2:30 o'clock to promote interest in the forth coming recreation election to be held at the city hall on October 14th. The High School Band, direct ed by Mr. Gordon Nash, will lead the parade, and will be fol lowed by various organizations within the school and town. Following the parade, the group will assemble on the post office grounds, and speakers will talk in behalf of the proposed program. 4-H County Council Meets On Saturday The "4-H county council met Saturday, September 27, in the home agent's office and elected officers for the coming year. The following officers were elected: Elmo Moretz, president; Betty Reese, program chairman; Pat ricia Ann Swift, vice-president? Olive Moretz, secretary-treasur er; Erselle Farthing, reporter; Starr Starling and Dougles Clawson, song leaders. After the election of officers, the duties of each officer were discussed and the procedure of carrying on a meeting was also discussed. The next meeting will be Sat urday, October 25th at the home agent's office. All officers of each club are urged to attend. Funeral Saturday For Mrs. Nelia Proffit Mrs. Nelia Proffit, 85 years old, died at the home of Mr. W. M. Winebarger, in Meat Camp township last Friday and rites were conducted Saturday morn ing from the Proffit's Grove Baptist Church by Rev. Will Cook, interment being in the nearby cemetery by Reins Sturdivant. Surviving are two sons and three daughters: Willie Proffitt, Boone; Henry Proffitt, Boone; Mrs. W. M. Winebarger, Mia Mary Barnes, Mrs. Carrie Ragan. Boone. J. T. Hampton Gets Big Cabbage Yield J T. Hampton of Blue Rifigg township, has recently delivetio 256.000 pounds of cabbage to the local kraut factory, from six acres of land and has the distinc tion of supplying the local en terprise with more cabbage than any other man in its history. The cabbage was sold for 75 cents per hundred, and at that rate Mr. Hampton says the re turn on the Einkenhauser varie ty is far greater than had he marketed the hard varieties from the same acreage and received $1.50 per hundred. Sixteen-nation report warns American aid in winter is vitaL ? Talk of war in India i a now ap pearing in the press. Wilmington Man, Long Active in American Legion Circles, Is to Speak at District Gathering Here on Friday; Other Speakers ? Ray Galloway, State Com mander of the American Le gion, will be the featured speaker at a district meeting ! of the American Legion, which is to be held at the ' Legion Hut in Boone Friday I evening, Oct. 3, at 6 o'clock. | Commander Galloway, who hails from Wilmington, has long | been prominent in affairs of the veterans' organization, and local veterans feel fortunate in having him present for the district rally. State Adjutant Wiley M. Pick; ens, and other high state officials are expected, along with officials and members of Legion posts at Newland, Elk Park, Boone, Blow-] ing Rock and Deep Gap. An elaborate dinner is being planned for the Legionnaires, and it is anticipated that the gather ing will be attended by several hundred veterans of the two world wars. A varied program of entertain ment, including a variety of musical numbers, is being plan ned by the Boone post, and all members of the American Legion are being invited to attend. It is pointed out that the Boone post in 1947 had an all-time high membership of 400, and the big rally Friday is expected to inau gurate the membership campaign, which has as its goal 600 mem bers in 1948. Long Illness Is Fatal to Mrs. Owen \ Mrs. J. D. Owen, 74 yeras old, died Saturday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Louis H. Smith in Boone, from a long ill ness. Mrs. Owen had recently re turned home from the local hospital, where she had been a patient for several weeks. The body was taken to Spfencer for funeral services, and inter ment was in the Chestnut Hill cemetery in Salisbury. Mrs. Owen was a native of| Guilford county, and a daughter of Mr. and Mai. 7 Walter Mc Kaughn. She made her home in Salisbury, prior to the desfth of her husband, John'D. Owen. For more than two years she had re sided in Boone, where she was held in the highest regard by her many acquaintances. A daughter, Mrs. Louis H. Smith of Boone is the only sur vivor in the immediate family. Mrs. Rebecca Proffit Dies at Reese Home Mrs. Rebecca Alice Proffit, 68 years old, died at the home at Reese, Monday afternoon and funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, the rites being in charge of Rev. Ed Farthing and interment will be in the neighborhood cemetery. The husband, Wiley Proffitt, survives, together