VOL. LXI, NO. 21.
KING STREET
BY
ROB RIVERS
LOCAL NIMRODS begin to
assemble high power rifles, and
put a sheen on both inside and
outside the barrel, prepartatory
to early morning jaunts Into the
deer country . . . Number of folks
hit the forest trails Monday, down
on the south slopes of the Grand
father, and here's hoping some of
thein bring back the buckskin . .
B. W. Stallings, one of the local
outdoor enthusiasts fingers a
handsome Winchester, and allows
he perhaps won't bring down a
white tail this year, but "I'll en
joy a day spent on some moun
tain side, regardless of whether
1 provide the venison" . . . That's
a fact ... a true outdoorsman
gets more lift out of his commun
ion with nature than out of the
destruction of some of her handi
work . . . Others sally forth to the
woods in a sort of carnival at
mosphere and enjoy the whole
thing to the fullest, caring little
whether there's live ammunition
in the rifle barrel or not . . . Re
minded of a little ditty, handed
us a few yean ago by one of our
open-air baddies, which went
something like this:
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"BEHOLD THE HUNTER
and fisherman . . . He riseth up
early in the morning and dis
iwbrth the whole household.
Mighty are his preparations. He
gotih forth full of hope, and
when the day is far spent he
returneth smelling of strong
drink . .... and the truth is not
in him!" . . And the sign at a
lodge, which carries ap
peal. with the picture of a
lunging rainbow trout, trying to
dUodge the hook, which oar
ried the words: "Even a fish
would get by if he'd keep his
mouth shut."
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THANKSGIVING puts in ap
pearance next week, as prepara
tions are made for various out
ings, and many plan to go to the
Burley Bowl for the clash of the
Mountaineer gridders with the pig
skin inters of the West Chester,
Pa. TeM&en College . . . while
lots of others will go about their
usual work, giving thanks for the
sttwhgth to carry on, and with a
deep sense of gratitude to a gen
erous Providence for the bounties
heaped upon a favored people
during the past year . . . Coach
Duggins goes down the line to
win the North State Conference
crown with the finr-.3t grid team
Appalachian has had in many
yean, and the folks hereabout are
getting a mighty wallop out of
the sterling performances on the
gridiron . . . Mountaineers may
get to follow up with a chance
at the Tangerine Bowl contest . .
depending upon how they fare
down at Johnson City next week.
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MERCHANTS of the city get
ting all set for the opening of
the Christmas shopping season.
p'Hti on display one of
the biggest lines of holiday mer
chandise ever to be shown in
the (hopping center of the
northwestern mountain region
. . . UxUkafions are that the hol
iday trade will again be good
year, and the advisability
of trading at home with the
folks who built the community
and its In'***"*1*"*- can
Bet be too strongly stressed ...
y mn hanti are your neigh
bors and Mends and its to their ,
InHnit to sell you good mer
i lianifhe at a nominal profit . .
and they do just that . . ? Lei's
build our enterprises stronger,
and provide a bigger and better
emm unity and more prosper -
ana county . . . Money spent in
other communities can only sti
fle our own.
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WAREHOUSEMEN and help
era getting ready for the opening
rrf the local tobacco market, and
field men touring the burley re
gion. gathering in the crops for
the first auctions on November
29th . . . local market has vast
Toot space in three big houses,
ind it'* likely that record tonnage
4 weed will be on the baskets
efaen the auctioneers start their
trange cadences . . . Tobacco sea
on brings many new faces to the
ity, along with a lot of new coin
jf the realm to be channeled in
0 the avenues of local tAde . ? -
has widening the circle of the
aeal trading radius . . . Tobacco
at home, like merchandise
.ought at home, contributes to
ne further growth of the com
munity, and to the increased me
sas of her people . . . Besides
.ringing excellent warehouse fa
1 11 ties to the very doors of our
jcal farmers.
(Continued on page .4)
V1SHJN3KY SMILES AT OPERA
Ia no T?to-iag mood U smiling. bespectacled Andrei VUhinjky with
his party at ? special performance of the opara gWM for U. N. del
egates to Park. Mmt. Vishinsky is to his la ft and tha gentleman
who is standing M. Alexandre Parodi. French U. N. delegate. The
other members of the party were not Identified .
Triple A Election Is
Set For Deceftiber 3
XMAS EDITION
NEXT WEEK
The annual Christmas open
ing and burley tobacco edition
of the Democrat will be pub
lished next week, and work on
the enlarged edition is already
in progress.
