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VOL. LXI, NO. 20. ? BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948.
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KINCJTREET
BY -
ROB RIVERS
SNOOKS" UNNEY cleans
house over at Republican head
quarter Monday . . . The over
sizes pictures of Governor Dew
ey have disappeared from the
windows and walls of the r.in.
ney building, and the huge hand
painted elephant which took ud
about half of the glass front, and
which had twice carried Dewey
into the shadows of defeat, was
rapidly giving way to swift
strokes of the razor blade, when
Snooks stopped to mop his brow,
and hailed us, allowing as how
we could now re-route our steps
to the postoffice via the spo<
where local Republican activities
centered ... a few days ago when
victory was in the air and nice
fat political jobs apeared to be
ripening for the harvest
Anyway the campaign posters
(there wasn't any of Harry) are
fast getting out of the public eye,
the campaign buttons have been
discarded, end the election is offi
?S*J2&i?. ? However, it seems
that the talk will never end of
graying Missouri farm lad
who straddled a jaded donkey,
?nd took all the columnists, analy
sists and politicians for a ride, as
he won the presidential sweep
stakes with the poltical counter
part of Man o' War slated to win
ui a walk by all the race-track
fans . . .
HARRY did the impossible,
with his old-time brass-knuck
led campaign, even in. the face
of a smaller vote than had been
envisioned by most (great num
bers have always favored the
Democracy) and most eraryone
has cooked up a very definite
reason for his success . . . Some
farmers and laborers lined
uf together , . Others aver the
*** of Hoover days, and the
#*er of a depression drove the
V?e folk, away from Dewey . .
Some opinion is that a sight of
Rer feUcana, who though* the
thing in the bag, didn't
?*?*? a Job. clayed at heme, but
,uch speculation accomplishes
nothing . . . Harry will be Pru
dent cause the folks want it
that way. and we like Gover
nor Warren's trite summation:
"He Just got the most rotes 1"
? * ?
CONGRESSMAN DOUGHTON
goes back to Washington to ag
ain preside over the Ways and
Means Committee, while present
Chairman Knutsen goes back
home, a defeated man. . Be
sides celebrating perhaps his
most comprehensive victory in
his career, Doughton celebrated
his 88th birthday Tuesday
With due deference to our good
friend Clyde Greene, whose
outstanding worth to the commu
nity and State is well known
we should be excused for express-!
ing a certain pride in the Dough
ton record since the Watauga
Democrat has the treasured dis
tinction of having first "discover
ed" the rangy Alleghanian as a
Congressional possibility . . . that
is, it raised the first voice sugges
ting him for the House, back in
the days when he had just rolled
up a majority in the State Senate
in this district, at the end of an
arduous campaign against heavy
odds ... the judgment of a coun
try newspaper man has been
vindicated by the folks every bi
ennium for forty years . . . Con
Congratulations, CongrJfenan!
? ? ?
WATAUGA COUNTY like
wise ran contrary to the opin
ions of lots of astute politicians
when it returned the reins of
county government to the Dem
ocratic party, which had been
ool ot the courthouse -??<?? ly
sines 1M2 . . . only Represents
tlve Eggers on the county tick
et survived the Truman trend
? ? ? Helen Underdown. for 20
Tears the keeper of the records
la the Register ot Deeds office
fa*?d tap fever with the voters
h what would have to
of
1 a good )eb
P*t
*y 1 _
ed the SMBe courteous, helpful
service to sll the people, and
the people Indicated their ap
preciation of her long adminls
in a greet big way . . .
Good ss? >lte to the people . .
all the people . . . and friendly
treatment will always pay off.
s is evidenced by the over
r helming and bi-partisan sup
port accorded "Miss Helen."
e ? ?
AN ORDERLY IXJCAL elec
tion has been chalked up for W?
auga county . . . Impressed by
(Continued on fee 4)
GERMANS RETURN FROM BRITAIN
I
On* German who managad to reach Churchill'* England during tha
war ia shown on his raturn to Bar Ion altar four yaars of captlrity.
Ha is greeted by his girl friand. Ha and other prisoners of war had
difficulty ln flatting through tha Russian aona. At Saddln, tha
Russians took tha angina of tha train and rafuaad tha ex-PW's
permission to continua thair journey to tha British ? act or. This
man jumped from tha train. His pa rants are at left.
