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% 4 =*. Wl THE DEMOCRAT iJ your best and mast econo mical toedlum i it advertising With more Dun 2. BOO paid-up eaah subscriptions, your mes sa g\' torn to 13.000 people, on the universally used basis of live readen to each suba^'lber. VOL. LXII ? NO. 31 An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888 IMPORTANT! The date pa your labM allows the date your scrtptlon will exp. ; a, and tta data your paper wlU be stojinsd sooner renewed. Th# is operating strictly in advance BOONE. WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950 FiyE CENTS WATAUGA COUNTY, long noted for its outstanding contr? buttons to worthwhile enterpris es ... for its felicity in getting the purse strings open whenever the call of distress is heard J??1, "n though tedly, without question, forfeited its position of leadership, and taken its place down near the bottom! the list in its contributions to' the March of Dimes Fund . . . Jim Taylor, who has labored long and faithfully in an effort) to arouse public opinion in be-i half of the fight on polio, still; hopeful, has extended the cam-! paign period, so that the folks! may have another chance, or pri-] vilege, to give to the welfare of the boys and the girls who havei been stricken, and whose solel dependance for resoration lies in! the success of the March of! Dimes. ? ? 9 WE, PERHAPS, don't mHn to turn our backs on our child ren . . . thoM of them who would again like to roll hoop., play hop scotch and chasa the butterflies off tha reservation; ? * ? W i, no doubt, in a negative ?i way, are grateful that the National Foundation it re storing many of these wasted bodies, and spending untold millions in trying to place a scientific snatch on the xnyster ku* CTippler, so that your child and ours may never be stricken ... We know tha hope of tha country lies in the new generation, that our children are our most priceless posses sion . . . that there is no more agonising thought than that of wasted limbs, of blasted hopes, and of little youngsters doomed to lives of helplessness and of mtoarr . . . wis no doubt had intended to help them with our dimes and our dollars . . . We are essentially a charitable, -whole-souled, understanding bunch of folks ... of course we Ilka tha kiddies, and want to b*!p Jb??n. 'specially when the little fallows are cast behind tha eight-ball, and the going is tough . . . but the hack of it is our tendencies haven't mater ialised. generally speaking, in to action . . . The coin hasn't hit the till, and those of us who haven't aided substantially in this work, ought to be down right ashamed and do some thing about it today. ? e e frHE NATIONAL FOUNDA TION has poured far more money Into the coffers of the local chapter than the county has con tributed . . . The money we have given has been used for our own Children, and other funds contri buted by folks across the land, have been sent in to give furth er aid to our polio victims . , Some of our children are still in treatment centers, and the|r ex penses continue to mount, as medical genius strives to mend their bodies, and to return them to normal health .- . . We have never "given" anything . . . We have only made a payment on the services we have received . . . Another summer may see others of our children stricken . . .T he need may become greater . . Let's rally to the March of Dimes in these closing days, and see to it, that we do a reasonable share toward the restoration of the dis abled children . . .our own child ren, if you please. * v ? ? ? IN THE PAST FEW YEARS tha people of Watauga county have contributed untold thou sands of dollars to untold caus es and purposes, and we don't recall the time there has deve loped any considerable difficul ty in reaching a goal or a quota, ml the March of Dimes comes along . . . but more than once this cause has been received coldly . . . We don't know why . . . Anyway let's snap out of it, give immediate and adequate aid and comfort to thoee fallen by the way . . . thus contribut ing to one of the fundamental phases of an aggreeslve and productive Christianity. Dimes Square Dance Friday A mammoth sauare dance has been arranged as the Me ood social erent of the curranl drive to raise funds for the wax against polio, it was an nounced Monday by Jim Tay lor. chairman of the local cam areni will tike place in the Boone High School gym nasium Friday. February 10. at I p. m. Doc Watson and the .Wa tauga Wildcats hav* been se cured to provide the music for tbf dance, and Jerry Wilson will ha oa hand as tne caller of the numbers. Admission will