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THE DEMOCRAT la your bast and moat econo mical medium or advertlslnf With mora than 2.800 paid-up. cash subscriptions. jrour tnas ?aca goea to 13.000 people. on tha aalranaltr MM baaia of five reader* to each subscriber. VOL. LX, NO. 41. An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948. ? ... IMPORTANT The data on your ailili ? i label show* the data your TVT scrlptlon will exvlre. and tCa date your paper will be .topped unless sooner renewed Tbe Democrat la opera tine sUhltlr on a cash In advancebaala. FIVE CENTS A COPY MNGJpET BY * ROB RIVERS MOWING THE LAWN for the first time this season, and trying to recall if *we had ever attended to this chore so early in the sei ^on ... Don't seem to remember when the grass had become too long even before March went out . . . spending most of tHe time trying to rid the lawn of dandelions ? both the blooms and the plants . . . the prolific little yellow flowers, which somehow are just about as unfavored as flies in the ointment. DANDELIONS are essential ly part of spring ? like the rob in. the budding trees and the refreshing showers . . . They shoot forth overnight from the yet frosty soil, and soon there is a multitude of the bright yel low flowers . . . rather pretty too, when you lake a good look . . . but they have never been able to cTash into society . . . they can't fellowship with the jonquils the tulips and the daf fodils. they're just too tough to be admitted to the drawing room ... so a continued attempt is made to banish this unruly little flower . . . but where one is cut. a dosen will come back to lake its place . . . That's their trouble? too many of them . . . If they were rare, and hard to raise, we'd most likely be us ing them for the wedding bou quet at about seven-fifty each . . . Likewise should diamonds be found in abundance they would lose their value overnight and perhaps supply the aggre gate for cement building blocks. 1 CHAMBER COMMERCE takes note of the housing shortage in city . . . seems that a lot of teach ers who want to attend Appala chian College this summer can't due to the lacl^ of rooms . . . One college official believes that five hundred houses could easily be filled with the teachers this sum mer, in addition to the dormitory space on the campus . . . Presi dent Wilcox of the C. of C. asks a}] the people of the town to spare a bedroom if ? possible . . : Those who have extra space should make it known, for every one of these summer students lost is a loss to the town, the college, and the student . . . We hope all those with a spare room will re port the vacancy to Mr. Wilcox at once. The situation is rather critical. - THE TOWN WILL GROW and proper in accordance with the growth of tha collage ... so full cooperation is necessary for tha welfare of both. . . . The College begat the town . . With out it Boone would have been just another county seat, rath er than the most progressive little city in the area. . . . It's the town's one big industry . . it's growth has been phenome nal . . . but until the new build ing program can be completed its immediate growth is going to depend upon our cooperation. That it will receive the full sup port of the town in the housing emergency, is a foregone con clusion. ? ODDS AND ENDS . . . Lions putting finishing touches on an nual home-talent minstrel show, being staged tonight at the Ap palachian Theatre . . . event al ways draws capacity crowd . . . Proceeds go to aid the blind . . . Lions pursue a definite program for the benefit of the physically handicapped . . . No guess work when you lend them your support. Steam shovels, bull dozers, busy around the town, as spring build ing program gets started . . . Patrol cars speeding through town Saturday night, in pursuit of some offender ? siren!> scream ing . . . Kiddies playing in the branch alongside the Democrat office, having a gay time . . J Amos Wagner over from Sparta, chewing the rag with us for a minute or so . . . crowd of bob by-soxers and boy friends hav ing a party . . . playing games, singing . . . gay as larks . . . kid dies nowdays make thair elders look back on past years and feel ashamed . . hob-nobbing with a lot of farmer friends on Saturday ? MBS. ROY ADAMS of Sher wood. brings us some eggs . . . great big hen eggs of which any blu* goose might well be proud each of the' four containing two yolks, and a double serving of the other . . . Most everybody who has prowled around a bran yard, has al one time or another brought in one of these over sized specimens of hen fruit . . but Mrs. Adams has hens of (Continued on page 4) FINDS HELPINh HAND Still dased from the Much 19 tornado that destroyed his home in Bunker Hill. 11U small Arthur Allen was one of the hundreds who found food And shelter at the Meissner school. At his left, sister Elisabeth, 18, and at the rear is another sister, Lavida. 