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THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1?S3
Familiar Face Missing
For the first time in 42 years, the House
of Representatives got down to the business
of organizing, without the presence of Robert
L. Doughton, who, on doctor's orders, quit the
National Legislature for the more peaceful
environs of his Sparta home, and with all
due Reference to the able young man who
takes his seat, it just seems that a whole lot's
missing up along the Potomac, since this tow
ering man of the mountains decided to comc
back home.
Early day experience in school teaching,
farming, cattle buying, topped by one term
In the State Senate, served Bob Doughton
well when he landed in Congress. Through
?his intimate associations with the people of
the district, particularly the mountain sec
tion, he knew their needs and their desires
well and intimately, and possessed the in
tegrity and honesty to serve them fruitfully.
Partisan considerations did not matter to
Doughton, as every letter that came across
his desk was earmarked for a reply within
twenty-four hou:s. and his concern for the
welfare of the people caused him to be re
turned again and again to the Congress.
Among the many accomplishments of the
Doughton career might be mentioned his ao
tivity in behalf of the first Federal rqnl pro
gram in the Wilson era, his?4ponsoii(llip of
the Social Security laws, the national Farm
program, and the building of the Blue Ridge
Parkway. His efforts in behalf of the Park
way were so effective that a House resolu
tion was once passed, asking that his name
be applied to the national thoroughfare. He
worked tirelessly for every measure which
he thought would be of aid to the people of
his district, and was a tower of strength to
President Roosevelt, when tfie social and eco
nomic reforms of the New Deal were being
legislated.
Some day, some one will write a book
about a strong mountain man, who had faith
in a region and its people, and who served
them 42 years, unselfishly, faithfully, and
fruitfully, and who saw his mountain wild
erness develop into a land of happy homes,
and independent, happy and cultured people.
No man has written his name more indelibly
on the record of progress of a great region,
than has Bob Doughton. And the gratitude
and good wishes of the people are with him
as he enjoys rest and repose amongst the
lengthening shadows of the hazy Blue Ridge
mounttins.
Signs Of The Times
Most of the folks in this section of the
country, the people who operate the store*
and shops and service establishments of a
email community are looking forward to the
. New Year with considerable optimism, and
are inclined to believe that "good times" will
continue for a year or so, regardless of what
course the new administration takes.
This view is pretty well in line with the
feeling of some of the best of the nation's
economists, and constitutes just About as good
a guess as any. But we are impressed with
the continued advice to get ready, for the
economic hangover is going to catch up with
us one of these days.
Personally, we had built ourselves up to
a fairly bright outlook for the next year or
year and a half at least. Barring an all out
war, it is quite likely that the main problem
of the Eisenhower administration will be to
get the country down from peak defense
?pending to a conservative governmental
bails, without instituting a depression.
We did, however, note with some mis
giving*, a statement by Senator Taft to news
men the other day. The Ohioan Mid, "I
think you can My that there will be no diffi
culty In working out a legislative program to
put the country back em the track that we
abandoned 20 years ago when the New Deal
Ifciiiiiii-ii -
came in."
Senator Taft, by the eery natuy of
things, has to be a fair-haired child of the
new administration. He's the man who con
trols the Republican and Dixlecnrtic coalition
in the Senate, and without hi* all-out
support the General couldn't get along. But <
just Why he would imply a return to the days i
of economic ruin right when confidence is so
sorely needed, is beyond our ken*
Can You 'Afford1 Polio?
The dimes or dollars you give to the
March of Dimes constitute the best invest
ment in polio protection an American citizen
can make.
By no stretch of the imagination can this
uniquely American institution be called a
charity. It is, rather, an inspiring example
of how enlightened individuals can protect
, each other and themselves from the bank
rupting assault of an enormously expensive
disease.
Even if the Watauga County Chapter of
the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis did no more than pay the cost of treatment
for every polio patient who needed it, the
March of Dimes would not be a charity. If it
were, then four out of five patients would be
"charity cases."
But your March of Dimes investment
does mow than pay the treatment bills. It
buys and transports iron lungs; it finances
the training of skilled professional people; it
meets the cost of transportation, salaries and
maintenance of nurses recruited for service
anywhere in the nation; it finances the most
determined scientific onslaught ever waged
by volunteers against a disease; through ev
ery medium its seeks to inform the public
about the problems of polio and protection
against it.
All of these are vital services of direct
benefit to patients and public alike . . .
whether we are well-heeled or down-at-the
heel.
This means that all of us ? whether we
can "afford" to have polio or not ? are invest
ing in our own protection when we join the
March of Dimes.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Likes The Democrat
Dear Mr. Riven:
Enclosed is a check for a year's subscription
to the Watauga Democrat.
From time to time during the past year I
have seen a friend's copy, but would like to have
my own paper each week.
I love Watauga County and am interested
In all the news. I enjoy King Street ? but every
one enjoys that ? some weeks it is sheer poetry.
If I might make a suggestion, a paragraph in
the paper each week on the weather might be
interesting to former residents and people who
like myself enjoy reading of the county happen
ing* ,
With best wishes to you and all the county
for 1953. Yours sincerely,
MARGUERITE ALEXANDER
Hillcrest Manor. Asheville, N. C.
Vacations In Florida
Dear Robert:
On our vacation In Florida. Be here perhaps
two or three weeks longer. So very sorry about
the fire. Please express our deepest regrets, and
asaure all concerned If the Chamber of Commerce
can be of any help, to call on us.
Would like for you to publish enclosed tele
gram from Mr. Carroll. I noticed Mr. Martin had
a nice editorial in last Sunday's paper on our pro
posed power dam project.
Personal regards.
HERMAN W. WILCOX
2738 Florida Ave., Tampa, Fla.
(Enclosure)
Herman Wilcox,
President Chamber of Commerce
Boone. N. C.
