in the Year 1868
CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1948
VOL. LX, NO. 30
KING SIR
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ROB DIVERS
BOB AGUE going down the line
ill n effort to get the moat pos
sible money for the March of
Dimes fund ? used to makeAiipi
? Infantile Paralysis, the (rim
crtppler and destroyer of child
ran . . . initial response to worthy
appeal gratifying ... school
children about the town Satur
day, taking up quantities of coins
for those who have been or may
be stricken down . . . Somehow
so appropriate for these
happy children to be en
in helping out other kid
<Mas who got the tough break
. . . and, ifs possible that same
of the dimes they so eagerly
chased, may be used to try to re
store their own helpless limbs be
hind the future's closely locked
doors.
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THE MARCH OF DIMES is
? mighty fine thing . . . Con
Mind in the mind of Amerl
has come to be
of i national in
stitution . . . likely always will
be . . . and some dey will bear
fruit in the form of a definite
preventative for polio . . . Ifs
'One of the few remaining
campaigns that we shall al
ways support . . . Most of the
ethers to which we have given *
lucre and lip-service in the
pest have been marked off our
Bst ... . payments to them will
in the future be out of defer -
to whichever of our local
friends is consigning . ? .
sort of token contributions.
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THREE MEAT CAMP YOUTHS
lose lives in crash of automobile
... . deepest sympathy to the fond
parents who have been visited
with so great a calamity .... . A
gory reminder of the lethal dang
ers that lurk along every mile pt
the pavement in the age of
speed . . . The triple tragedy has
brought gloom to the folks
hereabouts.
. 'e ? ?
y MERCURY slips dewn the
tube tin lt ;i
!T,
i el *M time
Iking about it, as
allowed, but d6
bag little to change the situa
tion . . . Reflecting on the
lots ot folks who have
structural protec
tive withering t-1? ?
Pink Baldwin, our old
IHand of the tall tales, who had
acquaintance with
Eve. he said, and
msmbers of all intervening
generations . . . He had sailed
the seas with Christopher
Columbus, had counselled with
George Washington, on the
broad porticos at Mount Ver
non, and hold the hand of the
first President when the heart
ot the Father of Our Country
become quiet.
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YES, Pink was right gifted
along historical lines, and we
used to discuss the weather with
him ... He had always seen
worse spells . . . The first winter
he spent on this continent after
he helped discover it . . . she was
a whizzer . . . and the freeze up
during the Valley Forge period
was something. Pink was living
in a cabin on the North Slope of
Howard's Knob, when the mer
cury was fixing to lodge against
the bottom. A full-grown Tom
cat could have been thrown
through some of the openings in
the walls ... an open fireplace
gave some heat, but there was a
scarcity of wood due to the
depth of the snow . . . bed cloth
ing was inadequate, food was
kind of scarce, and we had been
wondering just how Pipk, the
members of his family . . . and his
stock (three or four emaciated
old donkies he kept . . . never
knew why) were going to stand
the Impending gale, when in
Pink
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THE GRIZZLED PATRI
WHEAT KING
k a 5* ? .? "!*? ..ji
To Curwen T iiibIh, Romwy,
lad. ?wi tb* booori o< b*i?t
"Wb?tl Kins" sad winning th?
Mirtolh annual Philip W. Fills
burr litt* whMi award lor hii
achi*TMn*nt at the Indiana con
and small grain show bald al
Lafayette.
ABRAMS PLANS
N.Y PARADI
Former Boone Educator Will
Work Chit State's Parade
At Lions' Convention.
Raleigh, Jan. 17? plans for a
North Carolina parade and exhi
bit in connection with the con
vention of Lions International in
New York City text JjUy were
laid here yesterday at the meet
ing of the club leaders from all
oarts of North Carolina.
Dr. W. Amos Abrams, of* Ral
eigh, international counsellor and
former district governor of Wes
tern Lions district 31-A, is the
chairman of the parade and ex
hibit committee, ""Whose member
ship embraces all three of the
Tar Heels Lion* Districts.
Tentative plans for the project,
according to . Abrams, . call for a
North Carolina band and float in
the big parade of Lions Interna
tional it New York next July.
