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' " BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948. FIVE CE^TS A COPY
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
ODDS AND ENDS: Cecil Cat
cher and family return to their
nome in Blowing Rock from Sto
ne. Wyoming, where they had re
sided for more than a year
Cecil I had been catching up with
his hunting and fishing in the
land of open spaces and distant
horizons . trickling of those
who will be absent on election
?eek ballots to be cast under
the absentee law . . . Sonny Car*
ico and his bride of Lynn, Mass.
say hello to friends in the com
munity . cars creeping along on
Howard s Knob road Sunday, as
their occupants enjoyed the rare
autumn scenery and the panor
amic view of the town .
Sherman Hollar talks of the im
provement in the lot of the farm
er ?J* recent years, and says he
think* beef on the hoof will be
higher ?oon . . . says market al
ready strengthened locally
Ralph Hartley and party return
from deer hunting expedition in
eastern Carolina with a fine buck
... others plan forays in quest
of the white tails as seasons open
m various sections . . . Prof. Ab
<*rnathy who does some farming
down at the old home at Ruther
ford College, bring us the "proof
of the .pudding" . . . a monster
sweet potato . . . the yam, which
no doubt could lay claim to some
kind of championship honors
pullsrdown the beam to the 4Vi
pound mark . . . Democrats talk
of the apathy of the voters . .
some of the Republicans advance
the same complaint . . . Friday
Teague passes us a couple of
prime "punkins" . . . ready frost
ed. for our first pie of the sea
son . . . fisherman stands in the
middle of the chilly waters of
New River, casting a plug for the
frolicksome baas . . . late tour
ista shiver as they take a walk
around town after nightfall
?? ? ? '
CONGRATULATIONS m in
?*dar for Coach Duggini <
hk Appalachian Mountaineers
to ^anguishing tha Catawba
Stridden in tha toughest till
the locals had on tha currant
e?*d , . , Tha Duggina rhai ji
?" tha aharl and of tha
adds. came through in fine stria
to takf the lead in tha North
?J*1** Conference and to provide
the homafolka with their moat
?ygjtbv weak end of the fall.
TW Mountaineers are bringing
honor to Appalachian and joy
t^the folks generally in their
meet outstandingly successful
esaaoo since before the war.
Odds are strongly in favor of
Daggins holding right on, and
ending the season undefeated.
Congratulations!
? # ?
THE OCCASIONAL voter who
has troubled himself to find out
something about partisan politi
cal history in the United States,
and who gives out with a dis
course on both the Hamiltonian
and Jeffersonian concepts of gov
ernment ... he is pretty nearly
as rare as a dodo bird . . . Greer
Hodges, head of the local VFW
Poet, which has a membership
of more than a hundred and an
attendance of about 15, want
ing his fellow veterans to come
out and participate in organiza
tion affairs . Group arguing" in
behalf of old home remedies for
all the physical ills of man . .
boneset tea . . . onion juice for
cimip ... a devil's brew from
stamk cabbage for whooping
? ? ? Not to mention the
buckeye or the Irish tater carried
on the person to absorb the "mis
eriea" and bring ease to a tor
tured body . . . voter pining cause
Warren and Barkley "are the top
flight candidates in second place
spots."
NEXT SATURDAY is the fi
nal day for volar registration . .
Tboee who haran't formerly
registered iff required to get
tM mwai on tha books Ibis
wash . . . ar they Just can't drop
? ballot la tba slot . v. Many
htn established their cMian
ahij^here daring tba past two
^passs. hundreds h^^e raacbad
tba age of 21. no doubt, sine*
than. and all tbaaa must regls
*mU want to participate
in tba UoTtmbn 2 balloting . .
It is to be bopad that an apa
thetic alactorata will become ar
oasad this waak to tha extent of
bringing about a full registra
ta . . . Governments. good and
bad are mirror* of tha public
wfll ... If you Uka your go res a
? you don't supplant It with
ki cbariabad. battla-won right
(Continued on page 4)
CACHE OF HEROHH IS FOUND
Customs officials, making a routine March of the S. S. Vulcania.
aflar tha tmuI arrived in Naw York from Italy. unearthad a cacha
of pura heroin valued ai upwards of $250,000. Picture shows cus
toms officials with confiscated opiate in federal customs house in
New York. They are. left to right. Michael Connolly, Herman Lip
ski and Michael Munro.