Solicitation of ads starts im
mediately after the current ed
ition is In the mails, and all fd
copy must be in hand during the
current week, so that there will
be no delay In (wbliiUag the
enlarged edition. The full co
operation of the merchants In
this connection will be highly
appreciated by the publisher.
c?3E?cagEaBB>gB3aggaBBBas*
Xmas Cheer In
Store For Poor
The Boone Worthwhile Club
is making the preliminary ar
rangements for raising the an
nual empty stocking fund, desig
ned to bring Christmas joy to the
children of the vicinity who oth
erwise would find the Yule sea
son cold and cheerless.
Mrs. John Perry, president of
the music and art department, is
chairman of the empty stocking
fund this year. Mrs. Erie Adams
is treasurer and asks that dona
tions be sent or brought to her at
the Northwestern Bank.
The work of filling the empty
stockings is an annual activity of
the Worthwhile Club. The Rotary
Club, Lions Club, and Boy Scouts
will help with the work this year.
The Rotarians will secure the
fruits and candies for the empty
stockings. The Lions will deliver
the gift packages to the homes,
and the Scouts will secure emp
ty boxes to be used in the pro
ject.
The following committees have
f Woman's Club: Mrs. John
Perry, general chairman.
Publicity: Mrs. Bert Ellis.
Clothing: Mrs. Wiley Smith,
chairman; Mrs. F. E. Warm an.
Mrs. Gordon Winkler.
Toys: Mrs. O. K. Richardson,
chairman; Mrs. D. L. Wilcox, Mrs
Herbert Jonas.
Finance: Mrs. Herbert Adams,
Mrs. H. B. Perry, Jr.
Wrapping: Mrs. Roy Rufty,
chairman; Mrs. R. L. Tait; Mrs.
Barnard Dougherty.
Packing: Mis. Lee Reynolds,
chairman; Mrs. W. G. Hartzog,
Mrs. Clyde Winebarger.
Lions Club: Jerry Coe, chair
man; Howard Cottrell, Grady
Moretz.
Rotary Club: B. W. Ellis, chair
man, Finis Wagoner, O. CJ
Green*.
A toy matinee will be held ag
ain this year to secure toys for
the fund. A toy will be the ad
mission.
Burley Bowl Tickets
Are Still Available
Those wishing to attend the
Burley Bowl football classic in
Johnson City next Thursday, are
reminded that a few tickets are
yet available at the College
Book Store in Boone.
gun their work:
Community committee elections
wifl be held in Watauga county
on December 2, it is announced
by Ned Glenn, chairman of the
Watauga County Agricultural
Conservation Committee. At the
same time the farmers will chpose
delegates to the county conven
tion where county committeemen
will be elected on December 3.
The committee system of ad
ministering our farm program
has proven most successful, but it
depends on the selection of the
right men in each community. If
those now in office doing a
good job and doing h as well as
anyone else could do it, then the
farmers In the community and
county should retain them and
give them a vote of confidence by
turning out a big vote at election
time. If the committee work can
be improved by a change in com
mitteemen, then that should be
brough V afjout.
Since the county has been re
districted along townstyp lines,
greater responsibilities will rest
on each individual committee
man. No tfarnship community
can afford to Hjse its share of the
benefits of the program, and this
can be maintained only through
the selection of proper men who
are alive to the needs of their
community.
Mr. Gienn spyc .that any person
is eligible to vote who is partici
pating in the 1948 Agricultural
Conservation Program. He fur
ther emphasizes the responsibil
ity that each and every voter has
to cast his or her ballot. The
chairman states, "we may well be
at the cross-roads thk year. We
may neglect our opportunity to
adminifter our own program and
let control of agriculture slip aw
ay from us. Or we may unite
back of the farm program and
build for a better and stronger ag
riculture in the future. It is our
choice."
Announcement will be made
next week of the polling places
in each township. Do not fail to
attend this election in your com
munity.
Last Riles Held
For Dale Reece
Lenoir, Nov. 15? The body of
Pfc. Dale Reece, 19, who was
killed in the European combat
zone on Christmas Day, 1944, ar
rived in Lenoir today.
Funeral will be held at the
First Baptist Church here Wed
nesday at 2 p. m. Hi* parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Reece,. two
sisters, and four brothers survive.