Abrams said that the Elizabeth
City High fechoql band would
likely represent the State in the
procession.
In addition to the parade, the
project includes a North Carolina
exhibit slated to be set up in
Madison Square Garden at which
the State's agriculture, industry,
natural and cultural resources
will be displayed.
The project' is being sponsored
by the State's 200-odd Lions Club
organizations, ^Abrams said.
Vaughn H. Howell
Dies in Virginia
Vaughn Hagaman Howell, 33
years old, native of Todd, died
cn -January 15, *t Culpeper, Va.
A heart attack is given as the im
mediate oause of his demise.
Funeral services were conduct
ed froirt*the South Fbrk Baptist
Church in the old home neigh
borhood by Rev. Raymond Hen
drix and Rev. Ernest Stephens,
and burial was in the Howell
cemetery.
Mr. Howell was born in the
Todd neighborhood, a son of the
late W. N- and Mrs. Howell. He
was a member of the Pilot Moun
tain Baptist Church, and served
on the Board of Deacons until
he moved to Virginia.
The widow and three children
survive: Frank, Rena Mae and
Wanda Lee Howell. The mother
and six brothers also survive.
MOKE FUNDS
SOUGHT FOR
STATE PARKS
W. JL Winkler In WaphfawtoM
As Guest of Governors Al
W? Commkilon Makes Plea
For More Funds for Nation
al Parks in Carolina.
' " Winkler, member of the
North Carolina Park, Parkway,
and Forest Development Com
mission, is in Washington, D. C.,
where today he attends the regu
, lar monthly meeting of the Com
r mission, and on Thursday even
mg a dinner at the Mayflower
Hotel, where the ipembers of his
group will be guests of Governor
1 Gregg Cherry, of North Carolina
i and Governor Jim McCord of
t Tennessee. At this time plans are
to be made for the further devel
. opment of the Smoky Mountains
I National Park.
. The banquet will be attended
} by the complete Congressional
delegations from both North Car
| olina and Tennessee, the Secre
| tary of the Interior, Director of
I the National Park Service, mem
bers of the Tennessee Depart
ment of Conservation; members
of congressional appropriations
committees, and department . of
the interior sub-committee mem
bers.
, The Park Commission will pre
, sent informally the situation as
, to the Great Smoky Mountains
Park and outline briefly the pro
gram for the two-state joint com
mittee for its development.
All the members of the North
Carolina Park Commission are in
Washington for the important
conference, as follows:
Chas, E. Ray, Chairman; Kelly
E. Bennett, vice-chairman; Percy
B. Perebee, Francis J. Heazel,
Raymond U. Sutton, W. R. Wink
ler, E. C. Guy; Q. M. Douglas, sec
retary; A. H. Graham, chairman
State highway and public works
| commission; R. Bruce Etheridge,
director of the department of con
servation and development.
I Joe Huffman Goes
! On Navy Cruise
Joseph E. Huffman, local gro
cer, chief specialist. Naval Re
i serve, has been issued orders to
, participate in k five week train
ing cruise aboard the USS PO
| CONO AGC-16.
Mrs Huffman reports po the
[ commanding officer, training sta
, ging division, Winston-Salem, for
process to active duty static in
the Naval Reserve. Upon com
pletion of process he will report
to the Commandant, sixth Naval
district, for further assignment
Upon completion of his train
i ing cruise, they will disembark
1 at Norfolk, Va., on February 24,
. and be released to inactive duty
status. He will receive full duty
pay plus transportation to and
? from his home.
AAA Office To Close
, Wednesday Afternoon
In order to comply with the
. 40-hour week . regulation for
- county agricultural conservation
! association employees, the local
1 AAA office will be closed every
I Wednesday afternoon effective
I January 21. Office hours now
are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
i days and Fridays, 8:00 a. m. to
I 12:00 noon, 12:30 p. m. to 4:30 p.
? m.; Wednesdays and Saturdays
18:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon.
ARTIFICIAL BREEDING SERVICE
TO BECOME AVAILABLE HERE
Asheville, N. C.? The South
eastern Artificial Breeding As
sociation, a 'new project spon
sored by the Farmers Federation
with the cooperation of the ex
tension service of the North Car
olina department of agriculture,
has begun operations here it was
announced yesterday by James G.
