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VOL. LXI, NO. 36.
An Independent Weekly
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH
KING ^STREET
BY ,
* ROB RIVERS
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MARCH COMBS IN "like a
lion" as mercury drops down
near the zero mark, and folks
along the street vow they're
freezing to death . . . "winter's
coming," they say as they brace
themselves against the blast,
recall that "after all, the big
snows always desend during the
month of March" . . . Pedes
trains walk around big smear of
ketchup, where the bottle had
slipped from the grocery bag and
smashed on the pavement ...
man carrying paper bag, which
had definitely sprung a leak . . .
stopped with him to" inquire
whether it was gin or white
lightning . . . 'twas neither . . .
the gold fish bowl was overflow
ing . . . old-fashioned mother
giving the baby his dinner in the
old-fashioned way . . . flocks of
robins wing around uncertainly,
perhaps undecided as to whether
to take another trip south . . .
and the music around the post
office as several cartons of baby
chicks, sent via parcel poet, go to
chirping at the same time.
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' A LOT OF ARGUMENTS
take place about th? town,
particularly una folks gather
near the radiators or heating .
stores, to wbBe away the chil
ly hours . . . politics. ptahflM
tion. a srr altering of Am.
all come in tor the trb-THsW>l
round-table treatment . . . but
the other day we heard a
group of the men folks get
right down to some serious de
bate on the question of whether
or not woman are the intellec
tual superiors of their whisker
sprouting sparring partners . . .
We listened to the argument
with increasing interest, and
whan it waxed fairly warns, we
were in riled to speak our
piece . . . and we want to bat
for the fairer sex with all wa
had . . . Our audience was da
ddaly hostile . . . w? ware in
about as bad shipe as wa ware
the other day. defending the
Truman administration against
about a half dosao of these
who trekked aloag with Tom
my last Horember ... we had
the record, but they had the
racket.
WE POINTED OUT THAT the
women are, perhaps, not ail just
perfect, but that they are so
close to the mark, there is little
fWB in it . . . That we love all of
them . . . couldn't do without 'em
ajgell . . . that they are decidely
smarter than we, own more than
hitff of the wealth of the land,
run the homes, rear the child
ren, have qnost of the religion,
spearhead all worthwhile enter
. and are far more at
tentive to business detail than
men . . . We were downright
proud of our efforts, but we had
the wrong congregation . . . our
pearls of widsom were unap
preciated . . . our discourse was
emphasized forcefully and fre
quently, but it just wouldn't jell
. . . 'twas like making one of our
choice closed-door Democratic
speeches in a Vermont town
meeting . . . the crowd was
"agin" us . . . overwhelmingly so.
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ONE YOUNG FELLOW, who
. hadn't traveled along the road
quit* as loner as we. and whose
tender skin still smarted whan
ha was restrained by the nup
tial kaat took the floor . . .
Tap. women unnsd mora than
half the wealh . . . they in
herited it from the men . . .
they haven't contributed much
it the progress of the land . . .
men invented all the gadgets
. . . women aren't even smart
. . . they're cagey, said the
speaker . . . have a sort ot cun
ning like a fox . . . and. said
ha ... a fox is a mightly smart
animal . . . they have uses mo
dawbt or they wouldn't he here
. . . "but the country wouldn't
have grown great had there
keen only foxes". , . . The Ma
had been giving the women
folks some trouble 'round the
houap as itsiilit . . . they had
been $m mm *ed in their a t
i outto'ibe fatal poisl ... it had
RETAIL SALES are off some
about the country, and local re
tailers are discussing with in
creased frequency the propects
for the future . . . Some of them
say business is off . . . while
several tell us it's going good,
and better than last year (Com
mercial note: they advertise pret
ty consistently) ... at any rate
the buyer is again the boss . . .
One merchant told us the other
OH natfp 4)
V W1W1T-A M **9* If
MINDSZENTY PROTESTS PILE UP
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Thousand* of Utltn protesting Cardinal Mindssenly's treason trial
pile up daily at the state department's public views and inquiries
branch. Shown hare surveying a pile oi Utters to be acknowledged
are Mrs. Meadie Osborne ol the department's office of public af
fairs and Leonard R. Cowles. chief of the public views and in
quiries branch.
