VOLUME 19, NO. 11 82.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON. N C. THURSDAY, MAR. 18, 1948 $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY PRESIDENT ASKS FOR MILITARY TRAINING it it if it it it ★ ★★★★★ ★★★ ★★ ★★★★ County-Wide Basketball Tournament Opens Tues. All Ashe County High Schools Are To P a r t i c i p ate Will Be Held At West Jeffer son Gymnasium: Expect Record Attendance Ashe county basketball fans will have an opportunity to sec their favorite teams in action here next week when the county wide tournament gets underway on Tuesday and continues thru Saturday night. The tournament is to be held at the West Jefferson high school gymnasium, where additional seating arrangements are being made to take care of the record crowd expected to attend. Among the top boys teams arc Wes! Jefferson and Jefferson, anil as usual, among th top girls are Virginia-Carolina. Jefferson and West Jefferson, have also made an unusual showing this year. But anything can happen in this tournament, which is usu ally full of surprises. Door ke peis for the tourna ment will lx' Ron Davis. Dell Goodman and L. K. Halsey. The schedule for the games will be prepared by Dale Atwood, Haloid Miller and Haul Miller. Qrvill Jackson and Glenn Miller will lie scorers and Dale At w >od ami Robert Davis will keep 1 mu. Aew C-K Store To Open Friday John F. Reeves To Manage New W. J. Electric Company Here Plans are now completed for the formal opening of the W. J. Electric Company here on Fri day and Saturday. John F. Reeves, manager announced and add d that the public is cordially in vited to attend. This new store, which will carry a complete line of G-E appliances is associated with the W. J. Parts Company and is owned hv John F. Re-.ves. \V. D. and Gale Mc Millan. It is located on State Street, just off of Jefferson Ave nue. across from the Sinclair Service Station. ManagerReev s announced that a large' group of attendance prizes would he offered for the opening days. Friday and Satur day and asked tv ryone to visit the new store and see the fine array of electrical appliances. Attendance prizes include a five tube table model radio, a steam iron, an alarm clock and a Daisy deluxe can opener. Mr. Reeves, who has been as sociahd with the W. J. Parts O rupanv for the past two years, was previously connected with Toe Sky land Post for many years and has many f; .ends through out this area who will be glad to a.,m of his new connection. Hr- will be assist*, d by William Wviick. forint rly with Ray Drug C> n.par.%. Seoul School To End Fri. INiglit St lutors in Ashe county have bt on conducting a week of train ing. which will end with an out door camping s ssion. weather peimitting. tomorrow niglit. Here for the special week of sc outers training is Ralph Hurbison. scout executive of the Old Hickory Council. Aiding in the course are Revs. Hoyt Wood and J. W Luke. Attendance has been exception ally good with an average of 16 men reporting each night. In struction classes have been held at the community building. REV. REX CAMPBELL PREACHES HERE, SUN. Rev. Rexford Campbell was the guest pastor of the West Jef ferson Baptist church on Sunday and delivered the sermon at the morning service. Delivers World-Signifieant Message rT~T ■ ffiill IB——M M MINI —I !■ Ill President Harry S. Truman, who told tiie members of congress yesterday in a joint session, that the position of the lT. S. should he made unmistakably clear in the pre sent world-crisis. Red Cross Fund Readies 8700.00; Still Far Short Of County’s Quota Of 81.250.00 All Workers As Well As Schools Are Asked To Turn In Contributions Reports yesterday afternoon re vealed that while Ashe countv’s Red Cross Fund Drive is slow ly climbing, it is still far short of the quota of $12.r>0. with only 8706.27 turned in. All workers as well as schools are asked to re port their results. “We want to conclude (he drive on time and urge all indi viduals who have not made a contribution to do -so without more delay.'' Ray Blevins, chair man. said. Given