with two sons and one daughter, Frank and Henry Reese, and Mrs. Burlie Cornett of Reese. REGISTER! Voters are reminded that next Saturday U the last day it is possible to register for the election on a special tax levy tor a summer recreation program. The books will be open all day at city hall. Whether you are for the proposal, against it. or unde cided. by all means gat your name on the book Saturday, for you are going to want to ?ote when election day comes. If you are not registered you can't cast a ballot. Any pro posal calculated to affect the tax structure should be care fully considered by tax-pay ing voters, who should by all means qualify themselves for participation in an election on what they should or should not do with their money. LEADERS AID FARM BUREAU Two Outstanding Agricultural Leaden Iuut Appeal* for Farmer*' Organization | Raleigh ? Two outstanding agricultural leaders, J. Warren Smith, State Director of Voca tional Education, and E. Y. Floyd, Director of the Plant Food In stitute of North Carolina and Virginia, issued appeals today for full support of the North Carolina Warm Bureau's current campaign for 100,000 members. "The results of strongly or ganized farm groups made pos sible by such agencies as the North Carolina Farm Bureau are already well known and appre ciated," said Smith. "These farm organizations -have directed ef forts always toward a higher standard of living for farmers in the State, and this resulting higher standard has contributed to a higher living level for all people." Smith added that in promoting Voaetional Agriculture Educa tion, there is much evidence of efforts by such groups to advance a sound agricultural and business economy. "The current Farm Bureau campaign for 100,000 members," Smith said "should have the en dorsement of all farm, business and industrial groups." Floyd said that because of "the close contact of the fertilizer manufacturers and dealers have with farmers," the fertilizer in dustry should lend every support to the membership campaign. "This is particularly import ant," Floyd continued, "since the agricultural situtation is so un certain that no one knows what to expect in future years." "It is through the untiring -ef forts of the Farm Organizations," he said, "that the laws giving farmers the programs that are now in effect have been made possible." IDENTICAL COPS Chicago ? In a recent change at the New City police station. Sergeant Doonan, 41, 6 feet 1 inch, 245 pounds, was succeeded by Sergeant Doonan, 41, 6 feet 1 inch, 245 pounds. The Doonans are identical twins and the only major difference is that one is named Chester and the other Warren. Appalachian College Opens With Record Enrollment Appalachian State Teachers College opened this week with the largest enrollment in Its his tory. Nine hundred and ninety nine have registered, and others who have been accepted are swelling this figure daily. Of the students now registered only 60 are out-of-state residents, erhphasizing the extent to which Appalachian is serving the stu dents of North Carolina. There are 398 veterans in the student body. Five hundredy and sixty-seven of the students returned from last year's student body. This leaves 432 freshmen, special stu dent* and transfers from other institutions. Seventy - live of North Carolina's 100 counties are represented, and 14 states in ad dition to North ' Carolina. Fourteen new members have been added to the faculty. They include: Dr. Paul W. Graff, In the biology department, B.S. Uni versity of Connecticut, M.A. and Ph.D. Columbia University, and a teaching fellow at Harvard University; Dr. John Van Nop pen. III, department of English, A.B. University of North Caro lina, M.A. and Ph.D. Teachers college, Columbia University; Dr. Ina Woestermeyer Van Noppen, department of socialMcience, B.S. University of Kansas, M. A. and Ed.D. Teachers coll .e, Co lumbia University; Leo K. Prit chett, department of social science, A.B. Davidson College, M.Ed. Duke University; Miss Carrie Lee Farthing, department of English, B.S. Appalachian, M.A. Duke University; Dr. Wil liam H. Morgan, department of English, B.S. Vander&ilt Univer sity, M.A. University of Chicago, Ph.D. Columbia University; Ren ato Casale, department of langu ages, A.B. Bloamfield College, B.D. Bloomfield Seminary, M.A. New York University; Miss Polly Anna Gordon, assistant in foods an# nutritions, home economics department, B. S. Appalachian, graduate work at Woman's Col lege, University of North Caro lina and University of Tennes see; Miss