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CAROLINA, THURSDAY,
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ShngstbeeiS
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iROB RIVERS
LEWIS HODGES, of the city
police fore* call* attention to the
tact that last Saturday appeared
to be a kind of trad letter day for
sobriety in the city, liner ?jot
one person was arrested during
the day or night . . . Officer Hod
ge* itates that on the previous
Saturday six were arrested
(about the average) for public
drunkenness . . . Fred Oragg,
Clerk of the Superior Court,
states that no cases are on the
docket for larceny at the coming
term of Suprior Court and adds
that seldom are Wataugans up
before the high tribunal for
stealing ... We mountain folks,
it would appear, trifle about a
bit with the moonshine, some
times set down an uncertain
foot on the gas, fight a bit in a
pinch, but the record shows
that, generally speaking, we
don't think it fittin' to be takin'
other folks' stuff . . . Another
little pastime, which used to be
engaged in to some extent has
been abandoned, it seems, by
popular consent . . . the practice
of laying a row of nails in the
road to see the tires go down . . .
Once upon a time we caught 13
of these flat headed nails, on a
bridge 'tween Boone and Blow
ing Rotk.
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BUILDING BOOM CON
TINUES In this community
and on twry hand cm mm
naw buildingi. extensive re
modeling pobs. paint lobs. or
excavations being mada ready
for the pouring of looting* . . .
continue! to grow, to
and to proapat in an
expanded measure day by day.
and builder* have their hand*
full in mMiing the require
ment* of the people tor im
proved biiriiwa* ltructure*.
new homaa. apartment build
ing*. garage* aad what not . . .
Indication* are that the de
mand tor naw structures win
folk* try to gat delayed con
struction started ahead of rigid
war control* which may ha
expected at the latest, soon
after the election.
INCESSANT RAINS of the
summer grow big - cabbages in
this land where a big part of
the cole slaw and sauer kraut
and boiled cabbage originates,
and workers up at the North
State Canpery say that the heads
have grown to unusual size this
year, some weighing 15 to 20
pounds each . . . Produce dealers
say that the record yield of cab
bage has brought the price down
and that the demand hasn't been
at all brisk . . . Some improve
ment, however was noted the
first of the week . . . Farmers,
likewise, receiving less this year
for their string beans, which
were grown in abundance
throughout the area . . . Merch
ants display their new felt hats
as the straws find their way in
to the garbage cans, or into the
clothes closets for an eight
months stay.
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MRS. M. B. BLACKBURN,
on* of lb* Iowa's most vener
able ladies, who at ninety
greets her Mends and fully en
Joys about every minute of
every day, tells us about a trip
she and the late Mrs. R. C.
Rivers. Sr. made to a district
Sunday School meeting in
Asheville some tarty-odd years
ago . . . Mrs. Blackburn says
the trip was made by surry
and train . . . That is they wont
to Lenoir by a horse drawn rig.
took the train lor Hickory,
changed there, and went on to
AshevUle perhaps the next
day ... It is recalled that
George Vanderbilt's
had Just been built a lew |
earlier, and Mrs.
tells of having seen the elaboc
York capitalist erected near
Asheville. and of the talk ?o
I its magni
"Ma" as she is at-'
Boom's first dtiaans aaa norm
easy conversation and ready |
wit. make pleasant the visits
of her many friends.
COLLEGE LADS tfiline of
their work down at Appalachian,
? bring down wilh little side
lights at the daily grind in the
State institution of higher tam
ing. and speculating on the pos
sible date they wilt.be called to
do a trick in tar off Konk^H
And moat of the lads with whom
ive confer seem downright non
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SOILED VISTA ... To com*. tho UN mui bop* of world mm*.
To thoao ttooo man. washing window* on tho now wcrotuUt build
lna In Wow York. U mooat ? wfdo expanse of dirty glou.
New School in T?w?
Nineteen officer* and commit
tee chairmen comprising the ex
ecutive board of the Boone Par
ent-Teacher Club met last Thurs
day night at the high school to
formulate plans for the year's
work and chose as the program
theme: "What U the Parents'
Place in Our School?"
The question of "when will the
elementary school be built" took
priority over all other discussion
at the board meeting and the
group was gratified to learn that
Or. B. B. Dougherty, president of
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege. has agreed to meet with the
Parent-Teacher Club in the very
near future to discuss this topic.
