WATAUGA IN* KIDU1 l?to|. mnouiium Independent Weekly Newspap er ? Established in the Year 1 888 BOONE, WATAUGA COU^T*, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 VOL. LXIU- NO. 35. 9 r K1NOTEFF BY ROB RIVERS RECENT WARM WEATHER brought a tinge of green to the brown lawn gran, and warm rains literally "floated' 'hundreds of fish worms from the topsoil, where they had come as the good earth warmed. . . . Early robins [plentiful about town, pin point ling the fine judgment of the [birdies which are still in the deep Kouth. . . . Miss Crettie Bingham, yvho resides out in the Ruther ivood neighborhood, tells of a flock of eighteen wild geese bat tUng the gale last Wednesday, heading North ? an old sign that spring is near. . . . Farmers tell of | the almost impassable condi tio!^ of the rural . roads, as the first furrows of the planting sea son (are turned many weeks late, BACK IN DEPRESSION DAYS it was customary for destitute daddies to rob, or moit politely, to "borrow" small sums from tbe baby's piggy bank, in order that the amoynt needed (or week-end groceries might be rounded out, ^ut in these days of plenti ful currency, tbe pennies of the bitsy tpnes hare been, as a rule, plumblsafe. for after all. it is tomeilAng of a chore to get tbe coins back through tbe' slot. . . . The peri.on, however, who en tered Mrs. T. M. Greer's home the other day. was more ruth less than these pilferers of the panic . .. be (or she) just took the piggy bank, in toto. and vamoosed. . . . The coin con tainer rested beside the family Bible, and the Book, which con tained all the admonitions against wrong-doings, wasn't molested at alL . . . The culprit needed the Divine teachings, obviously he did. but it didn't occur to him to take the vol ume . . . which besides the gems of Christian doctrines, coateiaed a material value la tbe ferae of a crisp twenty-dol lar bill, which Mrs. Greer had deposited within the covers oi tbe Holy Book. A GROUP OF THE FELLOWS I were discussing the weathej*, that topic which saves the day along | the Street, and which can draw I more interest than the Korean war, the economic situation or current political gossip They were trying to decide at what point the rain commenced to {all on the evening previous. . . . One suggested it had rained practical ly all night, another introduced the information that the stars were bright at 2:30 with not a cloud, north, south, east, or west. . . . The "third said that the wind quit blowing at 3:38 a. m., while, the other one said, near as he could tell, the rain began pepper ing down about four o'clock. . . , The mooted question was "check ed" to us, and we had to "pass" since we didn't know until along about daybreak that it was rain* ing at all. . . . We couldn't quali fy for we had been asleep . ... but as we walked away from the weather discussion we meditated upon the subject . . . Five men had been together, and four of them appeared to know just what tht> weather was at any given hour during the night in ques tion. . . . Neither of them had sickness in the family, nor a new baby with the -colic, nor' the toothache, they were no doubt just lying there trying to find out whether there would be rain, wind, snow or froet. . . . And it's always that way, anybody you meet will tell you when the rain or the snow started, leading us to believe that this community has established a record for in tomniacs. or that wc just have so much curiosity about things in general that we prefer to stay awake the whole night through lest wc miss the timing of a zephyr, or loec out on the minute the rain changed to sleet and to snow, and the hour the moon found the rift in the clouds BALMY WEATHER of the ?Mk-tnd brings touch oi spring ftvat. and general pre dictions that 'sine* the early part of tha winter waa so rough, spring may bt bars." - . . . Russell Hodges is of tha sound opinion that you'd bet tor nsrsi tar Tour money down on March bebarin'. and ' / ' '"I""' 3 -Year Optional Course Is Being Given Ai College Appalachian State Teachert college will continue its policy of offering Accelerated courses to all students who wish to graduate within three years, it has been announced by the administration. This policy has been in effect at the 'college since 1929, by giving a full summer quarter every year. The program, which offers freshman, upperclass and grad uate courses for every quarter of the year, alro makes it pos sible for honor students to grad uate with only eleven. quarters of residence .instead of the usually required twelve. Students who are finishing high school this spring will be able to enter summer school on June 12 and will complete one quarter's work by August 27. Appalachian also will continue to offer courses designed parti cularly for student* who plan to transfer to technical schools af ter one or two years of work, and for students who are taking pre paratory courses for the healing arts, such as medicine, dentistry, and the like. The college administration stated that it would urge all stu dents to remain in college and to continue their studies as long as possible, so that, if they are called into military service, they may take up their work again, when they re-enter, at the same place the studies were interrupt ed. ACCEPTS CALL TO BLOWING ROCK Reverend Sam S. Cappell has accepted a call to become pastor of the Rumple Memorial Pres byterian church at Blowing Rock. Rev. Cappell with his wife and nineteen months old daugh ter^ will arrive March 5. ' Rev. Cappel is a 'native of Lou isana. and' received his A. B. de gree from Louisiana School ' of Technology. A veteran of World War II, he spent almost four years in the Navy. He will re ceive his B. D. degree from Co lumbia Seminary, Decatur, Ga., on March 1. Mrs. Cappell is a graduate of Erskine College. Due West, South Carolina, where she majored in Bible, For three years prior to her marriage in 1948 she taught Bible in the Asheville City schools. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Dendy of Weaverville,' N. C. Bank Get% New Coverage in FDIC Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of the Northwestern Bank, today announced receipt from the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corpora tion, Washington, D. C? of a new certificate of membership giving effect to the recent increase in Insurance coverage to $10,000. The local bank has been a mem ber of the FDIC since 1937. Dr. Dougherty pointed out that thin insurance docs not cost depositors of the bank a single penny. The surplus of the Feder al Deposit Insurance Corpora tion which now exceeds $1,300, 000,000, in addition to all deposit insurance losses and operating expenses of the Corporation has been paid in by the 13,090 insur ed banks of this naton in the form of annual assessments bas ed on their total deposits. "Under the leadership of its chairman. Maple T. Hard, and his predecessors," Dr. Dougher ty said, "the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation has made a great contribution to the sound ness and solvency of our banking system and to the safety and se curity of bank depositors. It has been seven years since any de positor of an insured bank suf fered a loss, a new record of de positor safety in this nation." HaTLuTof^rWho Are Ninety or Over Prof. W. L. Winkler, who*ls engaged In cataloguing Watauga residents who are ?? or more years old, says he now has a list of SI of these oldsters, and wants other in tjiis age (roup to write him at Boone. Tentative plans are bing made to fete these aged people at a banquet m Boone at some later date .. yg' - & -1* ?i'C;: Dog Quarantin Curb Spread VOCALISTS MAP ANNUAL SPRING CONCERTS APPALACHIAN COLLEGE A CAPPELLA CHOIR Choir To Start Concert Tour Local Red Cross Chapter Starts Campaign Monday Rev. J. K. Parker Is Chairman Annual Effort. The Watauga Chapter of the American Red Cross will launch | its annual fund-raising campaign i next Monday,' to get its share of i the amount needed for next year's operations, and the effort is to be continued throughout the month of March, the prelim inary announcement indicates. -The Reverend J. K. Parker, Jr. is chairman of this year's cam paign and has enlisted the aid of a number of the county's leading citizens, including Mr, ? W. H. Gragg, Rev. E. F. Troutman. and : Mrs. Betty Mathoson Edwards. The campaign will get under way Monday morning at eight o'clock when the key members of the campaign committee meet at the Skyland Restaurant for a kick off breakfast. "For many years," says Mr. Parker, "the Red Cross has been regarded as both the symbol and the source of aid to the distress ed in great disasters of peace or war. But never in its long his tory has it faced a larger'test of tts responsibility than it does to day." WILSON MAKES PLEA The nation has chosen to seek peace through strength. The American Red Cross is the sym bol of the strength and unity of a free people. When we give of our strength to help the weak, the sick, the homeless, the hun gry, the wounded, we actually grow stronger thereby. The Red Cross ii the ?ymbol of the dig nity and the value of the human life. It is part of the American strength. ? Charles E. Wilson. Director of Defense Mobiliza tion. HOME CLUB MEET BEING PLANNED Future plans for the District Federation meeting of the Home Demonstration clubs will be dis cussed at the County Council meeting to be held tn Boone at the office of the honie agent, on Friday, March 3, at 3 o'ctoclc ac-j cording to an announcement by Mrs. Betty M. Edwards, home agent Mimi Nell Kennctt. Western Distrk-t Home Agent, will also at tefid the meeting. All officers of the cluha in the county are urged to attend and all other club mem ben arc invited. Dairy specialist* at State Col k>ge say that cows ft ? Burley tobacco markets in A?hc county haadlod IMMi sales of over one and a third million dollar*. |3.k. ? ? 3&>%.Ssk ; Health Department In Statement Refers to Situation A? "Serious" Dog s continue to go mad In different lections of Watauga county, according to information from the health department, at least seven dogs having been found to be rabid since the start of the current epidemic. A dog Killed in Perkinsville Monday was believed to have been rabid, but it was shot, and the head couldn't be examined. The same day the head of anotb er do,; was sent to the State lab oratory The quarantine of all dogs in the town, including the town of Boone, will bo con tinued through the month of March, on order of the county health officer. Dr. Mary Mich aL This moans that all dogs must be confined on the prem ises of the owner except when on leash or under the control of the owner or other respon sible person. By this time, says Dr. Michal. no dogs, owned by responsible people should bo at large within the county. The health department state ment quotes chapter 100, article 34, part 7. section 106-378, State 1 laws, in the matter of the quar antine: "When quarantine has been es tablished and dogs continue to run at large, uncontrolled by the owners or persons responsible for their control, any police of ficer or deputy sheriff shall have the right, after reasonable effort has been made on the part of the officers, to find their owners, to kill said dogs and properly dis pose of their bodies." The law is further quoted as saying that every animal having rabies or known to have been bitten by an animal having rabes shall be killed immediately by its owner or police officer, unless It has recently been vaccinated, when he shall be confined in quarantine until released by the veterinarian or health officer. A sick dog should be seen and diagnosed by the veterinarian, and if he has rabies, killed, and the head sent to the Laboratory of Hygiene at the State Board ?f Health. The health department adds: "This is a serious situation that endangers the lives of our citi zens and children. Protect our children by reporting stray dogs. Call for help if your dog is sick. Do not handle sick dogs and ex amine them about the mouth but keep closely confined. Rabies is a deadly disease. Pet cats are a serious mcnace. Kill all cats." r . "Queen for a Day," a new mo vie feature based on the Mutual radio program of the same name; will have ita world prrmiere In Boone, tf the efforts of the Cham ber of Commerce, WATA, and the Appalachian Theatre are ^fruitful. Card* have been distributed through the various school* c t the county, and those them are asked to sign, and dress to '*Aiprn for a Da Hollywood >20, Calif. The span ?e to this appeal will mine largely the chances has of betting the initial trig of the film, which Is t to be released about the of April. im*. Big Four U >? I .!+ ' Blowing Rock Acts In Rabies Emergency Miles Forbes, chief of police, Blowing Rock, tells the Demo crat that the dog quarantine Or der of the health department is being enforced in the neighbor ing town, and is insisting that all the people cooperate in com plying with thix important edict Chief Forbes states that ar rangements are baing made by the city council at Blowing Rock to have a general vaccination of dogs there at the earliest possi ble time. Movie Premiere Asked For Boone