K. McClure, president of the
federation.
The project, which is predicted
to double the milk production of
the average Western North Caro
lina cow within the next ten
yean, is housed in a huge barn
on the Ashevijle-Ch ar lotte high
way, just beyond die American
Legion golf count. A battery of
25 high-index proven sires, re
presenting registered TfnWaim.
Jerseys and Guernsey* are no m
situated in the bem And activities
have begun which allow each
farmer in North Carolina to im
prove his dairy herd, it wai
pointed out by Mr. McChire.
The bam wai constructed with
?pecial attention to safety fea
tures to protect the caretaker of
the balls as well as laboratory
technicians. A modern laboratory
is contained in the barn with all
the necessary equipment to carry
on the work, and a modern home
has been constructed adjacent to
the bam to house the caretaker
and his family.
Only proven bulls will be u*ed
in the stud, Mr. McClure pointed
out. He added that a nation-wide
search has been made for bulls
that will come up to the stand
ards required by the Southeastern
Artificial Breeding Association,
and no bull will be acquired fee
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SCENE AT CRASH WHICH CLAIMED LIVES OF THRE? "
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View of the wrecked automobile in which Barnard Grant Proffitt and Chester Bar]
Proffitt, brothers, and Eston Earl Proffitt, a cousin of the two, lost their live# when the
vehicle left highway 221, eight miles from Boone Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Blair.)
Three Are Killed As Auto
; % . ?' . fr ' \ - r - U-.* ' '.v, j ;j
Plunges From Icy Highway
MANY GIVE TO
POUO FUND
Receipts Near Half Total Be-|
tag Sought; Chairman
Asks Prompt Aid.
The March of Dimes campaign
is going forward with marked
success in the county, but Chair
man Bob Agle >is insisting that
contributions be made promptly
in order that the goal may be
reached as qyickly as possible.
Total receipts are a bit less than
half of thn quota of $1,479.00, it
is revealed, and Mr. Agle in giv
ing out the figures, issued the
following factual statement:
"Watauga county's entire quota
is only $1,675.00. Approximately
$7,000 has been Spent on one
Watauga child alone since she
was stricken with, the crippling
disease in the epidemic of 1 &45.
If this were your child, would
you have the money for her con
tinuous care? The National Foun
dation will do that for "you ? out
of the sum made up from each
person's relatively small contri
bution. Have you made your*?
There are only ten more days left
in which to make your contribu
tion:
Following is a list of some of
the initial contributors to the
March of Dimes.
Kmeit LnrU 200, BUI Rmh ISO.
Appalachian Theatre 10.00. Mrs. E. T.
Ginn UK. R. B. Agle 10 00. Ceorfa
Wllaon ISO, G. H. Phillips i 00. Mr.
and Mrs. E. N. Hahn tsoo. W a
Green ISO. City florist *.00, John O.
Martin 5 00. Tom Bwch 100. Wade K.
Brown 1.00. Hobert Tee Groea 5 00.
Frank Hod?e? ISO. Ralph MoraU
X JO. * Boone Tire and Bargain Store
10.00. Reins Sturdlvant ?JJ0, W. B.
Richardson ISO. W. C. Richardson ISO.
O. K. Richardson ISO. Donald R
Lumpkin SJO. Dr. and Mn. John O.
Harden 100, C. H. Blackburn ISO. Mrs.
Justin Regan 100, Elizabeth Routt ISO,
Mn. Minnie Coffey ISO. T. B. Moore
ISO. C. A. Price 5 SO, Daniel
Hotel t.00. Paul Moretx ISO, B. J.
Bodenhammer ISO. Q. F. Critcher ISO.
8. C. Eager* 3 00, T. M. Shore SS0.
Jerome Coffey 1.00, Mrs. T. Len Cook
ISO, Mae H. Miller SS0. Mrs. Mar
caret Hughe* ISO, J. K. Parker Jr.
100, Earl C, Norrl* 5.00, Conrad A.
Shaw 1.00. Melvin T. Gtmmel ISO, W.
M. Thomas 100. Winkler Motor Co.
10.00, Hettle Greer ISO, Brtbsr 8.
