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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948.
VOL. LX, NO. 48.
KING STREET
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ROB RIVERS
POPPY DAY SATURDAY, anc
once again we will be privileged
to wear the little paper replica ol
the flower which grew in Flan
ders, out of respect for those whc
gave their lives that we might
live. . . . On Sunday the annual
Memorial Day service will tx
held at the Methodist Church
when the memory of all those
losing their lives in all the na
tions wars, will be honored.
? ? ?
THESE REMINDERS of the
grim realties of war not only
??ii to pay slight tribute to
those who failed to return from
the far-flung battle fronts, but
bring attention to thote who
came back maimed and blinded,
broken and bruised, legless and
armless ... of their friends . .
of the mothers who lovinqly
tidy the room once occupied ->f
a carefree youngster, who spill
ed his warm blood on the soil of
foreign lands to that their coun
try could escape the horrors of
Invading armies . . We think oi
other mothers, to whose arms
came emaciated and maimed
bodies . . . The years of suffer
ing . . . and the unspeakable
carnage and misery of war.
. . . we owe It to these men tc
do everything in our power to
prevent another baptlim of
blood . . , Our nation should be
so united and so strong that no
nation will commit an act ag
ainst us which might load to
another holacust ... If there is
fitting action on the part of the
nation at this crucial time, it
may be said that these men have
not died in vain . . . that their
wounds came in line with an
effort to preserve the peace . .
that the effort has boon success
ful . . . The nation can do no less
for them than this.
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ENJOYED THE BIG SHOW
down at Raleigh the other day, as
the Democrats from Manteo to
Murphy came together in conven
tion to name delegate) to the
national pow-wow, adopt a plat
form . . . but mostly to see each
other and discuss next Saturday's
primary election, wherein, under
the system prevailing here, the
State officials for the next four
years are chosen . . . The Novem
ber balloting being a sort of rat
ification meeting for the prim
ary , . . Enjoyed the time spent
around the Sir Walter . . . always
the focal point for these party ju
bilees . . .* hearing the political
gossip . . . hob-nobbing a bit with
the various State officials, the
Senators, candidates . . . county
politicians. State employees of va
rying importance, and hundreds
of little people . . . folks like our
selves from Cherokee to Dare , .
. . . from Watauga to Washing
ton . . . folks from everywhere . .
thousands of them ... a much
greater gathering of folks than
has been the case in former re
cent yeary . . . Got a lot of infor
mation out of the hours on end
spent mixing around with the
people . . . and a lot of so-called
inside" dope about the primary,
which was the bunk ... A lot of
other gosBip from folks in all
walks . . . which carried sense,
and which we believe ... At any
rate we arrived at some very de
finite conclusions, and having no
particular objection to sticking
our neck out, here goes:
JOHNSON U on the inside
track in th* race for the Gov
ernorship, and could conceiva
bly win in the first primary . .
Think however, there will be a
second . . . Opinion divided as
to whether Scott or Mayne Al
brigt will be in second place . .
Most perhaps think Scott will
be runner-up . . . Broughton and
Umsteed in dead heat in the
race for U. S. Senate Seat held
by the Durham man ... At
this time its the tightest race
in recent years . . We're putting
our money on Umstead to win
. . . the folks aren't going to re
pudiate him. until there is
mw . . . however much they
nay esteem Us worthy and emi
nent opponent.
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ODDS and ENDS: The quiet,
dignity of Senator Hoey . . . the
courtliness of Governor Brought
on . . . the unaffected smile of
Senator Umstead . . . the quiet,
confident manner of Sandy Gra
ham . . . the enthusiasm of Con
gressman Doughton and that of
his hearers . . . The veteran says
he's out after the next term . . .
says the ninth district meeting
was the largest during his career
. . .his son, Hort, greeting visitors
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ZEALOTS ON THE MARCH
Sir Oswald Motlty march**. center, with his followers after a po
litical meeting of the new Mosley party. 'The Union Movement."