Big Whiskey Plant
Is Seized By Sheriff
MARTYR
John Lock* Lewis, U. S. rail ax
part. want to tha Holy land to
whip tha rail lines of tha naw na
tion into i ha pa. Ha was mow ad
down by tha Arabs. Photo shows
Mr. La wis (at la ft) with tha man
ager of tha Israeli railways, two
days before his death.
Business Good
As Fall Arrives
Washington ? The Commerce
Department reported last night
that business picked up nicely
as it moved into the Fall season,
giving promise of a "sustained
high aggregate volume."
The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics recently forecast that
foreign aid and defense spending
assure high level activity until
mid- 1949 at least.
The Commerce Department re
view of the current situation de
scribed price trends as "more
mixed than in the preceding
month*? with industrial prices
higher and agricultural prices
easing as the harvests were
gathered."
The department said prices
continued to advance in Septem
ber for "a broad but not perva
sive list of manufactured goods."
It made this distin rt? ,n:
"In those industries ? such as
textiles, leather and shoes ?
where demand backlogs are
largely satisfied, prices have not
risen as much as the average for
the non-farm, non-food group.
P. T. A. SUPPER
The P.-T. A. will sponsor a
chicken and dumpling supper
Thursday, October 21, from 5:30
p. m. to 7:30 p. m. at the high
school lunch room. The price
will be $1.00. Tickets are now on
sale. The proceeds will go to the
two school lunch rooms. Come,
bring your friends and help back
up your schools.
RITES ARE HELD FOR
KIRCHNER IMF ANT
Rites for the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. George F. Kirchner of
Boone, were conducted Friday,
at the Presbyterian Church by
Rev. J. K. Parker, and interment
was in the community cemqlfcty.
Surviving are the parent*, and
two brothers. Gay and Randy of
the home.
North Carolina's cows produc
ed an average at 419 pounds of
milk each during August.
A raid conducted by Sheriff C.
M. Watson and Deputy A. R.
Church Saturday night, resulted
in the destruction of what was
said to be one of the largest illi
cit distilleries known to have
been seized in western North Car
olina. The big steam plant was lo
cated. says the Sheriff, on high
way 221 five miles west of Blow
ing Rock.
The still, which was a 250 gal
lon capacity, was destroyed, al
ong with three hundred gallons'
of whiskey.
cache I
Blowing R<?k in MUler of!
Caldwell ottiLJ. cornpany with
17 half Lllnn f
whiskey from ofi. moon*hine
cer Tele wh hTe of SP?n
*>"? of the mUe
was concSS'unT the Whiakey
womh rug 8 hidden by 'h^dtaSg
thJeSMT0hn? Yv charged with
is to tTtried i? lqU?rr f?r SaIe
corded com. Le"0ir Re'
Apps to Meet
Panthers Sat.
?JS&r csr^sj?t^
f^se ?n P"h a" Cmphaai- -
P?lachian opponent has been
I k 5lake this season,
all y' 8Ure Prospect for
, 4? ce honors, is in light
?Wsr.
week? J r V0rWard WaI1 thia
Herman Bryson, leading con
Walter Rt?UflChd0Wn ?"???. ?nd
0*
Doughlon Heard
At Bethel School
sttzzzsesgtss
townd^ Sf'r,'; J" B*fw]
veteran representative cite bene
ssssssea
A number of other
i?*?.
for the State Sen cand'date
Harris for the Hbu^?pMary 8
tatives; Will WfnnK prp"en"
Charles Clflv f^ gCT and
loners?^
of deJT ?d ??W?