Dr. Ryan To Speak
To Local Teachers
Man Is Slain
At Ashe Election
West Jefferson ? A man who
once served a prison term for
the slaying of his father-in-law
last week was being sought in
the mountainous section of
Southwestern Virginia on a
charge of murder for an election
day killing at an Ashe County
precinct.
Jack Finley, about 53, was be
ing sought by Sheriff W. B. Todd
of Ashe County and Virginia of
ficers for shooting Bo ward Ble
vins, 39, of the Apple Grove sec
tion
Sheriff Todd said he was in
formed Finley and Blevins en
gaged in a political argument at
the polling at Horse Creek Pre
cinct. About 12 people were
around the polling place and sev
eral told the sheriff that it was
not thought the argument was
heated.
i Reports said both Finley and
Blevins were Republicans and
during the quarrel, Finley drew
his pistol and shot Blevins
through the heart. He died in
stantly. Finley fled.
.Sheriff Todd said Finley was
living with a sister at Konno
rock, Va., near White Top, and
the search is being conducted in
that area.
Finley is known in this area as
a "bad actor," officers said. He
served a prison term for slaying
his father-in-law some years ago
in Ashe County.
TELEVISION FOR FARMERS
Believing that thousands of
Television sets will be on the
farms of the nation within the
next five years, the Agriculture
Department is working on tele
vision programs for farmers. Of
ficials believe television offers a
medium of tremendous educa
tional benefit to farmers and
their families.
A new color television system
has been patented by Dr. Lee De
Forest, called the "father of
radio." His patent involes a
movable filter, activated elec
tronically, giving color televi
sion through the cathode tube of
a television set.
Dr. Carson Ryan, Kenan Pro
fessor of Education, from the
University of North Carolina,
will be guest speaker at a joint
meeting of the Watauga County
N. C. B. A. and a regional meet
ing of the Association for Child
hood Education on November 12
at 2:00 p. m. in the college audi
torium.
Mrs. Lee Edwards, president
of the North Carolina A. C. E.
branch, is expected to be present
and bring a brief message to the
A. C. E. workers.
Some of the children from the
primary grades of the Demon
stration School will sing the song,
"Foreign Children" as a part of
the program. A display of new
and interesting books on peoples
in other lands will be on display
in the hall of the administration
building. Also a number of A. C.
E. bulletins will be on sale,
sponsored by the A. S. T. C. unit
of A. C. E.
Students Hurt
In Auto Wreck
Jimmie Lackey, Appalachian
State Teachers college student
of Lenoir, remains in a serious
condition at Charlotte Memorial
hospital where he was taken for
treatment of injuries sustained
near Boone on Saturday when his
automobile skidded on the wet
pavement and overturned.
Lackey sustained a skull frac
ture and other injuries, and a
fellow student and passenger in
the car at the time of the acci
dent, Max Sparks of Elkin sus
tained a broken vertebrae,
Sparks is in a Wiliston-Salem
hospital.
Other students sustaining
bruises, and lacerations in the ac
cident were John Farthing and
Bill Smith of Boone and Blackie
Williams and Hubert Dancy of
North Wilkesboro.
CONSUMER CREDIT
Consumer credit- of all kinds
went up $299,000,000 in Septem
ber to a total of $14,690,000,000.
The rabbit hunting season in
North Carolina opens November
25.
RADIO TALKS
WILL PRECEDE
START LOCAL
BURLEYSALES
Warehousemen Map Publicity
Campaign for Market; Sales
Will Start November 29;
Merchants Cooperate in
Putting News on Air.
Jr* jL c?ifinan* RvC Coleman,
riet Coleman and Miss Har,
ness for the stert nf .1 m readi"
auctions here on November 29"?
^nVf0FoPv^rer.mveter^ rad?fPP3r
wiTT in ncha?mmefntator?
broadcasts and nfi f ra^?
sponso "dbyThf SmS' uMch are
news will be braid' S8'eS'
ingfromI6bfobt,T6d3TteaChm0rn
Starting November i*; 1*
^madeX^^rS513 Wi[l
a "man on the street" and
Sr'rsr ?sr"?
