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An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1 888
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948
KmGJpECT
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ROB RIVERS
MARCH BLOWS IN with mod
erate temperatures, swirling
clouds of dirt and sand along
the streets, deposited on the pave
ment by the wheels of vehicles
from county roads, and unpaved
?city streets . . . When the third
month of the year rolls around ?
that unpredictable child born of
a ifhion' of King Winter with
the Queen of the blossoms ? there
are usually a few pretty days
and folks begin to vow that
spring has come . . . "We had a
hard winter so 'it's breaking up
?early.' " . they don't recall
that March is invariably -about
the worst month of the year . . .
that if there's a big snow it hits
during that period, and that the
? blasts of winter in taking a final
fling, reach their greatest velocity
along about the time the first mis
guided robins make their appear
ance. ^
? ? ?
BUT AT WORST It won t be
too long before springtime is
here . . . March, namesake of
the Roman god of wars, in earl
ier days also the god of nature
and- fertility . . . The season
when agriculture and warfare
were to be resumed after the
inactivity of thf' winter period,
brings promise of fairer days
around the corner, of balmier
weather in the tomorrow* . . .
its fitful rigors don't shake the
morale like those of January
. . . there is hope . . . pleasant
days aren't far away.
? ? ?
FEDERAL TAXPAYERS get
out the "1040" forms, bank rec
ords, et cetera, and make ready
to strike some sort of balance
with Uncle Sammy by the fif
teenth . . . estimate paid? owe
more money . . , those who file
discuss exemptions and other
phases of the tax structure ? the
subject is an ever-present one .
The fellow who don't join in the
conversation is the one who's laid
away a young fortune without
contributing m cent of it to the
welfare of his own government,
and hopes vainly no one will ever
suspect his delinquency . . . he's
scared plumb to death most of
ihe time . . . his conversation in
variably has to do with the high
prices . . . the ends can't be made
to go together . . . his audience
smiles courteously at the man
who is willing to enjoy all the
blessings our system has provid
ed, without fiscal support of the
government which allowed him
success . . . His hearers don't tell
him so? but they don't like him
a little bit . . . they regard him
as a chiseler ? for they are paying
his part of the fare. ... Of course
pay day will come . . . it's im
possible to hide personal prosper
ity.
LOCAL VISITORS to Jack
son- J?ff?rsoa dinner My the
Democrats are powerful mad at
Harry . . . Just can't talc* his
civil rights bill . . . The assem
bly hall which periodically, for
many years, resounded to the
unbounded enthusiasm of the
partisans, when the name of
Franklin D~ was mentioned,
become strangely quiet when
his successor's name was includ
ed in the remarks of towering
Tom Connally . . . Our inform
ant says the Dixie revolt has
the earmarks of being the real
thing . . . "No they won't vote
Republican, but the heck df it
is. the Republicans hare to be
the beneficiaries ... A few of
the younger ones may traipse
with Henry ... so busy with i
the waring of the red shirt they
fail to see the. pink in the cam
paign of the former fair-haired
child of Democracy ? the' one
who couldn't be content with a
healthful, progressive and re
strained liberalism.'' . . . Yes.
Dixieland is up in arms ... It
?has been many times before,
but the historical fact stands
out like a sore thumb in the
faces of the dissenters ? they
have nowhere to go . . .. the
trouble must be faced within
the household of their party ?
they don't look for aid from
their traditional political enemy
go-'. Mm civil rights issue . . .
Henry can't help either? Com
munism knows no color . . .
it's set of phoney values includ
es nothing the South could ever
cherish I
e e ?
PAREER "BILL HODGES has
a hen who got her name in the
headlines recently for laying an
egg of astounding proportions ?
she was credited with wanting
to halt the soaring price of living
? at any rate the "cackle berry"
was a double-barreled deal, an
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STILL IN UNIFORM
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower, who
hu retired a* army chief of staff,
is shown at his Fort Mpr. Va.,
home, still wearing the uniform
of a fire-star general. Asked
when he planned to change to ci
vilian clothes the general replied:
"Heck. I haven't any."
WEBB TOW
HIGH COURT
Warlick Is Recommended for
Seat on Federal Bench;
Is Local Resident Judge
Washington ? Judge Wilson
Warlick of Newton, judge of the
superior court of North Carolina,
was recommended last week by
Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North
Carolina to succeed Judge E.
Yates Webb of Shelby, who is
retiring as United States district
judge for the western district of
North Carolina.