London police had stopped the formation of the marchers untill al
ter they had left the area of their meeting. They formed outside
the area and continued. At right is Geoffrey H*mm, deputy leader
of the movement.
Dr. Perry Gives > Lions
Information On Polio
Inspection Lane
Will Open Today
A State inspection lane for the
benefit of local motorists will be
opened on the vacant lot near the
Advent Church. ^11 motorists are
urged to have their cars inspect
ed to meet the requirements of
the State Law, from May 27 to
June 12.
Dr. M&uney to Speak
At Colltge Sunday
You are invited to hear Dr. Lu
ther Mauney, President of the
Virginia Lutheran Synod, bring
a message on "Evengelism'- next
Sunday afternoon at 3.00 in the
College auditorium.
This program is sponsored by
the Lutheran Brotherhoods of the
Western District of North Caro
lina.
Veterans To View
New Movie Film
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Colonel Frederic W. Dennis. Jr.
of the Graves Registration divis
ion, Charlotte, will exhibit a mov
ng picture at the Junior Hall on
Friday night May 28, at 7:30, and
all veterans are especially invit
ed to attend.
The name of the picture is
'Your Proudest Duty" and shows
the remains of the men killed in
service being taken up, and the
details involved in bringing them
home, and how they should be in
terred in the family plot.
Deep concern with world af
fairs is held mark of good citi
zen. * *
Local Physician Just Back
From New York Course
On Infantile Paralysis.
Dr. H. B. Perry. Jr.. one of the
twelve North Carolina physicians
?selected to attend a recent course
in poliomyelitis at the Knicker
bocker Hospital in New York,
?ave his fellow Lions an informa
tive talk on the dread disease at
the meeting of the Boone Lions
Club last-week.
Dr. Perry said that of 1000 peo
ole exposed to4he disease, 200 are
infected but show no symptoms.
450 are slightly ill. 30 develop ac
ute polio without paralysis, and
20 develop acute polio with par
alysis. Epidemics rarely bring over
qne paralytic case per 1000 peo
ole, and It would follow that a lo
cal epidemic should result in ab
out 18 cases in Watauga. Dr. Per
ry gave the following informa
'ion, which should be observed in
"ase of an epidemic:
Don't take any medicine; avoid
exposure, exhaustion and fatigue;
ivoid water contamination with
sewage; screen against and kill
[?'lies; avoid unnecessary personal
contact; avoid panic; don't leave
epidemic areas; treat any minor
illness with respect.
Dr. Robert King told of the
crippled people's clinics for the
area and procedures of taking
care of patients. Dr. King said
that clinics offer the very best
treatment available. This clinic is
supported by several organiza
tions, one of which is the local
Lions Club, which contributes
generously.
Howard Cottrell, chairman of
the local chapter of the Infantile
Paralysis Foundation, gave inter
esting facts about the local chap
ter and its relations with National
(Continued from page 1)
POLITICAL POTl
WARMS ON EVE
PRIMARY VOTE
Normal Local Vote Expected
as Wataugans Go to Polls
In State Primary; Scott and
Johnson Have Active Or
ganizations in County.
Considerable local interest is
developing in the primary for
State officers which is to be helc\
Saturday, but those who have fol
lowed these contests throughout
the years are predicting no more
than the normal vote of about
1,200 to 1,500.
As eleswhere in the State prin
cipal interest is centering on the
races for the Democratic nomina
tions for Governor and United
States Senator. Both Charles M.
Johnson and W. Kerr Scott have
active organizations functioning
in the county, and will share the
bulk of the vote. Friends of both
Senator Umstead and Governor
Broughton are organizing their
'orces for the local show-down on
what is perhaps the closest race
the State has seen for many
years.
Mayne Albright of Raleigh, one
of the foremost contenders for the
Governorship, and who has , at
tracted a large following over the
State, named James Storie of
Boone as his campaign manager,
and will get a sizeable vote here,
it is felt.