N.C. Little Symphony
T o Appear in Concert
Tyrone in the Tyrol
Unscathed ifln automobile
collided with an Italian truck,
Tyrone Powar and his brida. tha
former Linda Christian, ara shown
upon ihair arrival Ip Kitxbuhel
to spand part of thair honeymoon.
The accident occurred on a high
way in tha Austrian Tyrol.
Whisker League
Being Organized
In line with the centennial
celebration planned for . late
June, a Whisker League is being
organized here, and business
men and others are expected
soon to take on the look so pre
valent among the forty-niners.
Jerry Coe and Greer Hodges
are starting the campaign against
the use of the razor and member
ship cards are being prepared.
Members will be asked to desig
nate on the card whether they
plan to cultivate a mustache,
full beard, goo tee or side burnt,
and it is planned to give prizes
for the finest set of whiskers in
each classification at the end of
the whisker-growing contest on!
July 4.
Barber permits will be issued
in a pinch, and when a member,
insists on dragging out the razor,,
he will be penalized in the
amount of one dollar. Some of
those interested in the scheme
have already taken on a healthy
'acial stubble.
Frigid Wave Conies
To Mountain Region
King Winter played a return
visit to the hill country the first
Df the week and Tuesday morn
ing mercury dropped to about
ux above zero, as winds of gala
proportions swept in, and bright
sunshine failed to bring relief
from the cold.
This is the third cold spell of
the winter. One came near the
end of December, one about the
20th of January, and the rest of
the time warm, springlike tem
peratures have prevailed. Early
budding fruit trees are damaged
no doubt, but it is held unlikely
that apples had advanced to the
point of damage.
Chamber Commerce
To Meet on Thursday
The Chamber of Commerce
will meet Thursday evening at
the Skyline Restaurant at 7 o'
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Local Music Lovers To Have
Treat in Local Appearance
of Noted Musicians; Enter
tainment Is Part of Appala
chian College Lyceum
Series.
Under the direction of Dr. Ben
jamin Swalin, the Little Symph
ony of the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra will appear in
Boone on March 11 to present a
concert in the Appalachian State
Teachers College auditorium at
eight o'clock In the evening.
The concert will feature Caro
line Taylor, talented young pia
nist of Wadesboro. as guest so
loist. Dr. Swalin has chosen a
varied program for the audience
of Boone.
The Little Symphony is made
up of 22 musicians and will ap
pear in 35 communities in North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Geor
gia this season. According "to
Albin Pikutis, tour manager, this
is the longest and most extensive
tour season ever undertaken by
the Little Symphony.
The Little Symphony, as well
[as the full North Carolina Sym
phony, is financed by membership
j subscriptions t hroughout the
State and . by an appropriation
'made by the State Legislature.
The Boone concert is under the
auspices of the lyceum series at
.Appalachian State, and is being
! offered to the townsfolk of Boone
and the people of the surround
ing area, as well as to the col
|Uge community.
Scientist To Tell
Oi Atom Bomb
Dr. Luther Gable, internation
ally known atomic scientiest and
American Military Engineer, will
appear in the Appalachian State
Teachers college auditorium at
8 p. m., Friday, March 4. Dr.
Gable, who appears under the
college lyceum series sponsorship,
will speak on 'Taking Atom
Bombs for Peace."
Dr. Gable is presently an in
structor at the American Televi
sion Laboratories and a member
of the Society of American En
gineers. the American Society for
the Advancement of Science, the
Central Society of Science and
Mathematics, and the Adventur
ers Club. He was formerly head
of the department of radiology
and biology at Detroit Institute
o & Technology.
Dr. Gable spent three and one
half years in the Signal Corps of
World War II. He is a radium-ur
anium physicist (Ph.D.), haying
opened up uranium mines in Col
orado, the Artie region, and only
recently In the Mojave Desert in
California. He is the lone sur
vivor of the first six chemical
engineers to refine radium com
mercially in America. He Will
use the mysterious black-light in
his lecture-demonstration.