Senator Hoey sent the name of
Judge Warlick to the President
with the concurrence of Senator
William B. U instead and Demo
cratic National Committeeman
Joe L. Blythe of Charlotte.
Judge Webb, who is 76, will
leave the bench as soon as his
successor is appointed. He was ap
pointed to the present post by
President Woodrow Wilson, and
is completing 29 years of service.
He will retire at full pay of
$15,000 a year.
Judge Warlick is a native of
Newton and has lived in Catawba
county all his life. His great great
grandfather settled in the county
in 1752 on land granted to him.
This same farm is now owned
by Judge Warlick.
Judge Warlick is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina
and was licensed to practice law
in 1913 by the Supreme Court,
having passed the examination
before he feached the age of 21.
Judge Warlick started his legal
career in Newton in 1913 and
continued until 1917 when he en
listed as a private in and served
17 months in France during the
First World war.
His nomination to the superior
court in the 16th Judicial district
was won in a Democratic primary
in 1930 and he was selected in
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List Names Oi
Red Cross Donors
The Red Cross campaign gets
under way in the colinty, with
the initial responses being grati
fying to the local unit of the or
ganization. The names of the fol
lowing contributors were releas
ed yesterday:
Mr*. W. W. ChMlir, Worker, Or ad
Ihi
Dr and Mrs. Ray Lawrence. 100:
Cora Jeffcoat, 100; Lois Town
send. 1.00; Mf and Mrs. H M Hamil
ton. 3.00; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Nssh.
2 00; Rev J. K. Parker. 1.00; Dr. and
Mrs J. G Martin. 300; Mia* Cora
Parks. 3.00; Mrs. Robert Davis. 1.00;
Mrs R H. Harmon. 50; Mrs. W W.
Chester. 100
Boone Drug, Dr. G. K. Moose, Worker
Mrs. Emma Robinson. 100; Eula
Norris. 1.00; Vera Carroll. 1.00; Irene
Townsend^ 1 .00; Mrs. Claude Moretz.
2.00; Mrs Ethel Teams. 100; Lois Mc
Guire. 100; Lee Whittington. h*0. Dr
Wayne Richardson. 3 00. Mrs.^Wayne
Richardson 1.00; Dr. O. K Richardson.
5 00; Dr G K Moose. 10.00.
Green Heights. Jack Hodaes, Worker
John S Allridge. 1.00; Mr and Mrs
Kelley Osborne. 2.00; T. B Moore,
1.00; H G. Absher. 1.00; Mrs. B R
Bryant. 1.00; Mr and Mrs. tomirr
Greene. liW; Mr. and Mrs. H *.
Bledsoe. 1.00; Mr and Mrs. J. E. <Jiay,
3.00; Mrs Helen Clay. 2.00; A Friend
10.00; Mr and Mrs. C*rl Hayes. 1.00;
Mr and Mrs. R. F. Greene. 500; Mr.
and Mrs Charles Osborne. 1.00; Mr
and ||tt Jack Hodges. 2.00.
Noi^Hltni Bank, Alfred Adams
Northwestern Bank. 4000. AKred
Adams. 4 00; James Farthing, 2 JO.
Clyde Greene, Wuekef
Farmers Hardware. SO.OO; Mountain
Burley, 23.00.
Depot St., Business, Lloyd Isaacs
Worker
Kays Ice Cream Parlor. lDO; Eco
nomy Store. 5.00. Hillside Dairy. 300;
Mr. and Mrs R A. Rufty. I Mi J. M.
Monte. 1 00; Appiiseuui TMre,
5 00. Mr and Mrs Bob Agle. 2 JO
SPARTAPOUCE
CHIEF KILLED
fli AUTO CRASH
Brantley Taylor Instantly
Killed, Two State Police
Officers Injured in Effort to
Catch Car Thought to Car
ry Illegal Liquor.
Sparta ? Brantley Taylor,
Sparta police chief, was killed
instantly and two State High
way Patrolmen stationed here
were seriously injured when the
car in which they were riding
crashed into a bridge near
Wytheville while chasing an
automobile believed to be carry
ing liquor.
Patrolman Weaver Hogan, 26,
Spruce Pine, driver of the car,
was reported in "a serious con
dition" in a Wytheville hospital
Tuesday night. He suffered
broken legs, broken ribs, a crush
ed chest and cuts on the head
and neck. Patrol Commander H.