below is a list of contri butions r-ot previously reported: Grnybcal's Drug Store. $20.00: G. F.' P. C'h vrolet Co.. G. O. Burgess. Todd Drug Co., $15.00 each. Baldwin school. $12.85: Far mers' Supply Co.. Parker Tie Cm, Dr. Ed Jones, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. | Colvard. John A. Weaver, Par ] ker Store. Barr Lumber Co., ,$10.00 each. (Continued on page 4) NEW JAII-ER BEGINS DUTIES THIS WEEK R. D. Sheets this week began I his duties as th • jailer for Ashe i county, succeeding W. H. Owens 1 who has served as jailer for some time. Mr. Owens moved to his home at Idlewild and Mr. Sheets : n. iv, d :nto h ;s new quartet s. Annual Feeder j (^alf Sale Will Be Held Sept. 21 _ j Feeder Calf Show For Club Boys To Be Held The Day Before The Sale At a meeting of the county \ agents of Ashe. Alh'ghany and Watauga, farmers and ot.ier ag-; ricultural leaders. including H. W. Shoffner, district county ag' nt and I„ I. Case, of the Ex tension Division, here' this week, it was decided to hold the annual; state feeder calf sale for this j area at West J fferson on Sep- | tetnber 21. Regulations for the sale were I discussed and attention of these is called to tin grow rs in order that they may get their animals i ready for ’he sale. Prizes are to be offered for steer calv s that are dehorned and calves weighing from 31)0 to fj.AO are to lie e!ig:bl<- to be en ticed in the sale. Producers are t ncouragod t.» vacate all ani mals for black leg. I The sale will not be limited to the usual thro ■ counties, but will be state-wide in scope, it was explained. It was also decided to hold a 4-II and an FFA feeder calf show, in connect: >n with the sal , on (Continued on page 4) Jefferson Bovs Yietorious Onee More In W.-S.Tourney the Ash- county teams to remain j in the 22nd annual Journal and Sentinel Northwest Tournament, defeated Scotts 3f)-1 (i and are schedul: d to meet tin* winner of the Sedge Garden-Granite Falls game Friday afternoon at three o'clock. The Jefferson girls were elim inated Tuesday night when they Inst to Claremont in a defensive dual. 18-12. The livals battled to a scoreless deadlock in the first period. B. Little. Claremont forward, broke the tie by sinking two foul tosses just after the second period opened. Deal scored a field goal for Claremont a few minutes la ter to make the score 4-0 for the Catawba six at half-time. Jef ferson scored) at 1:10 of 3rd per iod and later tied the score at Claremont guards did a beauti 6-6. ful job of holding Jefferson in check while Gladys Watson did a brilliant guarding job for Jef ferson. She switched to forward in the last few minut- s and Clare mont pulled away with three bas kets. GIRLS’ GAME Pos. Claremont (18) (1?) Jef. F__C. Sigmon ._ 7 B. Haynes F B. Little 11 3.N. Haynes F D. Sigmon 1 . __- Rash G P. Little _ Austin G__Whitner _ Watson G F. Sigmon - __ Francis Score at half: Claremont 4, Jefferson 0. Substitutes: Claremont —Car penter, Epps, Deal, M. Little. Jefferson — None. On Saturday night the gorls defeated Taylorsville from Alex ander county, 27-8. The local guards held Taylorsville to two foul tosses in the first half and (Continued oa Page 4) I Merchants To Aid In Securing New Industries Here [Mans Outlined At Meeting Of Directors On Mon I)av Night _ At tlie r solar meeting of the li rectors of the W st Jefferson dor'chant's Association on Mon lay evening, plans and possibi it’os of .■.•(•curing new industries 'or this section were outlined md the group voted to nice* igain with a larger representa ion of busimss mt n on W dnes lay afternoon when ;i represon ative of tile employment com nission was present ;tnd diseas ed plans with them. On both occasions the mer :hants voted to coopera'e in ev •rv way in securing some new ndustries. Don Blackburn. Jack (Continued on page 4) reaclicrs Name James Head Of 0 on n tv NOE A Group Meetings Are Held: Delegates To State Con vention Chosen At a c muty-wide meeting of Asii. • teachers yesterday after noon. Frank James was e.iosen president of the county