In order to have a concise report
on the 1 condition of the elemen
tary ech<M now In use. tfce board
instructed the appointment of a
Citizens' Committee to inspect
the school and make the report
at the next meeting of the ex
ecutive board; the committee is
made up of Mr. Perry Greene,
chairman; Mrs. B. W. Stalling*
and Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr.
Mrs. R. C. Rivers, treasurer,
announced that a, nuhiber of par
ents have sent in their names to
add to the growing list of new
members; it should be pointed
out, however, that anyone inter
ested in the school, whether he
is a parent or not, is eligible for
membership in this organization.
Membership fee is -one dollar per
person. -
Monday, September 25, will,
mark the first meeting of the
club; it will follow the annual
covered-dish supper that will b?
held this year in the high school
gymnasium under the direction
of Mr. Paul A. Coffey who will
has as co-workers Mesdames
Gordon H. Winkler, Wiley Smith,
J. C. Cline, Dempsey Wilcox,
Roy Keplar, Dean Cook and A1
Mack.
R. E. Aglc, club president, an
nounced the following panel of
comittee appointments, the tint
name in each group will serve
as chairrhan:
World Citizenship: Mr. Fred
Mollis, Mr. J. W. Norris, Mia. E.
(Continued on page six.)
County Singing
Set for October 1 1
The Watauga county singing
convention, whJch is eagerly
looked forward to by the people
of Watatiga and adjoining coun
ties. will be held at the Gospel
Tabernacle Sunday October 1,
starting at 10:30 a. m.jr
The announcement is made by
Mr. S. C. Eggors, chairman of
the singing, who states that
church groups of every denomi
nation, and vocaliat* . from
throughout the area are invited
to participate.
Science Teacher* Ofl
State to Organize
I Mr. F. K. Derrick, president
of the scimea division of the
North Carolina Education As
signation Mat Saturday in Bur
lington with a group of
teacher*, to draft a constitution j
for a propoted science teachers*
association. Whan tfcn organ iza
tion is formed, it will likely bc
witfc the
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Cuaki Return To
Boone From Europe
Mr. and Mrr. Ren* to Casale,
of the faculty of Appalachian
State Teachers College, have re
turned to the campy* after a
summer in Europe. After Wait
ing relatives in Rome and Milan
and touring Italy, Mr. Casale
matriculated at the University
of MadHd and Mrs. Casale join
ed a French Study Tow, con
ducted by the University of
Washington. At tbe end of the
summer Mrs. Casale also visited
England.
While in Purls Mrs. Casale
spent some time with a former
student, Rebekah Rivers. Miss
Rivers, who 'was a Frerich-Etig
lish major at Appalachian, now
has a secretarial position with
the American Embassy in Parts.
Models Chosen
For Style Show
Additional models for the fash
ion show to be held Thursday
evening September 14, at 8:45 at
the Appalachian Theatre, have
been chosen, it is announced by
the Woman's Club, co-sponsor of
the event, in which the theatre
management and the merchants'
are participating.
Additional models chosen are:
For the Children's Shop: Lin
da Mast, Kathryn Kelley, Janie
Price,' Rachel Rivers, Barbara
Matheson, Jane Hodges, Donna
Perry, Jennie Lou ZenfeU.
Other models are: Mrs. Honda
Hardin, Billy Jean Storle, Sally
Brendall, Peggy Greer, Cynthia
Stiles, Sally Croweil, Maxine
Sink, Patsy Swift
Doughton Says
He Won't Quit
Winston-Salem ? Rep. Robert
L. Doughton emphatically denied
tonight that he U planning to re
tire from Congress before the
Nov. 7 general election.
Reports Were current in Ral
eigh over the week-end that the
veteran repreaentative would
atep down from hi* Ninth Dis
trict port in favor of a choice of
the district Democratic Execu
tive Committee.
From hi* home in Wartiington,
D. C.. Doughton, now M, told F.
O.Carver Jr., new* director of
Radio Station W8JS by tele
phone, "I have no plana to tit
tire from Congreas until Decem
ber, 1932. at least. That would
be at the close of the term tat
which I am the Democratic
nominee In the election this Nov
ember."
The veteran Laurel Springs
legislator, who haa been In Con
gress since 1911, denied that his
son, Horton Doughton of SUtc*
ville, is* trying to persuade him
to retire in' favor of John It Mc
Laughlin, Stutesville attorney
and former aoUcttor.
Mr. Doughton said that wh4R
he does retire, ha will not retire
in favor o i any candidate* He
said he would be neutral in n
gard to chooftinf hit tutetttof.