Others in the race are Oscar
Barker of Durham, Olla Ray
Boyd of Pinetown and W. F. Stan
ley. Sr. of Kinston.
For the information of local vo
ters. the names of the other Dem
ocratic candidates for State office
are given.
Secretary of State, Thad Eure,
incumbent, and John T. Arm
strong, both of Raleigh.
State Auditor ? Henry L. Brid
ges, of Greensboro, incumbent,
and Charles W. Miller of Ashe
ville.
State Treasurer ? Zack Frazelle
of Richland, Brandon P. Hodg/ss
of Asheville and James B. Vog
ler of Charlotte.
Commissioner of Labor ? For
rest H. Shuford of Raleigh, in
:umbent, and Donald Boone Sher
rill of Greensboro.
There is only one State-wide
Republican contest,' Watt H.
Gragg of Boone and G. L. Willard
sf Kernersville, are seeking r.om
ination as Commissioner of Ag
riculture.
Lynn Leonard io
Speak to C of C
Mr. Lynn Leonard, president of
the Winston-Salem Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, will speak to
the Boone Chamber of Commerce
at a dinner meeting to be held at
the Skyline Cafe Thursday even
ing at 7:30, it is announced by
President H. W. Wilcox, who says
a number of young business men
will be guests of the Chamber on
this occasion.
The Winston-Salem Jaycees
have made an excellent record
during the past several years, and
won the coveted Giessenbier me
morial plaque last year for the
seventh time.
Mr. Wilcox asks a full attend
ance at this meeting.
MEMBERS THEATRE PERSONNEL ARE GIVEN PROMOTIONS
Mm*
R. E AGUE
Mr. A. F. Sams, Jr., general
manager of the Suitesville Thea
tre Corporation, Statesville, N. C.,
has recently announced the ap
pointment of R. E. Agle, former
manager of the Appalachian and
Pastime Theatres of Boone, to the
position of district manager of
the area comprised of Boone,
Blowing Rock, West Jefferson
and Sparta. At the same time J.
W. Beach, who for almost two
years has served as assistant
J. W. BEACH
manager of the Appalachian, waa
named manager of this theatre.
The Pastime Theatre of Boone
will open on Thuraday, June 3,
under the management of Rus
sell Swift, son of Mrs. Dean
Swift and the late Mr. Swift of
Beaver Dam. Mr. Swift has been
with the Appalachian and Pas
time Theatr^i for two years and
has served in every phase of
theatre operation. The staff at the
Pastime will includc Mr*. J. W
RUSSELL SWIFT
Beach, cashier, and Buck Rob
bing, projectionist.
May 29 has been set for the
summer opening of the Yonahlos
see Theatre in Blowing Rock
wtiere Mrs. Jean Meacham, pro
minent official of the Statewille
Theatre Corporation will serve
as manager during the summer
season. In addition to her duties
as manager of the Yonah leasee
Theatre Mrs. Meacham will
handle the accounting for the
INSPECTS GUARD OF HQNOR
General $puti. of lhe Army Air Fore*, inspecti a guard ot honor
formed by Iho members of tho R. A. F. upon his arrival is Eng
land. After his vitil to England Spaats proceeded to Gorman? to
inspect U. S. air force troops stationed there.
Typhoid Clinic Dates *
Given By Health Depf
I I
Pin Ball Devices
Outlawed in City
The State law against the oper
ation of the so-called pin ball ma
chines, will be enforced in the
town of Boone on and after June
1, says Mayor Gordon Winkler,
and all these machines found in
operation after this date will be
confiscated by police officers and
disposed of according to statute. '
Mayor Winkler |tates that ma
ny complaints have reached his
office, regarding the operation of
these devices in the community,
and that before taking action on
the matter, the board sought the
advice of the Attorney General,
who said in part:
"Under the law as no\v written
all types of slot machines prohib
ited by the original Flanagan Act
are illegal in North Carolina and
this would include pin ball ma
chines operated by means of a
slot, in the ptaying of which the
operator or user has a chance to
make varying scores or tallies, up
on the outcome of which wagers
might be made."