GREENE B. MILLER
SUCCUMBS AT 74
Greene Benjamin Miller, 74,
died November 11 at the home
at Laxon.
Funeral service* were conduct
ed On the 13th at Stony Fork
Baptist Church, and burial was
in the family cemetery at Deep
Gap. f
The widow survives, with two
sons and two daughters: Jones
and Wade Miller, Deep Gap; Mrs.
Eula Roger*, Todd; Mrs. Rosa M.
Watson, Deep Gap.
ENVOY FROM
ARGENTINE IS
VISITOR IN CITY
ON THURSDAY
Maintenance of Democrat
ic Ideals Dependent on Ed
ucation, Says Dr. Remori
no in Address at College;
Sees New World Unity.
"Education must accept the
responsibility for maintaining
our mutual democratic ideal,"
Dr. Jeronimo Remorino. newly
appointed Argentine ambassador
to the United States, told the
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege student body and faculty in
an address at the college audi
torium Thursday, November 11th.
Dr. Remorino said that the
desire of Argentina to learn more
about the problems -of America
and to know more about Ameri
can ideas, institutions, friend
ship and commerce was a tre
mendous challenge to the schools
and colleges of the United States,
'Tor it is through you and the
educational institutions that we
can come to know you better."
He said the desire of both na- i
tions for freedom will weld the
nations of the New World and
that, despite differences of opin
ion in politics and econimics,
friendship has been strong for a
century and a half, based on
friendly commercial arid cultur
al relations.
TELLS OF TRADE
The Ambasssdor touched on
trade between the two nations,
saying that if American business
men wish to capture the lucrative
South Americah trade, they
must first understand and make
a fair exchange with the culture
of our countries. International
relations "simply means people
of different countries getting
ialong together," he said. Quota
tions from one of the first de
crees issued by President Gener
al Peron on the Argentine pro
gram of American history, stres
sing instruction to youth in true
political history and formations
of Republican institutions through
principal events and economical,
social and political consequences,
as well as the original of each
people, were presented to the
students and faculty as a step
toward a good knowledge and un
derstanding among the two
Americas.
OTHERS IN PARTY
Carlos Quiros, the Argentine
counselor, read the ambassador's
speech. Dr. Remorino and his
party were introduced by State
Senator Hugh Mitchell, who was
introduced by Dr. D. J. White
ner, Lions district governor.
Dean Rankin opened the meeting
with prayer and scripture read
ing. O. M. Hartsell directed the
singing of "America," "America
the Beautiful" and "God Bless
America."
The Boone Lions club enter
tained the Argentine envoy and
his party at luncheon at 1 o'clock
at the Daniel Boone hotel, after
the address and a tour of the col
lege cetripu*' w><i fitiildings w*s
made. . ? !*
In the party ' were Rodolfo
Barbagelata. Carlos Quiros,
Miguel Lopez Leonbe and sever
al other membess of the Argen
tine embassy and Lions represen
tatives.
School Kiddies In
Holiday Program
The annual Thanksgiving pro
gram will be given at the Metho
dist church Thanksgiving morn
ing at ten o'clock by the first
seven grades of the Demonstra
tion school. The program will
open with the singing of "God
Bleu America" by the entire
school.
The first and second grades
will then sing "Thanksgiving at
Grandpa's, "The Foolish Gob
bler", and "A Turkey Sat on the
Back Yard Fence."
These will be followed by the
singing of "Over the River and
Through the Woods', "Praise ye
the Lord,'' and "Thanksgiving
Day" by the third and fourth
grades.
The fifth, sixth and seventh
grades will sing "Thanksgiving
Song", "Come, ye Thankful
People Come", apd "Prayer at
Thanksgiving."
Rev.' 8am Moss, pastor of the
Methodist church, will give the
Thanksgiving message to be fol
lowed by prayer and the singing
of the doxology.
The program is open to the
public and parents and friends of
the schhool are invited to attend.
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TRUMAN VICTORY DEMONSTRATICW
/ .
Tha day altar tha alaction tha crowds millad around tba bom*
of Prasidant Truman in Indapandanca. Mo. Tba Mayor of Indapan
danca ordarad school dismissed at noon and hara is a pidUM of tha
high school band lining up to saraaada tha Truman family.' LaiMp
30.000 paopla flocked in from tha country to Join in tha Impromp
tu cat* oration. ^
Gala Xmas, Tobacco
Jubilee November 2 7
S^POUNDS
WEED ON FLOORS
A quaxtar of a million pound*
of burl*7 tobacco U now on the
floors of tha Mountain Burlar
Warehouses in Boona, ready
for tha ?tart of tha auctions on
November 29th- and Mr. R. C.