He labeled report, that he
plans to retire before the end of
the next
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DR. /GREENE IS
MAD! SPEAKER
AT MEETING OF
HEALTH GROUP
|1PW7 _ " ^
Durham Man Talk* if Hope*
For Health; Vastly Expand
td Medical Service in Next
Fifty Tears Predicted.
The Watauga county health j
council held lta tall meeting in j
the courthouse last Wednesday,
transacted routine business, heard
reports, and listened to an ad
dress on "Half Century Hopes for
Health," delivered by Dr. C.
Sylvester Green of Durham.
Clyde R. Green presided at the
meeting, and Miss Madeline Mc
Cain reported on the executive
committee meetings of the coun
cil The possibility of a picnic or
dinner for the December gather
ing was favorably discussed, the
details to be worked out later.
Miss McCain reviewed the org
anization of the local health
council, pointing out that most
such organisations are founded
by civic, rather than by com
munity representatives, as is the
case here.
In concluding the report. Mm
McCain urged the council mem
bers to solicit more local partici
pation in the movement to im
prove the general health of
the people o ( every community.
Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr., introduc
ed the speaker, Dr. C. Sylvester
Green as the former pastor of
Watt Street Baptist Church in
Durham, and Grove Park Avenue
Church in Richmond; past presi
dent of Cokcr College; advisor
of religious activities at Dufce
University; for six years editor
of a Durham daily paper; mem
ber of the State Board of Con
servation and Development; and
at the present time is the Ex
ecutive Vice-President of the
North Carolina Medical Founda
tion, Inc., with offices at Chapel
Hill.
Or. Cfretti spoke -on "Half CW?
turjr Hopes for Health,' 'basing
his prediction "on careful analy
sis by competent researchers who
are convinced that the progress
of the first half of this century
is a justification for such a prom
ise.',' ,1. am confident, he said,
"that there will be in the next
half century a vastly expanded
medical research. Mutfh of this
medical research will be in the
field of living cells. Much re
search wilt be in how to keep
the body well rather than to cor
rect conditions that have already
become bad."
"We are going to have a great
deal more medical care than we
have ever known in these days
that have gone before: more hos
pitals, more places to which our
sick may be taken, more clinics,
mors places where they can go
for advice, more attention to
those things which the people
themselves need to keep them
selves well. We need and must
have for North Carolina more
medical personnel."
"There will be more health in
surance. The people are demand
ing, as their right the ability to
pay for the medical care which
they will be given or which will
be available to them, and the
only way to do that is through
health insurant*." Dr. Green ex
pressed a "conviction that this
health insurance will come vol
untarily and it need not come
through Federal Aid. This is the
answer that will make it possible
for people to pay for medical
care that they ? need for them
selves and for their families, a
magnificent hope for the last
half of the twentieth century."
"There will be greuU . caution
in the handling and presentation
(continued on page six)
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Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses have been
issued by Miss Helen Under
doton. register of deeds, to the
following couples:
Eugene a Blackburn of Boone
and Margaret t- Horrigan, Roy
R?y Jones Route 2 Boone and
Kathleen M! Greene of Slony
fork, Robert Clayton Woolwine
of Abingdon, Va. and Mary BU
zabeth Ferguson of Bristol,
Tcnn.
DIGS "BAKED" SPUDS
spring* ater, gti J ? S(M?tng
a spot tat Ms potato pat<
vines had Withered over
Joseph Nichol, Livingston
potato grower. found that
liOhtning had struck and cooteu
?puds in the ground "soft
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TAXI 18 HOME ron FAMILY OF 8EVEKY. . Banjamln Fox. M* wif# aad fin of thalr isran
childran occupy Boajamla'r cab. which hat bao-i lhair homa siaca thay won burnod out of thalr
dwolliag in Maw York mora than a mopih ago. Tha bart that housing authority could ofiar was
an aparlmanl for MO a month, which Fox tar* ha can't afford.
136 To Face Trial As
Fall T erm Court Starts
Blue Ridge Agricultural Fair Is
To Get Under way In Boone Today
The Blue Ridge Agricultural
Fair opens today in the tobacco ]
warehouse near the bus station, !
and the sponsors of the event j
state that Jt will be the greatest ?
and most comprehensive exhibit
of agricultural products, live
stock., every shown in the com
munity.