Mayor Winkler states that the
city derives no revenue from the
machines, since, because of their
illegality there has been no pro
vision made for licensing their op
eration.
Memorial Day
Services Sunday
The Memorial Day service, an
nually sponsored by the Watauga
Fost American Legion, will be
held Sunday May 30 at 11 a. m.
at the Boone Methodist Churbh,
and will be conducted by the pas
tor Rev. S. B. Moss.
Special music will be provided
for the occasion and Chaplain J.
W. Norris and Commander Wade
E. Brown will take part in the
service. All ex-service men are in
vited
MRS. JEAN MEACHAM
theatres of this district.
In line with improvement* and
renovatipn* being made in many
of the company'* theatres, both
the Spartan Theatre in Sparta
and the Yonahloseee Theatre in
Blowing Rock have been com
pletely redecorated, while the
Parkway Theatre in West Jef
ferson is at home in a brilliant
new house that had it* opening
on Monday. May 11*, under the
management of J. V. Caudill, Jr.,
'Importance of Taking Preven
tative Injections Cited
By Health Dept.
1 The following places are to be .
visited by the Health Depart- ^
ment on the date and time jndi-,
cated for the purpose of vaccinat- (
ing for Typhoid Fever, Dlph- i
theria, Wuooping Cough, and ,
Small Pox. Each place will oe(
visited only one time during the t
month of June. Therefore, it Uj
important that if a person missel |
a clinic at one place he can plan f
to attend one of the other E
by clinics. Everyone should tx f
vaccinated for Typhoid *evt<
alter the age of fifteen monthsL
add it is best to take a booster!
shot each year. Those who faUT
to take the annual booster shot
should start over by ^king three
doses a week apart. The schedule
18jSn. rUC.hey Fori.
B?inchhUWtliow Valley ChuWh. *??
laio p m.; Windy Gap School. 3.au
l-SBe3.?^'^ Store
hfcsa. :? E ~ ?
Store. 1:30-2 :30 P m.; M.b?l School.
^ViTxon
am ms,o^TroraKP ?&?!: liiip
m'; Wellborn'? Store. 3:??"^;00. p ?5o I
June 18 Rlvervlew School. W;l
io-**o a m." Bamboo School, ? 1
12 00 m ; Rutherwood. Mlcheal * \?in'
1:90-2:30 P m.; Triplett School. 3:00
^ TV. Hartley's Store. 9 :30- 10:30
, Jr Ql^r.n?y sgoot.
m ? Howard'? Creek School. 1-30-3^30
p.' tZ ; kS Mountain School. 3:00
4 June "23 PopUr Orove Church.
vTllxT. ^ShutoMIU. P~t OJ
flee. 11H?-11:00 m.: roeooe Store. 1J*>
2:30 p m.; Grandfather. Fox* Store,
3 *?une? Si^Hasaman'a store. 0:00
10:00 ?. m .; Reeee. Dean
11 .00-12:00 m.: Bethel School, l -30
2:30 p. m.'. Timbered Ridge Church
3-00-4:00 p. m.
AAA RELEASES
FARM EARNINGS
The Watauga county AAA com
mittee has just released a sum
mary of participation and earn
ings of 1973 Watauga counly
farmers under the 1947 Agricul
tural Conservation program. The
followihg is a list of practices
carried out and earnings under
each practice: Lirtie. 6345 tons,
value $15,548; Phosphate, (20%
equivalent), 56,697 cwt, value
$50,358; Potash, 206 cwt., value
$330; Legume winter cover crops,
austrian winter peas, crimson
clover and vetch, 12,162 pound*,
value $1,921; Green manure crops, (
turning rye and red clover, 19#B
acres, value $4,106; Permanent
pasture, seeding grasses and de
gumes, 48,189 pounds, value $11.