J. Hatcher said in Raleigh that
he had been told doctors did not
expect Hog&n to recover. The
officer had not regained con
sciousness last night.
Patrolman Joseph G. Wilson,
26, Murphy, suffered a fractured
skull and shock. He was uncon
scious several hours following
the crash, but recovered early
last night and was reported
"much improved."
Sheriff Glenn Richardson, Al
leghany county, said he under
stood the three officers were
chasing a car suspected of haul
ing liquor. He said the car en
tered Sparta about 1:30 a. m.
from the Roaring Gap Highway.
Nothing is known about what
happened during the next hour,
but at approximately 2:30 a. m.
persons living near the bridge
(one mile south of Wytheville,
Va., and 36 miles from Sparta)
heard a loud crash and the
sound of a car speeding away.
When persons in the vicinity
gathered at the bridge over Reed
Creek, the patrol car was found
suspended on a steel bHdge sup
port, almost completely demol
lished. A wrecker had to be
called to move the car before
the three men could be rescued.
PATROLMAN DIES
Sparta ? State Highway Patrol
man Weaver Hogan, 26, of
Murphy, died in a Wytheville,
Va.., hospital Tuesday morning
from injuries suffered early Mon
day morning in an automobile
wreck.
The car in which Hogan and
two other law enforcement of
ficers were chasing a suspected
moonshine runner crashed into
a bridge a^out 2:30 a. m. near
Wytheville.
Charles Bryant Taylor, Sparta
police chief, died en route to a
hospital, and State Highway Pa
trolman Joseph G. Wilson of Ba
geraville was seriously injured
in the wreck.
Hogan joined the patrol in
1946. His body will be returned
to Murphy Tuesday for funeral
services and burial.
Local Teachers
Gather Friday
The Watauga county chapter
of N. C. E. A. met last Friday at
Appalachian High School. A
large group of representatives
from various schools in the coun
ty attended the meeting.
Mr. Robert Shipley, local
president, presided over the
meeting. It was decided that the
election of State N. C. E A. of
ficers would be voted on at the
next meeting, which will take
place late in March. Mr. Paul
Bingham appointed chairman of
the candidacy committee to dis
tribute information concerning
the various candidates for tMse
offices.
y Mr. Simpson, local principal,
discussed briefly the need for
federal aid in our schools and
Mr. Sam Horton reported on his
visit to Raleigh where he observ
ed the efforts to get our Governor
to call a special meeting of the
Legislature to provide further
funds to meet the needs of our
North Carolina schools ? due to
the increased cost of living and
operation. He expressed the,
opinion that unless the people of
our State firmly urge Governor
Cherry that this legislation is
necessary, nothing will be done
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Dance Group Brings Acclaim to Appalachian
V ' 'Ill .1 "... ?"
Shown above is the Appalach
ian Collage Modern Dane* Club
? group thai has auspiciously
opened a new phase in the col
lag* physical education pro
gram and brought wide acclaim
to tha local institution hrough
its showing in the Southern
District Association for health,
physical education, and recrea
DEMOS HEAR
TEXAS SOLON
Speaker at Democratic Din
ner Flays Wallace; Says
Little For Truman.
Raleigh ? Senator Tom Con
nally of Texas, after describing
the Democratic party as the "lib
eral champion of the masses,"
last week lashed out at the "hope
less and fantastic" candidacy of
Henry Wallace and predicted
that the former vice-president's
campaign "will end in disaster."
The tall Texas, ranking Demo
crat on the Senate Foreign Af
fairs Committee, was the prin
cipal speaker before some 500
Tar Heel Democrats at the an
nual Jefferson-Jacksop Day Din
ner who paid $50 a plate for the
dinner, whose main course was
turkey.
"The Democratic party," Con
nally asserted in his prepared
speech, "through its long illus
trious career, through suffering
disaster, has ridden the storm
and remains today the great
liberal party whose ambition is
to serve the masses of the people
and to make the Government of
the United States a pattern for
men who love freedom and in
?(Continued on page 8)
Riles Held For
J. C. Sherwood
Bristol, Tenn. ? Funeral services
for J. C. Sherwood, 63, who died
last Thursday at a local hospital,
after a brief illness, were held
at the First Baptist CMkrch Sat
urday at 1:30 p. m. with inter
ment following in Glenwood cem
etery.
Rites were in charge of Dr. J.
P. Allen, Dr. Robert Yost and Dr.
Stewart French.