For several days groups of
men and women have been busi
ly engaged in readying th/j big
warehouse for the displays of
the products of the ' home and
farm, and the event la said to In
clude all the feature attractions
of the larger fairs in other coun
ties. ?' . "
All exhibits will be entered on
opening day except dairy and
beef cattle and flowers, which
will be entered Thursday and
Friday. School children will be
admitted free on Friday as usu
al and the baby show will be
held Saturday. Entries will be
only from Watauga i?nd adjoin
ing counties, and no entry fee
will be charged.
Needs Oi County's Children Will
Be Theme Oi Meeting September 22
J. A. Dacus, Age 86,
Dies in Arkansas
Mr. J. A. Dacus, 88, died at
the home of his brother, A. P.
Dacus in West Memphis, Ark.,
September 8, following an ill
ness of several months.
Funeral services were held
on the 8th, and interment was
in the Dacus cemetery there. _
Surviving are three sons: B. *C.
Dacus, Hawthorne, Calif.; Au
brey Dacus, Knoxville, Tenn. ;
Kermit Dacus, $oone. The
widow, who lives with Kermit,
in Boone, also survives.
Pomona Grange
Organized Here
A Pomona Grange of Watauga
County waa organized at Greene
Valley Thursday night. Sept
ember 7. The Grahge wu or
ganized from the countyS three
subordinate granges. Deep Gap,]
Bever Dam and Green Valley.
?Worthy Muster. A. G. Miller;
overseer. W. R. Vines; Mcturer.
Mr. Speagle; steward, Earle
Greene; assistant steward, David
Farthing; lady assistant steward,
Mr*. David Farthing; 'chaplin, H.
C. Morctz, Jr., secretary, Juani
ta Non-U: treasurer. Mrs. Mona
Norrls; gate keeper, Edgar B.
Hardin; Cerirv, Mrs. Edgar B.
Hardin; pomona. ? Mr* John
Miller; (iota. Art. W. R. Vine*.
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KOREAN FtOMTmG
Mr. and Mr*. Robert Winkler
havt received a tetter from their
ton. Pfc. Robert C. Winkler,
stating that he tended in Korea
August 34 and b now m combat
with the tint cavalry dlvikion.
Pfc. Winkler waa In service for
IS month* in the last war, 22
month* of this time being
An impressive roster of Wa- j
tauga county citizen* will take
? teaching look at' project! and
activities underway on behalf of
the county's children and youth
at a meeting set for September
22 at the Courthouse, it haa been
announced.
In a grass-roots meeting pre
liminary to the Midcentury White
House Conference on Children
and Youth, similar to many now
being carried on throughout the
United States, civic and public
officials and many interested in
dividuals, under the chairman
ship of Mrs. R. H. Harmon, will
survey facilities available for
strengthening Hie lives of chil
dren and young people and dis
cuss the still-unmet needs of the
county in this field.
Mrs. Harmon was named to
hear the White House Conference
Progress Report Meeting In this
county by the North t i ~.1h?a
j Conference for Social Service,
which was designated by Gover
nor Cherry in IMS and has since
been renamed by Governor Scott
I to co-ordinate the state's part in
1 the nationwide conference, h
The White Houae Conference,
tlutcd for Washington the week
I of December ft, was called by
1 President Truman and will be the
fifth such conference held at 10
jncar intervals at the request of
U. S. Presidents siocc Theodore
Roosevelt asked for the first one
in 1009. It Is planned as the cul
mination of the two years of
work that have gone into the de
velopment since the call for the
Midcentury Conference wa* is
sued in IMS.
Local meetings, similar to the
one planned In WaUraga county,
are bcin? organized by the North
Carolina Conference for Social
Service, under local leadership,
all over the state. These meeting*
Judge Bobbltt to PrcJde at
Regular Term Watauga
Superier Court
~
One hundred and thirty cu?i
are docketed for trial at the fall
term' of Watauga superior court,
which convene* next Monday for
a one-week session, says Fred
M. Gragg, court clerk, who adds
that no civil cases are expected
to be tried, with the exception
<jf perhaps half a dozen uncon
tested divorce actions.
Judge William H. Bobbltt, of
Charlotte, will preside.
Most of the cases to be tried,
says Clerk Oragg, involve the
commission of misdemeanors. A
large number of those to face the
tribunal have been accused of
driving automobiles while intoxi
cated, a number for violations of
the prohibition laws, with sev
eral charged with driving too
fast on the .highways. There are
no larceny cases.
The Jurors
Following Is a list of those who
have been summoned (or jury
duty during the term:
Bald Mountain ? Fred Holman,
Emery Ragan. , ? <
Beaver Dam ? Geo. Robinson,
Newton Tester, James Love.