10. All three escaped unscathed in the tornado that, according to Red Cross es timates, leveled 80 per cent of the town of 1,300. One hundred and fifty were injured and 13 died. Available April 15 On April 15th, the recreational facilities of the Blue Ridge Park way will be open for the use and enjoyment of the public. Areas available this season in clude Smart View and Rocky Knob recreational areas in Vir ginia; Crabtree Meadows, The Bluffs and Cumberland Knob re creational areas In North Caro lina. At Bluff and Rocky Knob areas will be found trailer sites, camp grounds, large picnic areas, and many miles of foot trails. Crab tree Meadows, Smart View and Cumberland Knob areas have big picnic grounds with tables, fire places, trail shelters, foot trails and outstanding- " Meate attrac tions. Fishing in Besin and Cove Creeks in the Bluffs and Gully Creek in the Cumberland Knob area will be open April 15. Atten tion of those desiring to fish the streams is called to the following regulations: State fishing licenses are requir ed. The creel limit, as well as the legal length of the fish shall be in conformance with the laws of the State. No bait fish, chubs or min nows live or dead, may be used in the Parkway waters. The Parkway does not charge for fishing, but those desiring to fish in the boundaries of the Parkway must first obtain a prop er license therefor as required by the laws of the State wherein the stream in which they desire to fish is located. Members of the Ranger forces one will meet along the Parkway from the Virginia-North Carolina line to Blowing Rock, N. C., are District Ranger Anthony E. Stark and Park Ranger Roscoe Reeves, these men have their headquar ters at Laurel Springs. During visits to the recreational areas on this section of the Parkway, Park Warden Lonnie E. Carico at Cum berland Knob, and Park Warden Clay F. Caudill at Bluffs will as sist in making your stay pleas ant. Inquiries concerning the Park way should be addressed to: the Superintendent, Blue Ridge Park way, P. O. Box 1710, Roanoke. Va. Teachers To Meet Here Next Friday The Watauga County Teachers Association will mefct on Friday afternoon, and Mr. Redmond de sires that the group assemble in the auditorium of Appalachian High School at 2:30 and gp from there to Winkler's Creek for a picnic. Miss Kelley is in charge of re freshments and Miss Moore has recreation planned, including soft ball, relay races, etc. It is hoped that every member can be pres ent. Agricultural Shop to Open For Farmers The agricultural shop at the Cove Creek High School will be open ftfcpnday nights, in order that tn? farmers of the county may do their repair work, says Robert G. Shipley, teacher of ag riculture at the Cove Creek School. 9mE ' W Walaugans Make . College Honors H. R. Eggeis, registrar of Ap palachian State Teachers College has announced that 120 students made the honor roll at the college for the winter quarter recently ended. Honor roll students must have an average of "B" or better with no conditions or incompletes and no grades below "C." Wa tauga county students with honor roll rating, are as follows: William Alexander, Shullg Mill; C. H. Blackburn, Boone: Rebekah Boone. Boone; W. S. 'Boone, of Boone; Margery Bradley, Vilas; Ruby Burleson, Valle Crucis; Betty Clawson, Boone; J. Carroll Cook, Boone; Robert Carl Day, Boone; James A. Dennis, Boone; Betty Jean Farthing, Boone; Ma ry Nell Farthing, Sugar Grove: William Garvey, Boone; Julian Gault, Boone; Eleene Goodnight, Boone; Frank Greer, Sugar Grove Ted Hagaman, Boone; Johnny Hollar, Boone; Grace S. Joyce, Boone: Verdola Keller. Boone; Kent Robinson. Reese; Clara Mae Shepherd, Sugar Grove; James W Sherwood, Sugar Grove; Thomas Ward, Sugar Grove. Drivers Asked To Get Licenses Motorists whose surnames be gin with C or D have only until June 30th in which to secure a new driver's licenses, it is ex plained by W. R. Stansberry, of Jefferson, State license examiner. It is estimated that there are 150,000 drivers in North Carolina whose surnames begin with C or D and so far only 28,000 