We are appalled by the disaster to your fine
community. May your citizens have every success
in overcoming the loss and making new progress
In 19S3
Wallace Carroll,
Journal and Sentinel,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
They Say . . .
HARRY S. TRUMAN: 'Tvt been working for
seven-and-one-half year*, walking a tight rope,
keeping u? out of war ? keeping communism from
over-running the free world."
MARTIN P. DURKTN Secretary of Labor-des
ignate: "Let us remember, as we pray for peace,
we must work for it and earn It."
BILLY GRAHAM, evangelist, in Korea: "On
the front line* I never saw one pin-up ? but I did
see hundiMs of Bibles and Testaments."
VANESSA BROWN, movie star, former quiz
kid: "Brains are no handicap to a girl? if she
keeps them well hidden behind a plunging neck
line."
DON HARTMAN. movie executive, ^peaking
of film Industry's troubles: "Why should people
go out to see bad movies when they can stay lyme
and see bad movies on TVT*
DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE, New York
preacher: "The American people are so tense and
keyed up that it Is impossible even to put them to
sleep with a sermon."
REV, JOHN T. FETORS Praabyterian church
official: "The City of New York ha* more alcoho
lics thm church-going Protestants."
REV. HERBERT FEZORK, seminary presi
dent: "The complacency with which the average
American is observing the obvlout connections
between politics and big crime is amazing and
disturbing."
NEWS ABOUT OUR
Servicemen!
PROMOTED
Mr. and Mm David W Hodges. I
Route 2. Boone, were recently !
notified that their ion. David It. I
Hodge* ha* been promoted to the
grade of Airman Second Class.
They were notified by John
M CM Oullck, Lt. Col.. USAr,
lommmander of 614th Air Base
Squadron, 8117th Tactical Con
trol Group. APO >70
Said Col. Gulick: "We can all
take pride in his (Airman Sec
ond Class Hodges) achievement
and the knowledge that he has
demonstrated abilities worthy of
significant recognition."
AT P ARRIS ISLAND
Parris Island, S. C. ? Marine
Private First Class James L. Par
sons, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Parsons, Todd, N. C. was pro
moted to his present rank when
he graduated from "Boot Camp"
at this Cast Coast Marin^ Corps
Recruit Depot.
I MONTHS IN KOREA
With the 7th Infantry Division
in Korea. ? Army Sgt. Clint E.
Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aud
L. Ward, Sugar Grove, N. C., re
cently completed his eighth
months in Korea with the 7th In
fantry Division.
The 7th has fought continuous
ly in Korea since its landing at
Inchon in the fall of 1950. During
its two years of combat in the
mountainous terrain the division
has battled in every sector of tho
peninsula. Elements of the 7th
were the only U. S. forces to reach
the Yalu River.
Sergeant Ward, a section chief
in the 48th Field Artillery Bat
talion's Battery B, entered the
Army in January 1951.
WITH FIRST DIVISION
With the 1st Cavalry Div. In
Japan ? Pvt. Lee R. Miller, whose
brother. Grant Miller, lives in
Triplett, N. C , has been assigned
with the 1st Cavalry Division.
Veterans of the Korean con
flict are giving intensive field
training to the new replacements
in the unit- on the northern
Japanese island of Hokkaido. The
division spent 17 months in the
combat zone before rotated out
of the line last December. Miller
entered the Army last May.
Observer Corps
Being Organized
There will be a meeting in the
basement of the Baptist Church
in Boone at 1:30 in the afternoon
of January 12th with officers of
the United States Air Force for
the purpose of organizing a bad
ly needed ground observer corps
In Watauga county. At this meet
ing a sound film will be shown
outlining the work of the obser
ver corps. This film will be en
tertaining and instructive.
Mayor Winkler has stated that
the ground observer corps, with
the work of the local unit of the
Civil Air Patrol, will be the only
civil defense unit operating in
this county at the present, and he
stresses the importance of the
work and urges all interested
citizens to attend.
Paul Said
To Mr. Ed:
?A ?>: Hi? iiiiiii i riffi mil i? in imnimmiia??ia
OUR SINCERE WISH TOR YOU
IS A
Happy
New Year
6ur AIM 18 TO OIVE YOU
BETTER SERVICE IN 1#53
Your friendly agent,
PAUL.
WATAUGA INSURANCE
AGENCY
E. A. GAULTNEY
J. PAUL WINKLER
NELLIE MORETZ
KING STREET
Continued from pat* one.
\crjt of Christmas and every
happineaa in th? Naw Year.",
and our boat withes to the
youngster who wanted a square
deal let the whole Clans iamUy.
THE FLU EPIDEMIC
Influenza and colds und pneu
monia have combined to bring
illnesses of epidemic proportions
to Boone and environs for the
start of the New Year . . . Most
of the familiei in the city have
one or more cases of one or the
other of the ailments, and it is
understood that the rural resi
dents ar? likewise being plagued
... Some talk has been going the
round* of ^losing the BoonC
school*, but that appear* un
founded, as an improved situation
teemed to be developing the first
of the week . . . The flu, it is
said, is of a fairly severe type,
reminiscent of the consuming
aflicition of 1018 and of 192K , .
We liope the sick folks soon re
cover, and lhat the scourge will
hastily spend Ibttlf . . . We recall
the ailment back a few years ago,
known as lagrippe, which wus
corrupted into "the grip", and
wonder what became of that ag
gravation, which was supposed
to be whooped-up cold, and which
sent most of its victims to bed,
right off . . . We also note with
pleasure that the croup, which
plagued the jroungiters a few
yews ago. and which often re
salted fatally, ha* taken a back
I Mat in the* later year*.
Treating Clothe* and Cu?tomer*
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