be 75 cents par parson, and Mr. Taylor cordially invites everyone- to attend. "Strong legs dance thai weak oaea may walk." WEY GETS DOCTORATE? Herbert W. Wey. principal ot Appa lachian High School for the past eight years, receive' <he degree of Doctor of Education at mid-year commencement at Indiana University, Bloomington. Ind., February *T Mr. Wey's degree came at the completion, of research study sponsored by Appalach ian State Teachers College, and directed by Mr. Wey. The study consisted of analysis of difficulties of student teachers and first year teachers, with recommendations for improving teacher edu cation courses at Appalachian. A copy of the research study is now at the college library. Dr. Wey has written perhaps a doxen articles for national educational magazines. U a member of the State survey committee for school contraction, and a member of the Southern association evaluating committee for secondary * schools. Forest Shuford To Speak T o Loca 1 C.olC. State Commissioner of Labor To Tell of Wage and Hour Law fttesAay Noon. Mr. Forrest Shuford, State commissioner of labor, will be the principal speaker at the monthly meeting of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, which will be held at the Skyland Res taurant Tuesday noon, February The meeting will adjourn promptly at 1:15 and all members of the organisation and friends are asked to attend. Mr. Shuford will speak par ticularly of the Federal wages and hour law ffhd how it relates to the business in Boone. Dr. I. G. Greer, Watauga native, will be a special guest -and bring greet ings. Mr. Shuford was born in Cleve land county in 1897. He attended Cleveland county public schools, graduated from Piedmont High school at Lawndale. Attended 1 Berea College, Kentucky, North Carolina State College, and Duke" University. He was employed in North Carolina and Rhode Island textile mills 1921-24. Became principal of Ellenboro High school in 1924 and of Spindale school in 1925. Served as boy's commissioner of the City of High Point from 1926 to 1933. Served a chief inspector in the North Carolina Department of Labor from 1933 to 1938. Was appoint ed Commissioner of Labor by Governor Clyde R. Hoey in Sept ember 1938 to serve until gener al election in November that year. Elected Commissioner of Labor by the people on Novem ber 8, 1938. Re-elected in 1940, 1944, and 1948. He served in the Navy in World War I. Member of Ameri can Legion since its organiza tion; past commander of Andrew Jackson Post, High Point. Past president of the North Carolina Conference for Social Service and the International Association of governmental labor officials. Ap pointed by President Roosevelt In 1944 as advisor to governmen tal delegates to the Internation al Labor Organization Confer ence in Philadelphia. Appointed by President Truman in 1947 as advisor to governmental dele gates to International Labor Or-' ganization Conference in Geneva,! Switzerland. Ad Disposes of Farmer's Sheep Mr. H. M. Edmisten of Sugar Grove wanted to Mil some sheep, and inserted a want ad in the Democrat sometime ago. He dis posed of the flock quickly end had h(s first inquiries even be fore he received his copy of the county newspaper. Inquiries, about 29 of " them, came from a wide area, including some from points in southwest Virginia. More and more people are de pending on Democrat want ads to bring buyer and seller to gether quickly and economically. FORREST SHUFORD Drive-In Theatre Is Being Built Construction on a new drive in theatre started Tuesday on the property of Mrs. J?. D. Coun cill two miles from Boone on the old Blowing Rock highway. The ne^y enterprise is under the ownership and management of Messrs. A. E. Hamby, Jr* and John W. Hodges, Jr. The owners say the very lat est equipment is to be installed, including the Simplex X-L pro jector, one of the first such in stallations in the State. The theatre will have a 250 car capacity and is expected to be open by April 1. J. F. Johnson Dies In Davie County Mr. J. F. Johnson, one of Davie county's most prominent citizens, died in a Farmington hospital Saturday, following a long per iod of declining health. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday from the Farmington Methodist church, where deceas ed had been Sunday School Superintendent, and teacher of the men's Bible class, as well as chairman of the board of stew ards for 20 years. Burial was in the church cemetery. Among those from Boone at tending the rites were: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar May, Mr. and Mr*. Stewart Winkler, Mr. and Mrs. A J. Edmisten, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bingham, Mary Deane Bingham, Mrs. Lillian Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Miller, Miss SaUie Ray, D. L. Ray. J. D. Ray. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bertha Greene Johnson, formerly of Boone; one son, J. F. Johnson, Jr., at Appalachian College; one daughter, Mrs. Tom Winkler, Newport News, Va.;mpe brother, George M. Johnson, aeon, Ga.; three sisters, lira. J. W. Williams and Miss Vada Johnson at Farm ington, and Mrs. J. C. Galloway of Greenville. I*-- srnMsymm: *****. mm $2,000 GIVEN AS PROSPECTS IMPROVE FOR MARCH DINES Director Now Hopeful That Goal May Be Reached with Heartening Surge of Contri butions; March Dimes Ex tended as Plea for Aid Is Made. A healthy surge of contribu tions within the last few days has pushed the local polio con 'ributions from $800 to almost $2,000, giving Jim Taylor, cam oaign director, new hopes that the goal of $4,000 may yet be reached, provided the spirit which was evidenced last week -ontinues to be manifested. Scores of people, says Mr. Tay lor, who had already contributed, ~ame in with additional gifts 'but our greatest need now is for those people who have failed to make contributions, to act as ;oon as possible. It will be impos sible, for the lack of time and ack of workers to personally solicit everyone, nevertheless your immediate contributions are urged." The county organization has extended the March of Dimes hrough Tuesday, February 14. This was done- to coincide with the closing of the State drive. A ;inal report of the campaign will 5e published in the Democrat next week. Mr. Taylor wishes to thank the following Appalachian High School students for their self less service in making Tag Day last Saturday a success: Nancy Jane Norris, Mildred Jones, Bet ty Sue Norris, Barbara Farthing, Beth Eggers, Betty Ann Haga man, Corinna Shull, Janet Maine, *Tancy Dee Winkler, and Frances Jones. Gray Is Named Carolina Prexy Chapel Hill. ? Army Secretary Gordon Gray this week was un animously selected as president of the Greater University of North Carolina. Gray, 40-year-old millionaire Winston-Salem publisher, im mediately notified the university board of trustees that he was "deeply honored" by their action, and I am happy to accept." The new university president will step into the vacancy left last spring when Governor Scott appointed Frank Porter Graham, first president of the Greater University, to the U. S. Senate. The Greater University includes the University here, N. C. State College at Raleigh and Women's College at Greensboro. Gray, after being informed of his election by telephone, told the board he would be available to assume his new duties "no later than September 1, 1950, and as soon before that date as the requirements of the Department of Defense justify." Dr. Jennings Taken By Death Dr. Robert Douglas Jennings, 87, the second oldest practicing ientist in the State, died last Wednesday afternoon at the Ban ner Elk hospital, following a brief illness. A native of Catawba county, Dr. Jennings had been active m civic and community affairs at Banner Elk for 50 years, and for ?nerly operated the Klonteska Inn there. He was married to the former Miss Margaret Abernethy, who died in 1930. Funeral services were held Friday at 1 o'clock at the Banner Elk Presbyterian church and burial was in the church ceme tery. Surviving are two sons, F. Preston Jennings of Elizabeth ton, Tenn., and R. Edward Jen nings of Banner Elk; and one daughter, Mrs. Claud H. Helms of Morganton. 875 Seek Positions As Census Agents Harry B. Moore, District Sup ervisor of the Census for the 9th Congressional District, announ ces that 875 applications for Crew Leader and Enumerator have been received for the nine coun ties in this district, and that no further applications will be re ceived at this time. Within a few days all appli cant* will be notified to meet the supervisors for personal Interytew and tests whicn we required of all applicants. Mr. Heath Kluttx, the Assist ant District Supervisor, who has been in Washington two weeks taking training for Crew Lead er Instructor, returned to the Statesvillc office Monday. Secretary of State Acheaon at tacked in the Spanish preas. 