of them have been re-licensed. It is pointed out that if all these people wait until June to get li censes it will bring long waiting lines at the end of the period. Any person in the C and D group who does not obtain a new license and who is caught driv ing on an old license after June 30th will be guilty of a misde meanor. Only 175 of these drivers have been licensed in Watauga, it is said. Spelling Bee Is Set For Friday There will be a county-wide spelling bee Friday at 1 o'clock at the Appalachian High School The event is under the sponsoraHp of the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. DiSirici Junior Meeting Tuesday The district meeting of the third district Junior feder. Unit ed American MecharWs, will be held at Elk Park Tuesday night April 13. All the members of Dan iel Boone Council are urged to at tend. Reports of 50 per cent indus trial mobilization in April dis counted. ROAff SAFETY IS TOPIC AT liONS CLUB MEETING CoL Rosser, Commissioner of Department Motor Vehicles Speaks To Lions Club Mem bers at Dinner Last Night; Highway Fatality Figures. Using as his subject, "saving lives through highway safety," Col. L. C. Rosser, Commissioner of the State Department of Motor Vehicles, spoke to the Lions Club last night, stressing the new laws which have been passed to pro mote highway safety and urging the aid of the public in combatt ing the dangers which C|me to the highways with the automo bile age. "In 1941," said Col. Rosser, "the peak year for highway fatalities, 1,286 persons were killed. Then came the war, and a 30 mile an hour speed limit, plus gasoline rationing, cut this -figure for a while, but in 1946, highway acci dents took 1.028 lives. For the first two months of this year, deaths from highway accidents are about half of what they were last year ... so you see we are making progress, but still have a long wgy to go." The Commissioner says that one of the most important jobs in the traffic safety program is how to arouse and translate public Inter est into a militant public opinion. Only the power of public opinion, he said, can assure the success of the program. Col. Rosser spoke of the motor vehicle inspection law, providing that all vehicles must be inspect ed once during 1948 and twice a year thereafter. 20% of the fatal accidents, he averred, are caused by defective equipment. Referring to the criticism of the law, the speaker said: "When an inspec tion lane begins operation in your town on May 27th. be one of the first to take your car through the lane and help build up good pub lic opinion toward the program in this section. ^Remember the law was passed solely to protect the lives and property of the mo toring public of the State. The driver re-examination pro gram came in for discussion, the doubling of the Highway Patrol, and the stiffer penalties provided for speeders and drunken drivers. Watauga Ha* Good R?coid "I must admit." said Col. Ros ser "that Watauga county has one of the best traffic fatality records in the State. In 1947 you had over two and a half thousand vehicles registered here and during that year only three persons were re ported killed in highway acci dents. But even so, that was worse than in 1946 when only one per son was killed in Watauga Your county has a fine record and it is up to its citizens to continue to improve it." Col. Rosser presented in some detail the plan for attack on traf fic accidents as outlined in the Highway safety program, and said progress is being made, and said the ultimate success of the pro gram depends on its support by the people. "Highway safety, concluded the commissioner, "is a persona] problem . . . your problem m it lies a glorious opportunity fol you ... a tremendous challenge . . . and yes, a solemn duty!" Rites Friday For Mrs. Kirkman Mrs. Joe A. Kirkman, former Boone resident, died last Wednes day at the Davis hospital, States ville, where she had been ill for a month. Mrs. Kirkman, who?e home was in the Monttcello community of Iredell county, was a native of Surry county. She was 58 years old. Before her marriage she was Miss Lucy Saunders, daughter of the late Sam Saunders and Mrs. Saunders of Surry, county. Surviving are her husband: a son, Karl O. Kirkman of States vtlle: four daughters: Miss Eva KiHcman of Thomasvillc; Mrs. L. D. Hagamanfpd Mrs. Dean Cook of Boone, ana Mr*. W. H. Morri son, Jr., of Statesville. Mrs. Kirkman was a member of th? Front Street Baptist Church in Statesville. ? Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon from the home, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. C. Holland, assisted by Rev. Chas. P Bowles and Rev. Neil R. Mc Geachy, and interment was in Oakwood cemetery. MacArthur says threat of American Reds prompted him to run. CHECKING UP ON TAX VOTE Senator Eugene Millikan. Hep., of D?n?T?r, Colo., chairman of the Senate finance committee is shown, left, with Senator Walter F. George, Democrat, of Vienna. Ga? as they went over the tally sheet of the GOP tax reduction bill. The Senate passed the boll, 7S to U. Recreation Program For Summer Sought Cancer Fund Goal Is Set Ai $300 Here Watauga county last week launched its greatest drive for unds with which to fight cancer. The county has assumed a goal of $300, as its share of the State's 200,000 campaign. Mrs. Bert Ellis, County cam paign chairman for the American Cancer Society, declared that she expected the local goal to be reached soon and believed Wa ?auga county would go well over ts quota by the end of the month. "This is not a charity drive," the chairman pointed out. "On :he contrary, it is a campaign which benefits alike every per son in the community? old, and young, rich and poor ? because cancer is no respector of per sons. Statistics show that cancer will strike one out of every two 'amilies." The campaign chairman point ed out that funds raised here will be used to finance a three-fold attack on cancer through research to find the causes and cure for all types of cancer; through public education in the symptoms of ear ly cancer and what to do about the disease if it strikes; and thru service to cancer patients. YOUR DOLLAR enclosed in a sealed envelope may help save c.ne of your loved ones. Mail your contrtbution NOW to "CANCER" Mrs. Lee Reynolds, Treasurer, Boone, N. C. Farmers to Talk On Milk Prices The Watauga County Farm Bu reau is calling a meeting of all interested farmers of Watauga for Saturday. April 10. 1948, at the courthouse in Boone, at 10:30 a. m., to discuss the decline in milk prices. Mr. George Coble, president of Coble Dairies, has been invited to attend this meeting. Mr. Greene, president of the Farm Bureau, says that F. R. Farnham, exten sion dairy specialist, has also been invited and is expected to attend. Mrs. Tester Rites At Valle Cruris Mrs. Julia Baird Tester, 83, of Banner Elk, RFD 1, died April 2 at Watauga Hospital. Funeral ser vices were conducted at Holy Cross Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. C. Leach, and burial was in Liberty ceme tery, Matney. Surviving are two sons and two daughters: Ransom Tester, Palmer Tester, Banner Elk; Mrs. Joe Lawrence, Banner Elk, and Mrs. Anna Reed, Jacksonville Fla. The number of chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries during February was the smallest for the month since 1941. Total output of chicks during the month was esti mated at 99,777,000. ? At a recent meeting held at the] Appalachian High School ' the Boone Recreation Committee was organized. The following clubs, organizations and institu tions were represented by three representatives from their re-J spctive groups; Lions ClubJ Quarterback Club, Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday Night Club, Junior Order, American Legion, Friday Afternoon Club, Worth while Club, Town of Boone, Snow Lodge, Elementary and High Schools, Methodist, Baptist* Lutheran, Episcopalian and Presbyterian Churches. The fol lowing officers were elected: Rev. S. B. Moss, chairman; R, E. Agle. secretary; Mrs. A.*E. South, treasurer. It was decided that a board of directors would be made up with one representa tive from each of the above or ganizations. It is the hope and desire of the Boone Recreation Committee to operate a three months recrea tional program on the grounds of the Methodist and Baptist churches and the Elementary school, with a director in charge of the program provided that $500. can be raised by the above organization or those interested in establishing a recreational program for the Town of Boone. AAA Seed Order Deadline May 1 No more orders for pasture grass seed will be issued after April 20, by the Watauga County AAA Committee, it was announc ed today by Ned Glenn, chair man. It is felt by the committee that the season for successful seeding of pastures will have closed by that time. All outstand ing orders for pasture seedi should be presented to the ven dors for delivery by that time. Phosphate is now available tc farmers who have not received