Coleman. warahouiaman. who
has baan operating tha
market for nine years, say* the
weed U of tha finest qualitr he
has seen in his long experience
hare. Top prices are expected.
Local sales will be broadcast
daily t'om 11:15 to 12:00 over
WJHL. through the cooperation
of the Warehouses and Boone
merchants.
Cove Creek Lad
At National Meet
Sherwood Bingham member of
the Cove Creek chapter of the
Future Farmers of America left
last week for Kansas City, Mis
souri where he will attend the
National FFA convention Novem
ber 11-17. ,
Sherwood won this trip ana
signal honor as a result of the
very outstanding farming pro
gram he has carried on the last
two years in high school. From
a beginning two years ago of
$250.00 invested in livestock, ne
now has over $1,500. Besides
this he has had projects in beans,
tobacco, silage, corn, rye, wheat,
oats, alfalfa, ladino clover and
orchard grass. His livestock now
consists of 14 high grade Hamp
shire ewes, a purebred ram, 1 re
gistered Hereford cow, half In
terest In another, 2 purebred
Hereford calves, service Interest
in registered Hereford bull, re
gistered Jersey heifer, 1 dairy
cow and half interest In another
dairy cow, and baby beef.
This and four other such tripe
are made available through the
courtsey of the Chilean Nitrate
Educational Bureau. This organi
zation has for many years en
couraged young farmers to do an
outstanding Job and has reward
ed them with very valuable trigs
and prizes. ?
Sherwood will be one of about
twenty-five boys from North
Carolina representing the other
25,000 FFA members at the 20th
National Convention. The other
delegates have distinguished
themselves in one or more phases
of Future Farmer work.
Rites Are Held
For Fallen Soldier
Funeral services for Pfc. James
C. Krider, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Krider, were conducted at
Todd last Wednesday by Rey. Mr.
Stephens, and interment was in
the McGuire cemetery.
Pfc. Krider was killed in ac
tion In Germany on April 14, 1?45
He was a member of an Infantry
division.
Deceased was reared in the vi
cinity of Todd and waa widely
popular.
Surviving are the parents, one
brother, and three sisters: Bill
Krider. Todd; Mrs. Don Walters,
Jefferson; Mrs. Tatum Brown, of
Todd, and Mrs. Forest Greene of
Boone.
The Directors of the Boone
Merchants Association met Mon
day to complete plans for the Of
ficial opening of the Christmas
shopping season and the start of
burley tobacco sales here, and in
dications arc that the celebration
this year will be the most spec
tacular thus far attempted. (
Happy Sam Fowler will open ,
the big event Saturday Novem- (
ber 27 with a 15 minute broadcast |
from the street, welcoming the
tobacco farmers and visitors to (
the city. ?\y i
The Santa Claus parade will be
headed by the High School band |
and negotiations, are under way |
to secure the huge animal bal
lons, which have been so popular ,
in the cities. The members of the
Boone Merchants Association will
enter eighteen or twenty floats in
the colorful pageant and Santa
Claus will be the main feature
for the younger generation as he
[passes out gifts to all the chil
dren.
Colored lights and evergreens
will decorate King Street from
the Edmisten Furnture Store to
the old Smithey store and the
lights will be turned on at dusk.
Howard Cottrell, president of
the Merchants Association, is su
pervising the opening. D. M. Ed
misten, Chairman, C. C. Cook,
Guy Hunt and Boyd Blanton are
committee .members who. will
plan and carry out the work look
ing to the big holiday event.
Choral Thanksgiving -
Program Arranged
?
The newly organized choral
ensemble of Appalachian High
school will be presented in x a
special Thanksgiving service on
Wednesday evening, November
24th. This program features
twenty of the school's outstand
ing students aiid will be' given
in the high school auditorium, at
7 :30 p. m.
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion is sponsoring this Concert
which will take the place of the
regular November meeting. The
Boone Ministereal Association
has invited the prayer groups
from each church to join in this
community Thanksgiving service.
The event is under the direc
tion of Mr. O. M. HartselL Hal
Vannoy and Ted Barnett will
sing solos and Reba Smith will
be the accompanist Miss Clyde
Goodman designed the setting.