Mr. Sherwood, a member of the
First Baptist Church and Bristol
Council of United Commercial
travelers, #as a well known trav
eling salesman and was connect
ed with the Woods Milling Co., of
Bristol.
He was a son of the late John
and Martha Emily Sherwood of
Washington County, Va. and was
born March 2, 1884.
A number of out-of-town rela
tives and friends attended the fu
neral services, among them being:
Lee Mast and Burt Mast, Sugar
Grove; Mr. and Mrs W. W. Mast,
Howard Mast, Miss Carolyn Mast
Valle Crucis. N. C.; G. S. Mast,
MiUigan College, Tenn.; Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Payne, Boone, N. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Payne, Sug
ar Grove, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Walsh, Mrs. W F. Sherwood
Sherwood, N. C.; Mrs. Inez Ellis,
Washington. D. C.; Mrs. Ralph
Niel Miss Jennie Dickerson, Mm.
Robert Trent, Damascus, Va.; Mr.
Mr*. Frank Wilson, Bakers
lion hald recently in Birming
ham. Alabama. The club is spon
sored and directed by Mr*. Joy
Kirchner and will represent
Appalachian at the annual Arte
Forum to b* hald at Women's
College. Greensboro. March 12.
13. Reading from left to right,
the members are as follows:
Front row: Johnny Albes, Wln
SLEEPWALKER
This early riser. Robin Knott, age
2. armed with a toy revolver and
clothed in sleeping attire, slipped
out of her home early one morn
ing and took a walk. This result
ed in a fTantic search by the
mother and, neighbors. The child
was found at a Los Angeles po
lice station.
Apps Capture
North State Crown
Elklfc ? Appalachian State
Teachers College's fast-breaking
cage team caught fire in the sec
ond half here Saturday night to
administer an impressive 74-59
licking to High Point College and
capture the North State Confer
ence Tournament championship.
With a crowd of 1,400 scream
ing fans exhorting the M>mn
taineers on, the Apps not only
snapped a nine-game winning
streak of the Panthers which had
catapulated the latter into the
top -seeded post in tlw tourmy,
but avenged a defeat suffered
Mpnday night at the hands bf the
rarniture City crew.
Albert Hiatt, Glenn Causey,
Ron Craven, Tom Beach and
Leslie Wey toped the fast-mov
ing attack for the Apps which
allowed them to push from
a 29-28 half-time margin and
lengthen the lead as the s'.c id
half wore on.
Must Get Permit
To Burn Trash
? i
W. S. Collins, Watauga county
forest warden, has announced
that before burning material of |
any kind within 500 feet of any
woodland in the county from
now to June 1 it is necessary to
secure a permit from the county
forest warden, * deputy or an Iv
suing agent. He pointed out that
February begins what is known
as the spring forest fire season,
when fire is even more destruc
tive than at other ttaws of the
year, as it kills all young growth.
slon-Salam; Tom WAb, Flor
ence. S. C.; Brltt Btaalman. of
WUkMboro; Second row, Karl
Fleming. Wilson: BUI Halsta*d
Panning ton Gap. Vl.; Third row
Mary Mills. Greensboro; Ma ry
Katharine Wilson. Boonej Anna
Graham. Concord; Graca Holll
field. Boa lie; and Martha Ann
Voas. Winston-Salem.
goptohouT
CONVENTION
County Republicans to Name
Chairman, Delegates, in
Pow Wow on 13th. ??
M. C. Hollar, chairman of the
Republican executive committee,
has called a convention of the
Republicans of the county, to be ;
held at the courthouse in Boone i
on Saturday March 13 at 2:30 o'- i
clock.
The purpose of the convention,
as outlined in the official call is
to elect a county chairman, a
secretary, and a member of the
State Executive Committee. Two
sets of delegates are to be "select
ad, one to the Congressional con
vention which meets in Salisbury
on March 17, and one to the Re
publican State Convention which
will be held in Durham on March
18.
Senator-Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
prominent contender for the Re
publican presidential nomination,
is expected to speak at the State
convention. Watauga will send 20
delegates to both the district and
the State conventions.
Mr. Hollar states that township
meetings will be held at the var
ious voting places in each town
ship at 2:30 p. m. on Friday March
12. At these meetings township
organizations will be set up, a
man and a woman recommended
or membership on the county ex
ecutive committee, and delegates
named to the couny convention.