Thompson for surveyor ,
MOUNTAINEER
FOOTBALLERS
DOWN INDIANS
BY SCORE 20 -13
Local Gridders Scalp Indians
in Catawba's First Loss in
Six Years; Wild Hysteria
Accompanies News of Vic
tory in Grid Classic.
Winston-Salem ? A stout hear
ted Appalachian team, rocked
back on its heels by the savage
early attack of a fighting Ca
tawba team, stormed back to
smash over a pair of second
period touchdowns and added
another in the third to hand the
Indians their first North State
Conference loss in six and one
half years by a 20-13 score here
last Saturday night.
A scene of wild hysteria broke
when the final gun went off. The
Appalachian followers, jubilant
over the Highland institution's
first win over the Tribe in 11
years, poured on the field to lift
the tired and happy victors to
their shoulders.
RED HOT BATTLE
The Indians, who just wouldn't
believe all the upset talk that
was making the rounds before
the battle and fought gamely to
prevent it, at the end walked
with heads bowed from the first
defeat they had taken from a
league foe since the late stages
of the 1941 season ? longer ago
than most of the 7,000 fans as
sembled in this snug, attractive
stadium could recall.
It was a rip-roaring, see-saw
battle all the way and the In
dians, with Johnny Coble pulling
the trigger and firing sure shot
throws, were knocking away on
the App one-yard line when the
final gun popped.
Walt Ragan lugged Elton Gar*
lich's opening kirk back to the
Appalachian 26. A pair of line
bucks failed and on third down
Bill Cross tried the lef\ side and
[fumbled, with Goodman recover
ing for the Indians on the App
19. Jack Ward in three cracks at
the line rammed through for a
first down on the nine. The Ap
palachian line rose to the occas
ion and threw back the threat.
Bill Speacht losing back to the
16 on last down as a flock of
Mountaineer tacklers roared in to
blast him.
OVAL POPS HIGH
After an exchange of punts
the Apps took over on their own
28 and drove back to the 31 on a
pair of line bucks. Pete Mills
whacked off the left side and
fumbled, the ball scooting high
into the air. Left End Art Claar
of the Tribe raced under it and
galloped down the sidelines for
the Tribe's first score. Mills
made a frantic effort to get him
on the 20, but the Indian flanker
shook him off and headed on
home. Spears' kick was blocked
and the Indians were in front
6-0 after a little over 10 minutes
had gone by in the opening
chapter.
Late in the first quarter Coble
rolled a kick out on the Appala
chian 12-yard line and the Moun
taineers started to roll. Herman
Bryson ripped through the mid
dle to the 28. Mills spotted John
Caskey heading downfield on the
Catawba 40 and rifled a toss to
him. It skidded off the big end's
fingertips and then Bryson
swung around right end, tore in
to the open and raced to the Ca
tawba 32 before Bobby Gore and
Jack Ward nailed him. The Tribe
line thundered through to drive
the Apps back to the 40 and Bry
son kicked out on the ten.
Coble dropped back and looped
a long pitch down the far side
ribbons to Claar and the little
end scooted to the Catawba 4<5 to
start another Tribe drive in the
early moments of the second
period. Coble's pass to Bobby
Bell fell incomplete on the App
22. Catawba line plays failed and
Spears kicked to the Appalachian
With Ragan and Tom Murdock
doing most of the ball carrying,
the Apps started to move again.
Ragan clicked off 13 yards around
left end and a few plays later
Mills lofted a pass to John Cask
ey on the Catawba 34. Another
pitch from Mills to Don Felton
down the middle was good to the
21 and Bryson wheeled over
right tackle and drove to the 10
for another first down. Bryson
scampered wide around left end
put his head down and smashed
down to the one-yard line. Bry
son, carrying the load now, blast
ed over right guard to scors. It
was the end of a 76-yard march.
(Continued on page /our.)
AT "RIGHTS OF MAN" MEETING
Mrs. Eleanor Rooserell. widow of the lata PtmIiIwI, U shown
chatting with French gorirnment leaders at the Carbonno. In Par-i
is. whara sha addraasad a meeting of the commission of the rights |
of man of the United Nations organisation.