The public is invited to attend
the lecture, without charge.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
Applicants for employment as
substitute cleric at the poatoffice
at Todd, N. C., are required to
report to the local secretary,
Board of Civil Service Exmain
ers. postofflce building, Lenoir,
on March 10 at 8:30 a. m.
RED CROSS TO
ASK $1,271. II
ANNUAL LOCAL
FISCAL EFFORT
Activities of Red Cross Ex
plained as Plkns Are Made
To Make Canvass for
Funds; Program Expands;
62% of Funds Go to National
Headquarters.
On March 2, the Watauga
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross through its corps of
volunteer workers began the task
of raising its quota of $1,271.00 to
carry on its .work for the coming
year. Only once a year does the
Red Cross go to the people. Ev
ery day of the year people go to
the Red Cross. Its ability to help
the family across the street or
across the nation or across the
sea is founded in the broad net
work of more than 3,000 chapters
which reaches into every com
munity in this country and of its
foreign stations throughout the
woria.
Because of this far-flung net
work organization the Red Cross
is able, at a moment's notice to
go into action when disaster!
strikes. When floods come, when!
fires rage, when tornadoes or cy
clones strike or any catastrophe
happens which leave people help
less and suffering the Red Cross
is there with the resources withj
which to give help and hope. |
The Red Cross is under charter,
obligation to the government to
render service to families of men
in the Armed Forces of the Unit
ed States, and to veterans. Last
year the Red Cross Home Serv
ice of the nation gave assistance
to a total of 2,741,547 cases under
this obligation.
The Red Cross trains Nurses
(Continued on page 8)
Local Student on
Deans List Okla. U.
Gilbert J. Ward, Oklahoma A.
& M. College student who
graduated from Cove Creek High
School was included on the first
semester Deans list of distin
guished students in the School of
Agriculture.
To be eligible for inclusion on
the Dean's list, students must
have passed in all subjects, ag
gregating not less . than 15
semester hours with an average
of "B" or higher and not having
received any grade -below "C".
Six Local Students
Enrolled at State
The winter term enrollment in
the School of Engineering at N.
C. State College includes six
students from Watauga county, a
survey of the institution's regi
stration figures indicated today.
Dean J. H. Lampe announced
that the School of Engineering
now has a total enrollment of
2,609 students, including 1,823
veterans of World War n.
The following students from
Watauga county are enrolled In
the school: Homer M. Barnes,
Adams; George M. Hanna,
Blowing Rock; Samuel F. Hor
ton. Sutpr Grove; James C. Mc
Connell, Boone; Earl B. Payne,
Boone, William G. WlAkler,
Boone. . ,
George W. Winkler
Is Taken by Death
George Washington Winkler,
74, resident of Zionville, R. F. D.,
died February 4 and funeral ser
vices were conducted from the
home February 8 by Rev. W. C.
Payne and Rev. John Hagaman.
The body was interred in the
John Brown cemetery in Meat
Camp township.
The wido*, the former Miss
Rhoda Jones, and one son, Grady
Winkler, survive. There are five
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Amos W. Phillips
Dies on Wednesday
Amos Ward Phillips, 75. resi
dent of Sugar Grove, died at the
Watauga Hospital February A
Funeral Mrihw were tewduc
ted at 2 o'clock on February 24,
at the Willow Valley Baptist
church. Rev. W. D. Ashley and
Rev. Mr. Vance were in charge
of the rites and interment was
in the Philips cemetery.
Jtr. Phillips, who was unmar
ried, is survived by two broth
ers: George Phillips, Lenoir, and
Oscar Phillips of Lenoir. There
is one sister, Mrs Clarice Swift,
Sugar Grove.