unit of the NCF.A to succeed Mrs. Gert rude Vaught, who has efficiently and successfully served in this capacity for the past three years. Other officers elected included Herbert Graybeal, vice-president: Mrs. Frank James, secretary and Mrs. Bxasicite Pugh, treasurer. Delegates aim named for the State convention, scheduled for April I ,. * Group meetings were held with special demonstrations and other features for the various groups (Continued on page 4) Yates Named 1U R<‘ p 11 M i cans Vs (louiit\ (Ihairman Jim Yates was named chair man of the Ashe County Repub lican Executive Committie at the party's county convention held las* Saturday aft> moon at the courthouse. Mr. Yates replaces B. B. Gravbeah who has. served in that capacity for the last sev eral years. Following the (lection of dele pates on Saturday. Mr. Graybeal and Mr. Yates left Wedn sday for the district convention at Salis bury and will attend the State convention at Durham, today. At the meiting Saturday the county p: mp pledged support t<: Ib.bart Martin, of All»-marie candidate for national committi . - n chairman.- hip to i. plant Charles Jor.as. who ro-:grrb Over onc-.hundred Republican; were present at the c mventior on Saturiiav. Republican town ship primari.s wer called las' Ft id ay and delegates were nam ed for the convention. isaplisi I aslor Accepts Acw Call Rev. E. W. I’uW'-rs. who ha; served as paster ,,f toe West Jef ferson Baptist church for t.ac past four years, has accepted ; call to the Westi'wld Baptisl church, near Mount A try, where he has officially becun his work, it was learned this w< ek. He ex pects to move there in the near future. A native of the Horse Creek section of Ashe county, besides being active in young peoples activities of the church, he work ed with Boy Scouts of the coun ty, serving as scout master of local troop 88 and was chairman of the organization and exten sion committee of tire Ashe dis trict of Old Hickory Council. Mr. Powers was also a member of the West Jefferson and Lansing high school faculties. Eisenhower Helps Crippled Children |1 David Tear. !). sells General Dwight D. Eisenhower the first sheet of Easter Seals to launch the annual national campaign for crippled children, which is being conducted in North Carolina. March la-l’l. Master Seal Sale To Open Oil Monday; Is Sponsored In County Bv Rotary Club Beady To Begi 11 j W ork On County War Memorial ! Sand Received: Aclua! Con struction To Begin As Soon As Weather Permits Plans for the war memorial 'for the veterans of World Wars | I and II are going forward and | at the meeting of the Ashe Post 171 of the American Legion. Sat j urdav night. L. P. Colvard re ported that enough sand had been i received to begin work on the i base fur the memorial. Work will | begin as soon as weather per ' mils, one member stated, j The cooperation of families of i casualties of both World Wars I and II is asked in sending in (Continued on page 4) Fire Breaks Oill In Barber Shop i Fire broke out ir. Jim Haire’s j barber shop around five o’clock j Saturday afternoon arn | ny Wt Uington. colored, and Am j brose McCoy, all charged with 1 larceny of rra at. Both Selby and McCoy were ! acquitted and Wellington was .bound to court and is now being housed in the counts jail, pend ing posting of $200 bond. (iraham Would Re-Routr Stale Roads Areordm**'To i so I S'.att -tville - State Highway j Commission Chairman A. II. ‘'Sandy” Graham said this we -k ! that highways should he re-rout ed and improved according to I use and defended the secondary road program of his administra I tion since he tIM>k office in May | 1945. I Mr. Graham spoke at a nice* ing of the Statesville Lions cluh. He said that the roads were paid for from the proceeds of the gasoline tax, and the persons j who used the roads most paid I the most. ‘'Obviously there must be some hardheaded and practical standpoint . . .to determine which roads shall be re-routed and im proved, and which new' roads shall be built,” he said. ‘‘In North Carolina, the key to this selection is the volume of traffic . . .It has Deen the policy of the Highway Commission . . . I'. ' • > .