202; Mowing pastures,10 58?
acre* value $5,293; **-bUshing
and improving meadows, 40,381
pounds of meadow grass and le
gume seed, value 10^
value of til practice?, $99,239. In
eluding the contribution of ap
proximately 40% of the cost of
materials, the Agricultural Con
servation program has benefited
these farmers to the extent of
$155,000.
NO EXCUSE
Tola, Kan, ? Arthur L. Barnes,
a city street department employe,
recently paid a $3 traffic fine foe
illegal parking without argument
"I should have known that no
parking sign was there, I paint
ed It," Barnes said.
HANES SAYS U.
Si LAST REFUGE
FREE (MENS
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Wins ton- Sal em Banker Telb
Appaladiko Graduates Of
Productivity of Free Eater
prise System; Not Perfect,
But Best Yef Tried.
The free enterprise system of
business is fighting a world war
for survival and America ia the
central battleground for thi?
struggle, Robert M. Hanes, presi
dent of the Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company, said in address
ing the graduating class of Ap
palachian State Teachers College
at commencement exercises K.H
in Boone on Friday, May 21.
Mr. Hanes, who is a past presi
dent of the American Bankers as
sociation, stated that through con
quest and by infiltration, the
enemies of freedom have progres
sively won conrol in nation after
nation and' that now the United
States is the last stronghold of the
free enterprise system, "If man's
concept of economic freedom is
now lost in its struggle for sur
vival Mr. Hanes said, "there
may not be another time for cen
turies to cog? when men can call
themselves$Mfe."
"Our free enterprise system is
i fundamental part of America's
free democracy," the Winston
Salem banker said. "It stands in
xjual status with our concepts of
freedom of thought and action,
freedom, at the polls and freedom
>f worship. Personal and poli
ical freedom cannot long endure
f man's livelihood is controlled
>y the state. The radical, social
ind economic system that have
merged in recent years all ?im
it control of man's economic en
rironment. They all would place
he power of the state or govern
nen above the rights of the in
iividual.
"The true supporters of the free
:nterprUe "system have never
maintained that it is a perfect
?orm of economy. But in the cen
;ury and a half of its existence,
it has proven to be the most pro
luctive economic system ever
known, while the thousands of
rears of experience with various
torms of regimentation have re
sulted in only failure and human
misery. The presence of defects
in the free enterprise system is
no valid reason to discard it for
something that promises perfect
Ion But produces slavery.
"As the battlelines form for an
all-out fight between freedom
and collectivism, we know our
enemies better and we recognize
them more easily. We know the
issues and we are aware that we
are struggling for high stakes.
Many of us are asking what we
can do to strengthen our own
cause ? the cause pf free enter
prise."
"I am convinced that the most
vital thing that we must do, and
do now is to work together whole
heartedly to maintain the finan
cial, social and business structure
of the United States on an even
keel for the next few- years.
"Today we need leadership in
business, in government, in labor
organizations and in groups of all
kinds of the highest order. For
tunately, we have many unselfish
intelligent, fearless and vigorous
leaders. We need more leaders ?
more young leaders who know
and are willing to defend Ameri
ca's ideals.
"In recent months while our
country has been caught in the
spiral of dangerous inflation,
there have been many who have
worked conscientiously and hard
to step up production, to increase
?fficiency, to hold down prices
jnd to cooperate voluntarily for
the good of the nation as a whole.
"We shall not be able to solve
5ur problems unless all groups
*rho make up our free enterprise
system recognize the need for,
md develop, a greater sense of
public responsibility. There are
times under the free enterprise
lystem when we must subordi
nate self-interest in favor of pub
ic interest. Such a time is with
js now.
"Private enterprise is being
tested and challenged as never
sefore. If we sit disinterestedly
ind inactively by, we shall suffer
the same fates as that of many
European nations, and w* shall
leaerve our loss of liberty. Our
people must be aroused to the
imminence of the danger that
threatens then, and we must co
ordinate every segment of our
economy for a successful fight for
our way of life. J