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WASHINGTON POW WOW
DtmhJ in full tribal regalia. Chief Jim James (toff), 71, of the
San peril tribe mad Chief Paiar Dan Mow. M. of tha Mom Colum
I bla triba. testified before a house public lands sub -committee on
Indian affairs on a bill which would restore to tribal nwn? sltlji
certain lands upon the Colville (Wash.) Indian reservation. In
terpreting for them is Joe Monaghan of tha Colrille ieiirilllo?
Officers Are Elected
ForCentennial Event
RECEIVES WINGS
LL Roy Edward Fox. 1011 of Mr.;
and Mrs. PUmor* Franklin Fox
3f Boon*, was graduated and r?
reired his wings as a jet pilot in
the U. S. Air Fore* recently at
Williams Field. Aril. Lieutenant
Fox took his basic training at
Goodfellow Field. San Angelo,
Texas, and has been at Williams
! field since September. He will
De stationed at Shaw Field near
Sumter. S. C.. after a short leaTe.
A Nary veteran of World War
II and a former student at the
Cannon Flying school in Char
lotte. Lieutenant Fox is engaged
to Miss Myrtle Grey Thompson
of Charlotte and Selma
Pool Room Law
Change Sought
Legislation has been introduc
ed in the State Senate to amend
a former act of the Legislature so
as to legalize the operation of
pool tables in Watauga county.
An act passed in 1021 outlaw
ed slot machines, vending de
vices and similar machines in
Watauga, at the same time for
bidding the operation of pool
tables.
The new act, which was in
troduced "by request" by Sena
tor H. B. Perry would amend the
former act so as to permit pool
in the county. Pool tables, at
present, have to be operated as a
"club", and if the new bill
passes the game will be open to
the general public without the
requirement for club membership
-if gay kind.
Affeft has been considerable
demand for a modofication of the
lav Jt? recent year*, in line with
the movement to provide more
recreational opportunity for the
people of the town. The bill was
referred to the cotnmitUe on
propositions and grievances.
COW IN KITCHUI
Bristol, England. ? You've heard
of it's raining cats and dogs.
Well, it rained a cow in John
Tout's home recently ? right
through his kitchen ceiling. Tht
cottage is built into a hillside
and one of the earn touches tha
ground on the slope side. A con
clomped her way through Tout'i
cabbage patch, stepped on the
Iroof and tell through. .
Charter Issued for Celebration
of County as Officers Are
of Hundredth Anniversary
Elected; All Organisations
Asked To Participate.
Charter for the Watauga C*tk- ,
tennial. Incorporated, has ban'
granted and plans are getting un
derway for the celebration. At
a meeting of the present direc
tors Stanley A. Harris, Sherwood,
was elected president; Perry
Greene, vice president. Boom;
Howard Holshouser, secretary.
Blowing Rock; and James Far
thing , Boone, treasurer Other
directors are G rover Bobbins and
Clarence Berryman at Blowing
Rock; R. D. Hodges, Jr., H. W.
Wilcox. R. E. Agle and Olan
Goodnight of Boone.
It was decided to organize a
citizen's committee representa
tive of all" the organizations in
Watauga county and of every sec
tion of the county, civic and bus
iness organizations, community
clubs, Parent-Teachers Associa
tion, churches, and other organi
zations in the county are asked
to endorse the centennial pro
gram and appoint official repre
sentatives to serve on this citi
zens committee. Mr. Clyde Greene
and Dr. B. B. Dougherty were
asked to serve as co-chairmen and
o assist in promoting the com
mittee and the centennial.
It was decided to elect a queen
of the festival, so young ladies
desiring to be queen should set
their caps and get their organi
zations to sponsor them.
It was also decided to elect the
Watauga pioneer, not necessarily
the oldest man in the county, but
the man who most nearly repre
sents the spirit of the pioneers.
The offices and "executive com
mittee of the Watauga Centen
nial, Inc., plead for the fullest
cooperation of every citizen of
Watauga county.
Local Man Aboard
111 -Fated Veuel
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Greene
of Boone have received news
that the naval vessel upon which
their son James is stationed was
involved in a serious accident at
sea during recent manuevers off
the west coast.