4-H CLUB LEADERS? Clinl Reese and Janice Ray Swift, whcl were selected as the outstanding 4-H boy and girl of Watauga county, at the 4-H achievement day exercises held recently. They were presented trophies by the Boone Lions Clbb in recognition of their accomplishments. Mr. W. R. Cottrell represented the Lions Club and presented the awards. ? (See story page Ten) Dr. Michal Named by District Health Dept. New Public Health Officer Has Background of Wide , Experience. Dr. Mary B. H. Michal has been employed as health officer for the District Health Department, it was officially announced the first of the week. Dr. Michal comes well qualifi ed in that she has had seven years of public health service as health officer in the district health department comprising Haywood. Jackson, Macon ana Swain counties in Western North Carolina. Dr. Michal received her AB degree from the Univer sity of Maine and her MD and public health training from Yale University. Dr. Michal is the pre sent president of the Western North Carolina branch of the American Medical Womans' As sociation and is affiliated with the American Medical Associa tion, the North Carolina Medical Society, Haywood County Medi cal Society, the American Public Health Association, North Caro lina Public Health Association, and, the Western North Carolina Public Health Association. She is an active member of the Waynesville Business and Pro fessional Womans' Club and the Grace Episcopal Church of Waynesville. Dr. Michal's family will re main in Waynesville for the time being where her daughter, Mary Lenoir is a sophomore in high school. A son, Joseph Lewis Jr. is a freshman at North Caro lina State College, Raleigh and Mr. Michal is engaged in farm ing and cattle raising in Hay wood county. Clinics in the district health department will continue on pre sent schedule for the time being and Dr. Michal will be in Boone for the Monday morning clinic, in Sparta for the Tuesday morn ing clinic, and in Jefferson for the Wednesday morning clinic. A more complete schedule will be announced at a later date. College Concert Band To Present Program The ASTC concert band will present its first formal concert of the year on Tuesday evening, February 14, at eight o'clock, at the college auditorium. This will be the last concert until the one immediately preceding the an nual tour. The program include! several difficult numbers for concert band, including Morning Noon and Night by von Suppe and The Barber of Seville by Ros sini. The program is as follows: Concert March ? Hall of Fame, Olivadotl Overture ? Barber of Seville, Rossini. American Rhapsody ? Cabins, J. R. Gillette. Overture ? Morning Noon and Night, F. von Suppe. George Gershwin Selections ? Transcribed for band by David Bennett. Battle Hymn of the Republic ? Arranged for band by Peter J. Wilhousky. Bolero ? Ravel ? Arranged for band by M. Lake. . Stars and Stripes Forever ? John Phillip Sousa. The public is cordially invited to attend. County Veterans Get $109,638 Last Year Veterans of Watauga county received Federal payments of (109,834 during the fiscal year Ending June 30. 1949, it was re vealed by E. A. Russell, adjut ant for the Miller-Wagner Amer ican Legion Post at Deep Gap. Mr. Russell breaks down this total as follows: Pensions, com pensation, subsistence allowance $.99,850.00; Tuition for farm trainees $4,788; Institutional >4,800; Tools for trai inwa mv* una u DR MARY B. H. MICHAL Coy Greene New Police Chief Coy Greene is new chief of Police for the town of Boone, succeeding Verne Greene, who resigned the position as of the first of the month. With Mr. Greene's resignation the city added two additional oolice officers, Messrs Walter Johnson and Dallas Hartley, and 'or the first time in its history the city is to have full-time oolice protection. City officials, in providing 24-hour police ser vice, are meeting the growing demands of business men and others, who believe the benefits to be derived will outweight the additional cost to the depart ment. Miss Bettie Horton, Mr. Huskey in Recital The Music Department of Ap palachian State Teachers College will present Miss Bettie Ann Horton, soprano from Ellerbe, N. C., and Mr. Wofford Huskey, pi anist from Avondale, in a recital tonight (Thursday) at 8:00 o' clock, in the College Auditorium. Miss Horton is a student of Mrs. Elsie H. D. Erneston. She will be accompanied by Mr. Giles Salvo'. Mr. Huskey is a student of Mr. Bobby Wayne Cox. They will present the follow ing numbers: Du Willst die Stolze Spielen, W. de Fesch, Canzonetta con Var iozioqi) ? Miss Horton Sonata in E flat, op. 7, Bee thoven, Allegro molto e con brio ? Mr. Huskey. Pace, pace, mio Dio, Verdi, La Forza del Destino ? Miss Horton. Intermezzo, op. 117, No. 1, Brahms; Impromptu, Op. 29, Cho pin ? Mr. Huskey. Clair de Lune, Joseph Szulc, Op. 33 No. 1; Evening Song, Rob ert Schuman, Op. 51 No. 4; Al lelujah from the Motet, Mozart, "Exsultate, jubilate" ; Robin Song, Howard White ? Miss Horton. ON DEAJT8 LIST Miss