The public is cordially invited.
Immediately following the pro
gram; the high school will hold
open house. Teachers will be in
their classrooms to meet parents
and refreshments will be served
by the home economics staff. It
is hoped that each patron of the
school will use this opportunity
to visit and observe the work
done by and for their children.
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Hunting Season to
Start Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving marks .oMi
cial start of the open season op
imall upland game and btraar^
is stated by Walter F. Edmiste4
district conservation supervisor.
Mr. Edmisten urgca hunters to
have the required licenses *rid to
strictly observe other phases of
the conservation laws.
Mr. Edmisten states that the
quail shooting season will be
short this year due to the small
population of birds. Notice of the
closing date jrlH be published in
this newspaper.
WILL ROGERS Wti
Another new Stamp,
Will Rogers, was- IHQ
cated in Claremoi*. O
the home town of tHfe M
morUt.
HGHT tB
Buy Christmas S?a|p
y .".item
Funeral Held Far
Hero of Late War
- T.
Funeral service* for James
Hugh Johnson, were held ait the
Watauga Baptist Church, Banner
Elk Friday by Rev. S. E. Gragg,
md burial was in the Johneon
cemetery at Roan Mountain,
Tenn., with the American Legion
n charge of the graveside rttasL
Mr. Johnson who was a cor
poral in the U. S. Arifty, waa kill
ed in action in Fraaoe f>??taiW>Mr
18, 1M4. .
Surviving are five brothers and
Four sisters: Ike Johnson. Fen
wick, W. Va.; Kenneth, Hudson,
N. C? Charlie. Banner Elk; Wal
ter, Lenoir; Tom Johnson, Mrs.
Ray Cornett Mrs. Stewart Ald
ridge, and Mrs. Clua Aldrldgtt of
Banner Elk.
kPP GRIDDERS
DOW J
STATE CROWW
>ugjfins Powerhouse AMI to
Laurels to Gain Conference
Honor; Eighth Victory in
Nine Games; One Tie Bo
corded During Season.
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Rocky Mount ? Appalachian
State's Mountaineers clinched the
North State conference football
championship by whipping ?
game but out-manned Atlantic
Christian eleven, 27-6, here Sat
urday night.
The mountaineers, limiting
their scoring to the first and
third periods, sent lantern-jaw
ed Halfback Herman Bryaon arm
tor three of their four touch
lowns.
Quarterback Pete Mills flipped
> short pass to End John Casky
tor the fourth after Bryson set tt
up with a 31-yard dash to the
ACC five.
The first < Mountaineer score
was set up early in the opening
period when Harry Helmet's
fourth-down punt was blocked
ind ACC recovered on its own
15, with Appalachian taking over.
Bryson slammed over from the
>ne a few plays later.
Midway of the first period,
\ppalachian scored again on a
K)-yard drive with Bryson again
ilunging over from the one.
A Mills-to-Caskey pass early in
he third covered 31 yards and
et up the third Mountaineer
ouchdown on the ACC 13. Bry
On went over from there on a
landoff.
Later in the same period, Mills'
light-yard toss to Caskey put the
>?11 on the ACC 36. Then Bryson
ipped off his 31-yard dash, and
l|e Mills -Caskey combination
tit pay dirt. ?
Atlantic Christian opened up
vith a passing attack in tfaa final
>eriod. Helmer and Pat E|ttnr
on tossed three earials between
hem to Dave Green for a total
[ain of 60 yards that carried the
3ulldogs to the eight-yard Km.
Two running play* gained six
rards. then Patterson tossed a
ourth-down pass to Tom Calla
lan in the and zone for ACCa
>nly touchdown. '
It was the Mountaineers' eighth
victory in nine games. Only a tie
with Lenoir Rhyne mars the
\ppalachian record for the sea
ion.
APPALACHIAN UfcEUP
Left end ? Halstead, Felton.
Left tackle ? B. Grissom, Tay
lor.
Left guard ? Alford, Penick.
Center ? Honeycutt, Mowman.
Righ guard ? Boyette, Long.
Right tackle ? Lyons, J. Gria
jom.
Right end ? Felton, Chskey.
Quarterback ? Mills, Freeman.
Left half ? Cross, Webb.
Right half? -Bryson, Ragan. ,
Fullback? Akin, Walter, Mur
lock.