It was learned that the des
troyer Taussig rammed a des
troyer cecort at night ''iHrt
blackout operations and that a
hole approximately thirty feet by
sight was torn in the escort ves
sel and considerable damage
done to the bow of the Taussig.
Both ships reached San Francis
co safely under their own power
but at alow speed and under the
escort of supporting vessels.
Mrs. Greene had previously
heard of the accident over the
radio but since the names of the
vessels were not mentioned aha
had no knowledge that her MB
was in the collision until later.
It is understood that there was
no loss of life.
Young Greene is s signalman
OM 2 class and has been in the
Navy tor several yean. Ha ex
pects to return to Boon* the ImI
of March when his ?ilWlmsat
will be up. \
Sale of Wine and Beer Disap
proved by OvwwtMhdai
Majority Tuesday; Lead
Will Increase wth Final
Returns.
Watauga county voters turned
thumbs down on the legal safe
of wine and beer in the special
election held Tuesday, and in
complete unofficial returns indi
cate the most overwhelming pro
hibition victory in the history of
the county r the drys rUmtnttitg
near a nine to one victory in the
balloting.
Returns from all the more pop
ulous precincts in the county in
dicate that 2922 votes were cast
against the sale of beer and 342
for, while. 3164 protested the sa|e
of wine and 332 voted for it. Re
turns from the other precincts,
which could not be reached last
night, will -but add to the im
pressive Lead Of the drys. Com
plete official returns will be pub
lished in the next edition of the
Democrat.
The unofficial returns now
available, are as follows:
Boone ? for beer 131, for wine
122; against beer 419, against
wine 429.
Cove Creek ? for beer 8, for
wine 8; against beer 704. against
wine 704.
Laurel Creek ? for beer 2, tot
wine 2; against beer 229, against
wine 229.
Beaver Dam ? for beer 9, Cor
wine 9: against beer 385. against
wine 383. 1
Watauga ? for beer 16, lor
18; against beer 329, agabiat wine
IV
Blowing Rock. ? for beer 78,
wine 77; against beer 130, ag?*?*
wine 132.
Meat Camp no. 1 ? for beer 13,
for wine 13; against beer 388,
against wine 359.
Brushy Fork ? for beer 16, for
v.ine 16; -agtinst beer 304. agairiet
wine 304.
Stony jFbrk ? for beer Zfi Jjpt'
wine 27; ifcainst beer 389, i
wine 332.
New River ? for beer 41,
wine 42; against beer 407,
wine 407.
Totals ? for beer 342,
332; against beer 2922
wine 3164
Motor Inspection .
Law Is Killed
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Raleigh. ? The North Carolina
Legislature 'killed the state's mo
tor vehicle inspection program
Friday.
The House concurred in nynor
Senate amendments to the re
pealing act. And that was the
end of the inspection program
Meanwhile, the director of the
inspections divisions ? Arthur
Moore ? said inspection of motor
vehicles would r be halted at the
end of the following day's work
Moore added that the telegrams
also notified supervisors to dis
miss all temporary worker* im
mediately. He pointed out that
permanent workers will be re
tained on North Carolina's pay
roll until the end of March.
Along other lines, the Senate
passed a bill to increase mem
bership of the State rurttaf
Commission from fiVe to (kW
members. At least three of the
members would represent the
public. : . V
Senator Henry McKinnon in
troduced a bill in the Senate to
provide that unclaimed huwls
held by insurance companies be
paid to the University qf North
Carolina. # -*>*? %
The Upper Chamber akto pass
ed and enacted into l?w a rotas
ure to allow cities counpes
to purchase or lease voting ma
chines for use in elections.
World Day Prayer
To Be Observed Here
I The annual W?V Hiw
I Prayer will be obWMl at" the
Methodist Church Friday. tfctch
*. it 7:30 p. m. AH the church**
of the town will tab* pact NNhe
meetings, which are worid-wUe
in scoope.
The World Day o i Pr0m
went to seventy tour uaiUuaylB
1MB, and the oOarta* in the
(Jnitad State* alone have amcum
ious churches wOl
the local program,
ing will be taken.