their full amount of assistance ir this material, seeds or lime. I! may be had in 18, 19, 20 or 46% Farmers who intend to ordei lime this year should place theii orders at once to insure deliver) at the time wanted. The AAA office will be 'glad to talk ovei your conservation needs. The minimum assistance foi each farm is being establishes by the committee and will b< mailed to each farmer in about ten days. County Baseball League Planned Flans are now being worked out for a county baseball league this summer, according to John Hollar. All managers or others interes ted are asked to attend a meet ing at the Gateway Cafe Satur day at 10:30 to lay plans for get ing the sports project underway. Puerto Rico seeks a $2,000,000 RFC loan to prima industry. HOUSING NEEDS ATCOLLEGEGET NOTICE C. OF C Number of Students to Come To Appalachian This Sum' mer Limited Only by Room; Townspeople To Aid; Wil cox Re-Elected President. Herman W. Wilcox was re-el ected president of the Boone Chamber of Coommerce at the meeting held last week, when the election of a secretary-treas urer by the board of dirtctors was deferred to a later date. W. H. Dameron was elected as vice-president; Russell D. Hodges, second vice-chairman and Alfred Adams, treasurer. Directors named were: Wade E. Brown, Grady Farthing, Bob Ag le. D. M. Edmisten and Joe Huff man. The annvial meeting heard re ports by various Chamber of Com merce officials, and President Wil cox and Secretary Wade E. Brown were given rising votes of thanks for their services to the organiza tion during the past year. Prof. Chappell Wilson, of the Appalachian College faculty, was present, and reported on the ser ious housing situation with which the College is faced during the coming summer terms. The Col lege is now conferring Master's degrees, which has considerably increased attendance prospects, and the State Board Is requiring teachers to renew their certifi cates at this time. Thus, says Mr. Wilson the only thing that will limit attendance at the College this summer is housing. It was explained that each student ex pends an average of $125 during a summer term in Boone, or $125. 000 total for the one thousand nor mally enrolled for the two six weeks period. Hence, it is of the greatest concern to the commun ity that as many of these teach ers as possible be accommodated in the town. The housing situation on the local campus is so desperate that there is a prospect, says Mr. Wil son, that the overflow of stud ents will have to be taken care of on the campus of some other state institution, as an emergency measure. Mr. Wilson asked the Chamber of Commerce to have some sort of working agreement with the college to get the people of the town to make their extra rooms available to college students. It was agreed that a meeting of townspeople will be held later to work out uniform rates for the students, and detailed plans will be made on how to list the avail able accommodations.. Mr. Bush of the Bush Transfer Co., appeared and told of the ex panded local freight service his company contemplated, by secur ing franchises for local service from Boone to Elk Park. West Jefferson and North Wilkesboro. Todd Citizen Dies Suddenly in Boone Funeral services for Claude El lis Graham. 67, Ashe county far | mer, were held at Blackburn's Chapel last Thursday afternoon. ' Burial was in the family ceme 1 tery. Mr. Graham, died suddenly in 1 Boone, after making a trip to the ? local hospital for a physical ex amination. Death came as a re > suit of a stroke, It was believed. I He is survived by the widow, \ Mrs. Sally Graham, and the fol t lowing sons and daughters: Rob . ert. of Warren, Ohio; Roger of : Fredricksburg, Va.; Mrs. Irene r Trice of Hampton, Va.; Mrs. An r nie Kever of Todd; 'Mrs. Gertrude l Howard of Orlando, Fla.; C. E. r Graham, Jr., of Orlando, Fla.; and Andrew J. Graham, of the Navy, - San Diego, Calif. iRoah Mitchell Is Taken By Death Roah Mitchell, 73, of Valle Cru cis, died Monday at the Watauga Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 I o'clock at the Holy Cross church . by Rev. Mr. Leach and burial will , be in the church cemetery. The widow, Mrs. Rettie Town . send Mitchell, survives, with two . sons and four daughters; Gillis . Mitchell, Valle Crucis; Adley . Mitchell, Okanogan, Wash.; Mrs. , Aggie Lawrence, Banner Elk; Mrs Monroe Herman, Valle Crucis, I Mrs. Lester Welch, Banner Elk) Mr*. Charles Carter, Lenoir. ?-*
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