-i" .id tho mi 'n y and roads in strict the amount of traff pm; a t'ion to .a which they 1 ; y Mr. Graham said that second ary roads have been given first priority for some years and still are getting a major share of road building funds. Approximately 2.(500 miles of all-weather sui facing has been applied to secondary roads — in the face of roadbuilding costs which has reached an all-time high — during the last three years, he said. "If revenues remain at the cur rent level, and if prices do not go appreciably higher, such a rate of improvement may be car ried on for many years to come,” Mr. Graham said. “It certainly is the policy of the present membership of the highway commission to continue (Continued on page 4) Wants Immediate Action On Aid To European Nations Asks For Unity Of Country In Maintaining Peace; Gets Big Ovation Presid' nt Har: v S- Truman in his message to the joint session of both houses of congress yes terday at no n. recommended a three point program for keeping world peace which included im mediate passage of the aid to European nations bill, prompt enactment of universal military training legislation and the tem porary re-enac'ment of the se 1 Hive service system. Before asking Congress to act on this program, he reviewed world conditions and said, “We must act now for peace.” He told of Russia’s use of the veto power in hamp. ring the work of the United Nations and said she also destroyed the in dependence of several European nations. He spoke of the meeting at this time in Europe of the free nations seeking to rt.-habilitate themsel ves. And in discussing Russia’s attitude toward thus he said that she did not want th United States to help these nations nor did she want these nations to help themselves. "The pattern is clear,” he said. He also spi ke of the fact that the free natr ns were drawing closer together. He pointed out that it had bi come noc -ssary for the United States to take addi tional measures to support the (Continued on page 4) _— ---— Winners Given In Seoul Contest Bill Bare. Walter W. Bare And Billy Joe Bare Awarded Prizes Winners in the scout contest held in the county have been an nounced this week by Millard Graybeal. The contest officially closed March 9 when all papers were handed in to Mr. Graybeal. Participating scouts were to write papers on the scout, which was improperly dressed, on display in Belk's Department Store win dow. First place winner was Bill Bare, of Glendale Springs, Troop 115, who was awarded a complete scout uniform, consisting of cap. shirt, pants, belt and neckerchief. Second place winner was Walter W. Bare, also of Glendale Springs. Troop 115, who was given pants and shirt; and. winner of third place was Billy Joe Bare, of Jef ferson. Troop 113, who was given, a shirt, neckerchief, cap, belt and slide. Ralph Ha: bison, scout execu tive of Old Hickory Council, was her-., for the judging. Mr. Gray beal stated that he was well pie sed u ith the rc-ponse of the - ■ ait in the contest, which was ciit< r d bv sixteen members. Rolarians l'o \ a m v (Hfioers Officers :;d directors „f the | Jeffc: S' ins Rn'ary Club will be | n ..-mil 1 | '.it •,:■■■ regular j meeting at the c m:iui”.ity build ing at i laiiifk. Ail members | are urged to be present, i Also at the meeting, deelgates to the Rotary e.striet conference to be held in Asheville. April 4 5 and ti w i;l he named. Serving • >n the eontlittee to urge mem bers to attend the meeting are Gale 'McMillan, chairman, and Coleman Payne and Todd Gentry. Mr. McMillan has also been ask ed to speak on community ser vice at the glbtr ct meeting and Rev. Hoyt Wood president, to give the memorial address. Last Thursday the group heard Wade E. Eller, who spoke on tha Health program in Ashe county, pointing out additional improve ments for the county hospital, through State and Federal fund*. Wick G. JVannoy was in charge of the program and introduced, the speaker. A