Madge Ehyne, child de velopment and family relation ships, home economics depart ment, B.S. and M.S. Woman's College, University, of North Carolina; Mist Eunice Query, li brary department, A.B. Duke University, A3, in library sci-l ence, University of North Caro lina; Robert Broome, physical ed ucation department, B.S. Appa lachian, graduate work, Universi ty of North Carolina; Miss Eliza beth Routt, business education department, liberal arts, A.B. Georgetown College, commerce A.B. Bowling Green University, J1A. Northwestern University. VOTERS MUST QUALIFY FOR ELECTION SAT Saturday is Last Day to Reg ister for Vote on Recrea tional Program; 2 0 0 on Books; Recreation Commis sion* States Aims of Pro gram ' All those desiring to vote in the election on the special ten cents levy for recreational pur poses are asked to register at city hall next Saturday. The books will be closed after that time, and th^re will be no further change to qualify for voting in the election. About 200 citizens have re gistered for the election and it is| believed that at least 400 will be! on the books by the time they, close. Interest is mounting in the special election, there are some evidence of campaigning on 'both sides of the issue and it is expected that this agitation will result in a fairly heavy registra Ition. Aims of Commit*** Meantime, the recreation com mittee, which includes Bob Agle, chairman; Mrs. B. W. Stallings, Joe Huffman, Rev. S. B. Moss, Mrs. R. H. Harmon, Mrs. F. E. SVarman and R. W. Watkins, have drafted the following proposals, should the voters approve the recreational tax levy: 1. To employ asummer recrea tion director, and secure assis tant director for area which will De established. 2. To make available to every child within the corporate limits if Boone, a supervised play area. 3. To make available all pub lic buildings, such as schools and chyrches, for arts and crafts and indoor activities. 4. To make available areas fori tennis courts, croquat courts, shuffle board, badminton, horse shoes, table tennis, and other similar activities. 5. To build wading pools for the small children. 6. To form leagues in different sports contests. ^ 7. To sponsor band concerts, sings, social activities, hikes and camping trips, to promote nature study groups and to aid in the conservation of our natural re sources. ? 8. To create a harmonious spirit among the youth and adults of the town. Indian Princess to Appear at College Princess Nadonis S h a w a, American Indian entertainer, will appear at the college auditorium Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in the first lyceum number of the current college year. Princess Shawa's program will consist of colorful and authentic presentations of Indian customs and dances, and will feature the tribal costumes, relics, drama, poetry and history. She has en tertained royalty and has receiv ed distinguished patronage on both continents. The public is cordially invited. I Food is taking half of low-in come family budgets. New silhouette from tip to toe adds glamour to fashions. Farm Picnic To Be Held Here Saturday Speaks Saturday Congressman Robert L. Dough ton, ninth district r^jresentative, who will address his fellow farm ers at the annual Watauga Coun ty Farm Bureau picnic Saturday. SKY RANCH' IS NEW VENTURE Summer Recreational Center and Crippled Children'* HocpUal ? Winkler's Creek Project The only aumtnv camp for H. W. realtor, who has been engaged for some time in promoting this and other en terprises, and who releases the fallowing to the local newspaper about the new enterprise, which merits the full support of the local community: Dr. Grimes of Winston-Salem, | cripplei being ler's ci :n in the south is ?d'ift the Wink dob. according to purchased 150 acres of fine mountain forest, with a beautiful 1 valley about the centre, up what is knovm as "Flannery Fork Creek," which is locally known as Winklers (freek, about a mile up the creek from Mr. Henry Austins, and adjoining the at tractive building sites being de veloped and sold by W. J. Crutchfeild of Orangeburg, S. C., Charles Crutchfield of Hickory and H. W. Horton of Boone and Miami Florida, and a corpora tion was formed by Dr. Grimes, his son Jimmie, Mr. Jack Sharpe, Mr. Marvin Culbreth and Mr. Henry Welfare, all of Winston Salem, and chartered in the name of Sky Ranch. The object of this corporation is to operate a summer recrea tional centre and hospital especi ally for crippled children, but will be available to the general public. Children from 7 to 17 years old will be cared