Saturday Last Day
Voters May Register]
HERO
Lieut. Com. E. Scott McClutkay.
right, of Stuttgart. Ark., recaivad
nina awards for outstanding com
bat service as a flghtar pilot dur
ing operations against tha Japa
in tha Pacific. Vica A dm. J. D.
Prlca. laft. congratulates McClus
key at caramon? in Washington.
College Acts lo
Meet Challenge
There is now a definite chal
lenge for teacher training institu
tions to improve their programs
of teacher education, and for ad
ministrators to improve their pro
grams of supervision for teachers
in service. Appalachian State
Teachers College is attempting to
meet this challenge. During the
coming year the college, under
the direction of Herbert Wey,
principal of the demonstration
high school, will undertake a stu
dy of the difficulties experienced
by student teachers during their
first years' teaching experience,
and of beginning teachers during
their first year's teaching exper
ience.
The college staff feels, that ini
so far as educators are able to]
analyze and anticipate tKe diffi
culties experienced by teachers
and beginning teachers, they may
assist in affecting more rapid and
adequate adjustment on the part
of these young people. The col
lege is undertaking the study on
the basis that if the work which
presents difficulty, or which is
imperfectly done by the begin
ning teacher, is known, then the
college will be better able to pre
pare young teachers.
Student teachefs, beginning
teachers, and their superiors will
be asked to make reports at def
inite intervals throughout the
year. A personal interview will
be held from time to time with
each person, taking part in the
study.
The values of such a study
should be many. The data which
will be collected will be of value
to the teacher* of professional
course* leading up to student
teaching and to supervisors of the
student teachers. The information
will also be of value to adminis
trators and supervisors whose Job
it is to direct the work of the be
ginning teachers. The learning of
school children will W facilita
ted insofar as the teachers, col
leges and administrators know
the difficulties that beginning
teachers will experience and are
able to help the beginning teach
er eliminate or adjust to these
difficulties. ,
Saturday is the last day for
voters to register for participa
tion in the general election of No
vember 2, and registration will
be open all day at the sixteen vo
ting precincts of the county. Vo
ters may also register between
now and Saturday by contacting
the registrar at his home.
Election officials explain that
there is no new general registra
tion, but that those who have be- '
come qualified to vote in the
county since last election, cannot i
do so unless registered. Those <
who have registered formerly in'
one of the county books, need not :
appear. ]
For the convenience of the vot
ing pob lie the names of the var- i
ious registrars are given here- 1
with: ]
Bald Mountain: John Davis. ]
Beaver Dam: Clayton Vines. <
Blue Ridge: M. O. Coffey.
Blowing Rock: Parks Knight. |
Brushy Fork: Martin Herman, j
Boone: Howard Cottrell. ,
Cove Creek: Allen Adams ,
Elk: Howard Hayes. 1
Laurel Creek: Jurd Shull.
Meat Camp: C. G. Hodges. (
Meat Camp No. 2: Ron Ragan.
North Fork: W. C. South. ,
New River: Grady Greer.
Shawneehaw: Fate Townsend.
Stony Fork: E. B. Hardin.
Watauga: R. A. Olsen.
Apps Hold Lead
In Conference
Greensboro ? For the first time
since the fall of 1941, the North
State Conference has a new lead
er.
Although far from in as cham
pions. Appalachian's Mountain
eers moved into the drivers seat
occupied so long by Catawba in
defeating the Indians 20-13 Sat
urday night.
This was the first conference
loss for Catawba since Elon turn
ed the trick 8-7 in 1941.
The Tribe not only fell out of
first place by its loss, but moved
into a three-way tie for second
with Western Carolina and Elon.
Each has two victories and one
loss.
Appalachian, yearly a conten
der, has one tie against ita con
ference record and still must face
three other league foes. However,
Catawba plays only six confer
ence games. Lenoir Rhyne and
High Point, the other two in the
running, also play eight games.
Western Carolina plays but four.