Boone ISO, John M. JusKoe 140,
U Moore >S0. A. X. South ISO, 1
CRAFT HOUSE CLOSED
Craft house at Watauga Handi
crafts Center is at present closed
iue to the absence of the direc
tor, Ura. W. J. Kelsey, who is in
Bcrea, Ky., attending opportunity
?chooL It will be
raauvy g.;r?tv4
H'l food Mat extra!
dollars to work ? Buy United!
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Two Brothers, Cousin, Arc
Fatally Injured in Accident
On Highway 221 Saturday;
Triple Funeral Services Arc
Conducted Monday. \
Three Meat Camp township
youths, two of them brothers,
the other a cousin, were kill
ed at six o'clock Saturday af
ternoon, when a car in which
they were riding careened
from highway 221, eight milei
from Boone, and crashed intc
a group of trees. The accident,
perhaps the worst of its kind
in Watauga county history, ii
believed to have been caused
when the car skidded on the
icy pavement.
Barnard Proffitt, 21, and hi;
cousin, Eston Earl Proffitt, 17
were instantly killed. Chestei
Ray Proffitt, 12, Barnard's broth
er, died after having been admit
ted to Watauga Hospital. All suf
'ered head injuries.
Elbert Bryan, who, it was
said was driving the car, suffered
from minor head injuries and
bruises.
Bryan is reported as being una
ble to recall the cause of the ac
cident.
Funeral services for the thre?
youths were conduc'ed Mondaj
morning at 11 o'clock from th?
Proffitt's Grove Baptist Churcl
in the home neighborhood. Rev
Wm. Cook and Rev. Mr. Stevens
were in charge of the rites and
the bodies were interred at the
Proffitt's Grove cenetery.
Eston Earl Proffitt is survived
by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Proffitt, and the following
brothers and sisters: Arlie, Cicero,
Dayton, Fred, Hepry; Mrs. Lanc<
Hamby, Mebane; Mrs. Woodrow
Winebarger, Zionville; Harlene
Newport News, Va.; Pearl, and
Oliver Proffitt of the home.
Barnard Grani Proffitt, whose
death occurred on his 21st birth
day and Chester Ray Proffitt, are
survived by the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Proffitt, and the fol
'owing brothers and sister?: Glen,
Kermtt, Marion, Cless, Ralph and
Dean Proffitt; Mrs. Clint Miller,
Mrs. Edward Wilson and Jewell
Proffitt of the home. '
MAW-DATS
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has estimated that 30,000,000
man-days of employment, the
third highest total on record,
were lost In work stoppages dur
ing 1?47. This was small when
compared with the peak at 118,
000,600 man-days lost in 1940,
but it was just under the nexl
highest total of 38^00,000 In IMS,
HIGHWAYS
A total of $**010,0000 worth
of work on +4,700 miles of high
ways was contracted for in 1947,
by various states, according to
Public Beads T.
H. MarPoasId This was a *18%
000,000 to frill i over the 1940
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SURLEY SALES
TO END FRIDAY
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Prices Continue High As Fi
nal Sales on Local Floors
Draw Na?r. .
1 The final sales of the current
t burley tobacco season will be held
{ Friday of this week, It w a* Team
ed last night, bringing to an end
' one of the most successful sales
, periods *in the history of the
| Boone market.
More than 90,000 pounds was
sold Tuesday at uniformly high
I prices, some crops leaving avera
> ged well up in the fifty cent
bracket. It is stated that when
sales are ended no less than five
< million pounds will have been
. iold this year.
Receipts continued surprising
? ly regular yesterday afternoon, as
- large loads were seen from four
' counties in North Carolina and
at least one in Virginia. Those
i who have some tobacco yet on
I hand are urged to bring it in
I immediately for quick sale at a
-op- notch figure.
T. B. SeaU Sale v
Drive Will Close
? The seal sale drive is schedul
i ed to close for this yes^r on Feb.
? 1. There are still many people
1 who have neither returned their
' seals, nor sent in the two dollars.
! The committee is asking that
those persons who have not
' answered the seat sale plea to
' please do so immediately. In this
t way Watauga can close 'he sale
? with the rest of the counties in
- the State.
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, Well finished, tiarmonious
I furniture is an essential of a
pleasing, home-like room.