for, and a doctor, nurses and about ten to fifteen counsellors will be in charge, besides Mr. Sharpe who will be general superintendent and business manager. One large recreational assemb ly hall, with modern kitchen and refrigeration facilities is nearly finished, also a number of smal ler cabins and other buildings are now going up, and foundation for a swimming pool covering about an acre, with concrete dam anchored in solid rock at both ends has been excavated and will be finished next spring. New Business Being Established by Vets James Storie, Lloyd Isaacs and Bruce Angel, all local men. are rapidly getting in shape to open their new men's store on South Depot street in the R. T. Greer building, and advertising col umns of this newspaper will per haps carry the story of the new firm in the next edition. All three men were reared in this community, saw service in the recent war, and unlike so many veterans, decided to estab lish their business and settle down right here at home. The new store will be known as Tar He*] Togs, and is expected to open within a few days. Hurricane damage in southern] Florida reported in millions. Five to 10 per cent ri#e in {men's clothing I Congressman Dough ton, Carl T. Hiclu to Be Hufllii Speakers as Farm Burma Plays Host to Farm BurMM Members and Their Fami lies The Annual membership campaign of the Watauga Farm Bureau will be high lighted on Saturday, Oct. 4th, with a picnic by the organiza tion for all Farm Bureau members and their families, on the courthouse lawh at 11 o'clock, with speeches by Congressman R. L. Doughton, Carl T. Hicks of the Tobacco Stabilization Corporation, and perhaps others. Mr. Hicks, who is to deliver the main ad dress, is one of Greene coun ty's leading farmers. The picnic meeting will be fea tured by a parade led by the Boone High School Band, under the direction of Mr. Gordon Nash, and special string music will be supplied by the Thomas-Farth 'ing string band. All Farm Bu reau members and their families are cordially invited to attend. The community meetings which have been held in connection with the membership drive have been well attended, and the in terest shown by the farmers pres ent has been very good. Thus far the following community mem bership committees have been se lected: Green Valley: L. E. Wilson, Hubert Norris, A. E. Moretz, Ted Clawson, 'Howard Gragg, Troy Norris. Deep Gap: E. B. Hardin, H. E. Greene, Aaron Watson, Clyde Moretz, Hayes Wellborn, D. L. Stan berry. Mabel: E. G. Greer, Alfred Thomas, Odes Wilson, John" K. Perry, Denver Church, Fate War ren,, D. T. Brown, Ed Reese. Bethel: Van Farthing, Clyde Greene, Dean Reese, Clyde Rob inson, Ralph Sherwood, Spencer Warren, Clayton Vines, M. H. Edminsten, Orville Hagaman. Bamboo: R. H. Vannoy, N. L. Harrison, Stacy Ford, Walter Hampton, Elmer Miller. Shulls Mills: Don ShuU, Noah Church, C. P. Moore, Ed Harbin, R. A. Farthing. The various community mem bership committees are urged to push their campaign (or members as rapidly as possible, so that the county quota of 600 members may be reached at an early date. Clothing Needed For Children and Aged in County A few weeks ago this newspa per carried a statement to the ef fect that the welfare department would receive and distribute clothing to the needy. "Today,? says Mr. D. P. Mast, welfare superintendent, "we are changing this mere statement to a plea that those persons who have sur plus clothing, place it where it will be used by needed families. Almost every day some school teacher or some local citizen re ports to the welfare department that certain children are coming to school scantily clothed. The agency has no funds with which to buy clothing. It administers old age assistance and aid to de pendent children grants, but pays only 70 and 65 per cent of the total needs of these families. So the department has to depend on local communities and various organizations to make this con tribution." Mr. Mast says you may place the clothing directly r. 'he needy family or bring it to tue welfare office where it will be placed for you. Or if it is not convenient for you to bring the clothing to the agency, call the welfare de partment and we will come to your home for it. Cyrut Levi Gentry b Taken by Death Cyrus Levi Gentry, 40, died last Saturday In the State Hospi tal, Morgan ton, and funeral ritn and interment were at the Mor phew cemetery near Laxon Sun day. One brother, and one sMK survive: R. L. Gentry, Laxoa; Mrs. J. J. Miller, Route X, Boom. ? i
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