1:15 to l^o""' N?v*"""r ?? ?
en in Warehouse no. 1 where
market the openin? ?f the
HealthCUnitt
At Appalachian
mZ!te P!?y!ical education depart
ent of Appalachian Teachers
SCge?H^gh its health ^er^
opportunities to ^its ''rtSd^
three wee^
riif^ ^ere wriU be an eye
clinic conducted by Dr. jones L
T^TfJt?US Eye' Ear' N??e and
!S??* ?
JhouM t^taS.K
s^Sroag
3tss?sls tubwS- *s
for?vL?T
thl d,ys ,or ??rviCe to
the college students and fccultv
and' whlle her?. will
of W^Cr "ervlce? *> the people
coupty. Any inthe
cowity, who wish x-rays made
23? aft*r Novem-'
oer 23. The college administra
te" h* ? ettoTSnSe
? hundr?l Per cent of its col
^KUon Uke
farm coat rates rote 10 per
cent from 1945 to 1M6 and M per
cent from 1946 to 1M7.
Eccles sees peril to U. S. econ
omy in world tension.
OFFICIAL WATAUGA COUNTY ELECTION RETURNS
FIRST FAMILY OF PACIFIC
Minimum i hi iiim win in? i i in
This U an unusually atiractiro photo of Gonarl Douglas Mac Arthur
and Mrs. Mmc Arthur. It was mad* as Mrs. Mac Arthur waved MN
wel) to president Syngman RhM of embattled Korea as ha left
for his native land. Tha top administrator in tha Pacific and his
wifa journeyed to Haneda airport to bid farawall to Rhea.
Mountaineers Get
Biirley Bowl Bid
National Note Oi
School Program
The guidance program of Ap
palachian High school has receiv
ed national recognition in an
article published in the National
Association of Secondary School
Principals. This article was writ
ten by Mr. Herbert Wey, princi
pal of the local school, and was
published in the May 1948 issue
of this bulletin.
The article describes the ten
year growth of the group guid
ance program of Appalachian
High and tells of the many pro
blems that were overcome dur
ing this time in leading up to the
present program of group guid
ance at Appalachian High school.
Patrons and friends interested
in reading this article may get a
copy of the magazines at the high
school or college libraries or may
order a copy from the National
Association of Secondary school
principals, 1201 Sixteenth Street,
N. W? Washington, D. C.
Winkler Attends
Park Meeting
Mr. W. R. Winkler of Boone
left Sunday for Raliegh where
he will attend a meeting of the
budget committee of the North
Carolina Park Commission. Mr.
Winkler was named chairman of
this committee at a meeting of the
full commission in Asheville Aug
ust 10. Serving with him on the
important committe are Frances
Heazel of Asheville, and Ray
mond Sutton of Sylva.
Mr. Winkler's committee is ap
pearing before the Advisory Bud
get Commission to make re
quests for additional funds for
park and parkway purposes in
this area.
New device enables blind to
"read" by invisible light.
Appalachian State Teachers
college has been selected to play
in the 1948 Burley Bowl game at
Johnson City, Tennessee on?Nov
jmber 25th.
Announcement of the choice of
.he North State Conference team
'or the Thanksgiving day small
:ollege bowl classic was made by
jeneral chairman Gates W. Kidd
jf the Burley Bowl committee.
For weeks speculation has been
rife throughout this area as to
which of the nation's small col*
lege standouts would clash in
this first Bowl game of the sea
son. Part of the answer is now
in.
In the Appalachian Mountain
;ers the Burley Bowl will have a
learn that is well endowed with
both power and color. They have
lost only one game and tied one
in the two years since Coach E.
0. (The Whip) Duggins took over
the helm. This year the only
blemish on its record is a tie
with Lenoir Rhyne of Hickory.
Some indication of the strength
of the Boone team may be gain
ed from their defeat of Catawba,
Tangerine Bowl winner for the
past two years. Catawba has do
minated the North State Confer
ence for years.
There is plenty of color in the
Mountaineer lineup. The team
has in Herman Bryson a poten
tial Little AU-American. Bryson
has accounted for 14 touchdowns
this year and averaged around
10 yards per try from scrimmage.
J. C. Honeycutt, All-Confer
ence center, is also receiving
considerable notice as another
possible Little AU-American can
didate.