PRESIDENTS
BALL PLANNED
NEXT WEEK
Immu il Benefit Due To Be
^Ml Next Thursday la L*.
Gym; Load Polio cW
ter is Reorganized With
Howard Cottrell Chairman. ,
The President's Birthday BaA,
"ranged to provide additional
*Unds for the infantile parahsb
campaign, and since Ha Inception,
the highspot of the winter social
"eason i In Boone, win be held at
the Appalachian Rich
?!jmna?lum in Boone Thursday
evening January 29, starting at #
o clock, H is announced by How
ard Cottrell, chairman of the ev
ent, who h also chairman of the
Watauga County Chapter of the
National Infantile Paralysis Foun
dation. ?
The ball, which la being pro
moted with the slogan "dance
that others may walk" will likely
be largely attended. Charlie John
con's Collegians will supply the
music for the occasion, and the
people of, the community and
county are being urged to partici
pate in the event Those who
don't dance should come too, it
is noted, aha enjoy the fellowship '
of the evening, while contribut
ing a share to a worth-while en
'eprise.
Mr. Cottrell states that a film,
in line with the polio campaign.
entiUed, "The Crlppler," has been
?ecured as an added promotional
feature and will be shown in
different sections of tlie county.
Since this material hasn't arriv
ed. however, definite dates of the
presentations can't be announced
el this time.
Local Chapter R?- organised
At a meeting held last Wednes
day evening, the Watauga Coun
ty Chapter of the National In*
fantile Paralyais Foundation was
re-organized with Howard Cot
trell president. Other officer* are
aa follows: . l . _
R. D. Hodges, Jr., vice-chair
man; James Farthing, treasurer;
Mrs. R. D. Hodges, Jr., chairman ?
of the woman's activities group;
Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., chairman of
the medical advisory committee.
The duties of the local chapter
are to handle the county's share
of the funds derived from the
March of Dimes, and to see that
all local victims of infantile par
alysis have treatment, in to far
as is humanly possible.
Beaver Dam Man
Sellg Good Burley
Ralph Sherwood, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Sherwood of Sugar
<5 rove, sold his crop of burley
at the Mountain Burley Ware
house last Thursday, and although
Jt was the second crop he had
ever raised the 1588 pounds of
we^d, brought/ him $888.22. The
figures given below were taken
from the warehouse sales slip
314 pounds at 57c; 274 pounds
at 60c; 334 pounds at 58c; 482
pounds at 54c; 214 pounds st 38C
.otal 1888 pounds $858.22.
P.-T. A. Will Meet
Monday Evening
The P. T- A. will meet next
Monday night at 7:30 at Appala
chian Hign School. All parents
and teachers are urged ti> be pre
'sent.
DOUGHTOH FAVORS TAX CUT;
SEES VETO OF KNUTSON BILL
Washington ? Rep. Dough ton
(D-NC) predicted today Con grew
would sustain ? veto of the pre
sent Knutson bill to slash income
taxes $5,000,000,000 a year.
Nevertheless, the North Caro
linian told ?, reporter, he thinks
President Truman is wrong in
his stand that there should be
no over-all reduction in Federal
And U the Senate "moderates'
the OOP tax measure after it
leave* the House it might mus
ter the neresaary two-thirds ma
jority to override a presidential
turndown, the veteran Congres
sional lag expert gild
As matters now stand. Dough
ton dcclArc^ the ]^f| introduccci
by Rep. Knutton CR-Mhm) and
the President's own plan for a
"cost of living" income tax out
evil.." /
"Thus far 1 have seen no Jus
tification for restoration of an
HOM profit*, t**." 1m Hid.
"That* should be a reasonably
tax cuV but not as much as In
the Knutaen bill." Treasury ex
perts say the GOP proposal ac- .
tually would reduce federal re
venue by $6,300,000,000. .
Dough ton, who managed tax
legislation when his party con
trolled Congress, said that in his
opinion "there are too many
Federal employees." . He added:
"We an spending too much
and taxing to high." Dough ton
said he la not yet ready to sap
whether he win vote for the
Kautaon bill in spite of his ob
jection to U. The stand he ulti
mately takes will have a strong