College Adds
Graduate Work
Appalachian State Teachers
College, steadily growing in im
portance as a teacher training in
stitution in the south, has now
enlarged its curriculum to include
graduate work Mr the Master of
Arts Degree according to an an
nouncement from the office of
President B. B. Dougherty.
The graduate offering will, at
first, ba offered only during the
summer sessions beginning with
the approaching ices ion June 10,
but may later be extended to in
clude graduate work throughout
the year if the initial program
prpves successful. Candidates for
the Master's Degree will major
in 'Education and may mlnnaafn
Biology, English, Library Science,
Mathematics, and Social Studies.
In addition to the regular
faculty, about twenty viriting
professors from other instiflHions
will assist in the various depart
ments, both in undergraduate and
graduate work. As has been ttya
custom in the past, a trained
librarians' workshop will be
operated during the period
August 3 to August 14.
Due to the Inauguration of
graduate training, plus the ex-i
pected influx of teachers seeking
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BLDG AND LOAN
GROUP ELECTS
SET OFFICERS
Board of Directors Watauga
Building & Loan Names
Old Set of Officers; Stock
holders Hear Report of
Very Successful Year.
At the recent meeting of the
stockholders 01 the Watauga
Building & Loan Association,
W. H. Greene was added to the
existing board of directors, the
complete directorate being as fol
lows:
W. H. Grage, A. W. Smith, Dr.
W. M. Matheson. Howard Hols
houser, C. M. Critcher, H. Grady
Farthing, K. L. Bingham, Rob.
Rivers, Howard Mast, W. H.
Greene.
At a meeting of the directors
all the present building and loan
officers were re-elected, as fol
lows: H. G. Farthing, President;
A. W. Smith, Vice-President; W.
H. Gragg, Secretary-Treasurer;
Carrie H. Bingham, asst. Sec- and
Treas.; Mabel Bingham, book
keeper.
The mjtonty of the stock was
represent} at the meeting by
proxy, but several attended the
session .n person, among them
being: J. C. Brookshire, Ray Es
tes. Will Hayes, Paul Winkler,
L. M. Hodges and others.
The directors voted to raise the
interest rate on prepaid stock and
optional savings shares from 2%
to 2 %%, added $6,000 to the con
tingency reserve fund, making a
total of $31,000 set aside for an
emergency cushion, and left an
undivided profit of $10,000. The
assets of the institution are the
highest in its history, $569,000,
and the building and loan here
is one of the largest to be found
in a town of comparable size any
where in the State.
Mr. W. H. Gragg, who has been
the building and loan secretary
(or 23 years, made his annual re
port of the fiscal affairs of the in
stitution, which revealed that
1947 had been a very successful
year. It Was believed that the in
stitution was entering upon an
other year of marked progress.
Mr. Gragg states that the sales of
the different types of stock offer
ed by the Association have b" n
heavy since the first of the year.
Body Naval Flier
Returned to Stales
Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Kephart of
The Out-Of-Door School, Sara
sota, Fla., and Camp Yonahlos
see. Blowing Rock inform us
that the U. S. Navy Department
has notified them that the body
of their son, Lieut. William Perry
Kephart, U. S. N. R., has been
returned to this country and will
be buried in Arlington Ceme
tary, Washington, D. C. on
March 11th, 2:00 p. m. Lieut.
Kephart, after flying in the
Navy for five years and last as
signed to the Aircraft Carrier
Wasp, was killed by Japanese
shellfire while covering the land
ing of the U. S. Marines at
Guadalcanal on October 14, 1942.
Since all bodies temporarily in
terred at Guadalcanal are to be
moved the Kepharts decided
that their son's should come to
this country for final burial.
Lieut. Kephart had numerous
citations besides the Purple
Heart.
Dr. and Mrs. Kephart will
leave for Washington some time
this week. Their daughter. Miss
Margaret Kephart, is already
there since she is employed by
Traffic World in that city.
Lieut. Kephart was born in
Meyersdale, Pa., but lived most
of his life in Greensboro. He at
tended the University of North
Carolina and graduated in
aeronautical engineering in 1937.
He was a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Cbi.
Naval Reserve
Unit to Meet
The Boone Naval Rcse rve $nit
will meet Thursday nigh? at 7
,p. m. at the Science Hall at the
I college according to Lt. Comdr.
G. F. Kirchner, head of the Boone
unit. All former servicemen are
invited to attend and particular
ly those with naval service. A
feature of this meeting will be
the showing of the navy pictures
of "Operation Crossroads" film*
.d lit Bikini