The team boasts a pair of
hefty tackles, the Grissom broth
ers, whose combined weight tips
the scales at 530 pounds. In Co
Capt. Tom Boyette, Appalachian
has a star player with only one
arm who has kicked 25 extra
points this season. John Caskey,
candidate for All-Conference
end, and Co-Capt Tom Murdock,
a good broken field runner, are
two more outstanding players
which Burley Bowl fans will
have-'* chance to see in action
when Appalachian takes the '
field. ;
Selection of the Mountain
eer's opponents has not been
made but an announcement in
this connection should be forth
coming in the next several day*.
Furnishings Needed
ForV. F.yt. Hall
Furnishings are urgently need- i
ed for the new V. T. W. hall in
Boone, and thosl wishing to con
tribute any of the following are
asked to get in touch with either
Greer Modges or Custer Wallace
in Boone. Whatever is given win
be picked up by members of the
veteran group.
The following articles are par
ticularly needed: 2 sofas, 2 arm
chairs, S card tsblea, 11 straight
back chairs, 2 floor lamps, 1 writ
ing desk, 6 smoking stands, 1
large old rug, 1 used radio.
Private fish poods are becom
ing increasingly popular with
Tar Heel fanners.
OFFIQALS^END
HEAVY VOTE
CAST LOCALLY
Miss Under down Oat Front ia
County Majority; IipmM
tative Emters Lone Repub
lican to Win in Local Race;
Dewey Gets Local Nod. ?
The County Board of Elections
completed the tabulation of the
Watauga vote late Friday, when
news was confirmed that the
Democrats had filled every coun
ty office, and that on the local
ticket Representative S. C. Ef
gers was the only Republican to
win.
Governor Dewey carried the
county by a considerably narrow
er margin than was the case in
his race against the late Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1944. Governor
Scott triumphed, and Cinigi?
man Doughton maintained a very
narrow lead over Clyde R. Groans
of Boone, in the race for the 9th
district Congressional toga.
? c?en Underdown, who
.ms occupied the office of Regis
ter of Deeds for the past 20 years,
lad by fajpthe ^psviest majority
>f any caiMHdate on either ticket,
is party lines were crossed to
live her the record lead of 755
>ver her Republican opponent,
tfrs. Laverne Fox.
Dr. H. B. Perry carried the
jpunty by 238 in his race for the
Jtate Senate against Dr. A. P.
Cepbart, his majority in the dis
rict being around 1,500.
Representative , Eggers, running
or the Assembly for the third
Ime won with a lead of 74 over
<rs. Mary Harris.
C. F. Thompson was elected
urveyor by a majority of 122 ov
r Jack Storie.
Returns indicate that r* ?
c candidate* *
OT**? '
*V"0?. r
134. The
candidates were A. O.
...iier, R. M. Ward and E. D. Cook
he two first mentioned being
ncum bents.
On the State ticket Kerr Scott
carried the county by 230, while
Congressman Doughton had a 35
rote lead over Clyde R. Greene.
Governor Deiyey took the coun
y by 472, with Thurmond break -
n? into Democratic ranks for
158. and Henry Wallace chalking
ip 12. Watauga, which tradition
illy votes for the Republican pre
lidential nominee, went for Dew
;y by a majority of 740 vote* in
1944.
Despite a rather apathetic cam
paign Watauga voters rallied to
the polls in considerably greater
numbers than was the case two
years ago. to perhaps set a record
in number of votes cast.
. ?_i_V
Den"u*
-ra that South'
_..?xrrats who joined 41m
states' Rights movement win
not follow President Truman on
civil rights legislation.
'Those Southerners have their
convictions," be Mid. "And I
ion't think they will follow him
on that subject. Maybe Mr. Tru
nan won't be so cJitieaM about
it u he was before the atwttno.
[ hope not,"
Doughton, who rteteatad Re
publican Clyde Greene to retain
the seat he bee held sine* 1911,
wid be was "humble and ap
preciative over the greatest ma
jority I've ere* had."
?TORI HOUR
Story hoor will he held at 2
p. m. every Saturday in the
county library, instead of at 4
p. m. w announced in the last
issue of the newspaper. AO
children an invited to s*nd.
The students of the Dena"*?*
Teachers' Club an teOiag the
stories each week. ?