Janirve Mart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mast, Rom inger, has been placed on the Dean's List at Mara Hill College for the first semester of the cur rent school year. To be eligible for a place on the Dean's List a student must have earned forty quality points, with no grade be low "C*. Miss Mast is a freshman at the college. New discoveries hint man liv ed in U. S. 40,000 years ago. Bloodshed Boxscore Killed Jan. n thru Jan. M? I Injured Jan. *7 thru Jam. ..111 Kilted that Jan. SO this rw. . M Killed thru Jan. M. IMS 17 Injured thru Jan. M this year Mt Injured thru Jan. M. 1MI (SO HEW SCHOOL TO BE BUILT FOR GREEN VALLEY FOR $135,000.00 F"irst Project Under State School Building Program Gets Approval of County School feoa?d; Fireproof Structure To Have Twelve Classrooms. The Board of Education Mon day approved the building of a 12 classroom school building for the Green Valley district in Meat Camp township, as the first pro ject to be constructed from the county's share of the State school building funds. The building, which will be of masonry construction, and fire proof, will, in addition to the twelve classrooms, contain lunch room facilities, kitchen and the necessary offices, etc., and it is stated that an architect has been engaged for the completion of the plans for the building, which is expected to cost in the neigh borhood of $135,000. Construction will begin whan the action of the local board is approved by the Raleigh offici als, and when bids can be receiv ed and contracts executed. Mr. W. H. Walker, county superintendent, states that the second building project will be a consolidated school somewhere in the Deep Gap district Some of the members of the board of edu cation have visited possible sitaa in the district, but no action haa been taken, pending complete investigation of the possibilities by the full board membership. Merchants To Fete Employees Boone retailers will be host* to their employees at the annual merchants association banquet at the Baptist Church at 7 o'clock, Tuesday evening, February 14. Dr. and Mrs. I. G. Greer will be on the program, and other in teresting events, including spec ial music, are being arranged by the po gram committee, headed by Russell D. Hodges. Every members of the Association Is asked to ascertain as early as possible how many of their em ployees, their wives, and sweet hearts can attend. Membership Triples At a meeting of the board of directors of the Merchants As sociation it was reported that the membership in the organization is about three times what it was six months ago. Invitations have been extended to all merchants in the town and county to parti cipate in the activities. Special sales events for the last week in March were approved. Guy Hunt, W. W. Chester and Fred Church were named as a committee to sponsor this activi ty. Two other important items ap proved by the board to be work ed out is a school of salesman ship, when in cooperation with the State Merchants Association, a man will come to Boone to conduct a series of discussion on, "What is Expected of a Sales |man or an Office Employee." Al jso a courtesy campaign was de cided upon, and a committee was appointed to work out the de tails. Each month in the year some person will be selected as the salesman of the month, par ticularly as it relates to courtesy. Mr. Hoyt Wood To Speak to Rot&rian* Mr. Hoyt Wood of West Jeffer son will speak to the Boone Ro tary Club Thursday night, 6:30 p. m. Mr. Wood Is a special friend of Rev. Sam Moss, District Commissioner of the Boy Scouts, who will also be a guest of the Rotary. Club and will introduce Mr. Wood. This is Boy Scout Week and the subject of Mr. Wood's ad dress will be, "The Youth in the Community and Our Obligation to Them." Members of the Watauga Dis trict of the Boy Scouts are invit ed to attend the meeting in addi tion to the Rotarians. Mrs. Ethel Davis I* Taken by Death Mr*. Ethel Virginia Davis, 56. mother of Mrs. Agnes Shipley of Vilas, N. C., died Friday after noon at the home in Harrison burg. Vat. Mrs. Davis had been in failing health for several years. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 from the Harris onburg Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. H. C BLackwell, in charge of the rites. Burial was in the family lot. Woodbine cem etery. Immediate survivors are four daughters: Mrs. Agnes Shipley. Vilas, N. C.; Mrs. Naomi Filler and Mrs. Clara Weakley, of Har risonburg and Mrs. Vallie Lee Myera, Edom. ^ Estimates of road needs in Um years Mtal 941.000, 000, 00&
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