Blowing Rock? K. K. Brown.
Thos. Coffey Jr.
Blue Ridge ? Fred Critchcr. 1
Boone ? C. C. Rogers, Vance
Cullers, Howard Cullers.
Brushy Fork ? Ed. Sherwood,
Tom Hicks, W. E. Shipley.
Cove Creek? All Adams, 6len
Brown, R. Alfred Thomas.
Elk ? Wade Hampton, Charlie
Simmons.
Laurel Creek? Howard Har
mon, Ben W. Farthing, Dillard
Greene.
Meat Camp? Walter H. Davis.
Henry Beach, Luther Miller.
New River ? Henry Austin,
Blan D. Clawson, Boyd Cook.
North Fork ? Sam Ellison.
Shawncchaw ? Lee Carrender,
Dale Michael.
Stony Fork? Clifford Parllcr,
C. D. McNfiL Frank Welch.
Watauga? Coy Carp, Howard
Mast, Jr.
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Narrow Guage Toj
I Abandon Linos
i: Washington.? The Eaat Tenn
?M and Wnltrn North Caro
lina Railroad ha* been authorized
I to abandon 12.0 mifcs of narrow
lUftc lineE* between O'Brien,
Tenn., and the end of the rail-'
road'* line at Cranberry. N. C.
In authorizing the abandon
ment, the ICC said the branch
Mne ha* ?verat*d at ? substan
tial low for four yean. JO
Eleven HnM S^iwty
fwu on
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The enrollment at Appalachian
State Teacher* college ha? ?one
beyond anr fall term enrollment
ever registered at the college, k
cording to figure* )U*t
by the office o{ H. R.
i*tr?r. The figure ? P?*"' "
1174, as compared with 115S for g
the *ame term last *??*? wh,c
was the prevloua high. The en
rollment in the fre*hman class is
slightly lower than that tor last
year, but other student* are yet
to register.
Tw* extension course* in the
Kraduate school will begin dur
ing the fall term at North Wllke*
boro and at Hiekory, which are
expccted to swell the enrollment
considerably. L?t year two oft
campus extension dWjriow
brought the tall term enrollment
up to 1226, an<l it is expected
that they will bring this years
enrollment past that figure.
Among the new faculty mem
bers are the following: Dr. J R.
Melton in education and paycho
logy, holding the doctoral degree
from the University of North
Carolina; Dr. Evan Pattishall
also in education and psychology,
holding the Ph.D, de*ree ,r??
the University of Michigan; Dr.
Arnold Van Pelt. ip. the depart
ment ot biology, holding hi* de
gree from the University ot
Florida; Dtek Umgene<*er in
business education, holding the
master's degree from the Univer
Tity of CoWado; Miss Arlene
Williams in the department of
Home Economics, with master's B
degree from the University ot |
educ,u?n
Returning to the college after
u year of study are the follow
ing: Mrs. Carrie Lee Dlckereon.
in English, having completed the
residence requirements tor ^her
Ph.D from Duke; Gordon Nash,
in music, having obtained the
master's degree from ^Univer
sity of Kentucky, Cratis Wil
liam* in English, who has Just
completed residence **?uire
ment* for the Ph.D. at New York
University. Two members also
have received degrees suu* last
year-Herbert Wey, principal of *
the high school, received his
Ph.D. degree from the Univer
sity ot Indiana; and Mrs. Carrie
Winkler, in the social studies
department, received her mast
er's degree from Appalachian
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege.
Several members of the faculty
have been studying during the
summer months at other institu
tions. Miss Helen Burch was at
the University of North Carolina;
Dr. Elizabeth Casale traveled ex
tensively 'n Prance, Italy, and
England: Renato Casale studied
at the University of Madrid,
Spain; John Justice at the Uni
versity of North Carolina; Stan
Stacy at Purdue University; and
G. P. Kirchner at University of
Indiana.
The graduate extension cour
ses that are to be taught off
campus will begin shortly. The
North Wilkesboro center will
have registration at the North
Wilkesboro high school building
on Tuesday, September IB,' from
7:00 to 9:00 p. m. Registration
for the Hickory center will be
held at Hickory High School on
Thursday, September 14, from
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Spotuort of the P*rent-Tc
Club square dance, to be
next Friday night. Sop tomb,
at the high school gym, art
ing tho* who attend to
d rowed in loans and calic
other clothing which wilt
Ifcjtef Jrog T
?tnng btnid Will be on ha