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
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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
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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 ar<i the W.
I J. Fire Department was summon
1 de to extinguish the bias, c Tit •
I fire started from the oil stove
i in the small loom in the back
| of the barber shop and was put
lout by extinguisher brought by
B. B. Cray boat, fire chief.
Funds Used To Aid Crippled
Children; J. V. Caudill Sr., ;
Is Chairman
J. V. Caudill. Sr., chairman of
the annual sale of Easter seals,
fpr ,the benefit of crippled ckil-1
dren, announced that, the ,»aifc
would officially ope 1 on Mon
day.
Th-j project is sponsored by the
Jeffersons Rotary club and the
c operation of everyone is ask
ed in this worthy cause. "We hope
to raise at least $900.00 as the
I funds are badly needed,” Chair
man Caudill said.
A direct canvass will be made
j of business houses and letters
j will be mailed to a number of in
1 di vidua Is. The schools are being
asked to cooperate and on Sat
urday Easter Lilies will be sold
in addition to the seals.
(Continued on page 41
Hearing Held ()n
Larceny (lliarge
A hearing was held last
; Thursday before Dave Burkett
i and W. if. Owens, justices of the
I peace, for Birge Selby and S<>n
| 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
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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.
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