Individual scoring leaders re
mained the same with Lee Spears
adding ~a touchdown and an
extra point against Appalachian
for 48 points. Herman Bryson of
Appalachian remained his closest
pursuer with 42 points, counting
a score in his team's victory.
Riles Are Held
For A. N. Church
Abner Nelson Church, a life
long resident of the Mabel neigh
borhood, died at the home on
October 12, at the mge of 73
Funeral services were held at
the Mabel Methodist Church at 2
o'clock, and interment WH fa) the
Mabel cemetery.
The widow, two brothers and
one sister survive: WOajr ML
Church. Mabel; John Church, at
Derby, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah L. Da via
of Mabel.
1948 PROGRAM
OF AAA ENDS;
HO FOlfDS ARE
AVAILABLE
-?essened AAA Appropriation
Runs Out; No More Funds
Till Next Year; Farmer*
Given Advice u to Future
Farm Plans.
Due to the fact that there are
Omo" funds available for the
I*M Agricultural Conservation
program, the Watauga County
AAA Committee have terminated
the 1948 program. No more ord
ers will be issued for this year.
Applications for payment are
being prepared for those who
have made a full performance
report and are being forwarded
for payment. Farmers who have
not used their materials and
made a full performance report
are urged to do so at once.
The county committee has of
ficially started the 1949 program
in order that many farmers mar
receive lime and phosphate
fall, or if they wish to buy this
material and use them this ten,
money may be obligated for pay
county allocation is
$66,558.00, which is a little more
than twice the 194S aiin^tifm
Orders for lime and phosphate
are now being accepted. Farmers
may receive materials up to $1
W acre of cropland and pasture
plus $5 for each farm up to 20
jcres and $3 for each farm above
20 acres. Further allocations' may
be made as funds are available.
No community committeeipan
will call upon the farmers to as
list in filling out the 1949 work
iheet. Fanners will come to the
gounty office and fill out their
worksheets and place their orders
tor materials. Any farmer who
lias made a full performance re
port for 1948 is entitled to re
ceive materials on the 1949 pro
gram. In fact several farmers
have already done this. The 1949
program is open to every farm
sr in the county.
Handbooks are being mailed
to all farmers this week. If you
.'ail to receive one, write or call
ipon the county office for your
:opy. Your attention is called to
the fact that all practices for the
coming year will require prior
approval of the county commit
tee. No more than 60 days will
ae given to carry out any practice
for which prior approval is gran
ted. An order for materials such
as lime, phosphate and seeds
constitute prior approval.
The cost of lime to the farmer
this year will be $1.45 per ton
for delivery to the farm . and
*2.45 per ton spread on the field.
Either of these payments will be
made at the time the order is
placed. The credit rate will be
$2.10 per ton. The cost of phos
phate to the farmer .will be 62
cents for 18, 19 and 20%, and
*121 for 46 or 47%, per cwt. The
credit rate will be 68 cents tor
18 per cent, 72 cents for 19 per
cent and 76 cents for 20 per cent
J1 61 *>r 46 per cent and
*1.65 for 47 per cent per cwt
All farmers who have
prior approval for seeding "???'
grain this fall must make their
report by Nov. 1, unless not al
ready reported.
Masons To Have
Own Lodge Hall
Snow Masonic Lodge is to have
a new home goon, it* in learned
from the official* of the fraternity
who have closed a deal with W
R. Winkler for one-fourth inter
est in hi* new building on King
near the courthouse.
Mr. J. E. Clay, secretary of the
Lodge, who has taken an active
part in negotiating the deal, says
n !"? ?>?? i|ji an lilfc 1 1 1 ^ la mmm na,la
tnai considers Die rmssrv wonc jpc
mains to be don* on the new hall,
and hopes that thoae Masons who
have skill with the saw and ham
mer will give of their time in
completing the work.
It is hoped that the hall may
be occupied by the first o>( the
year.
Firsl Snow Hils
Area Monday
A considerable trace of snow
was evident in Boone and envir
ons Monday morning. The Quay
was accompanied by near-fre#*
ing temperatures, and followed
closely bekhxf the first frost of
the ??on which
night.