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ASHE COUNTY IS ...
Leading Livestock and Dairy
County in North Carolina.
Population: 22,664
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
SECOND SECTION
$2.50 a Year in Ashe County
JJlue Ridge Parkway Opens Friday For Season
Record Crowds
Are Expectc d;
Fishing Starts
Regulations Governing Fish
ing Are Announced By
Parkway Officials
Hundreds of motorists are ex
pected to travel the Blue Ridge
Parkway this week end as the'
season officially opens on Fri-'
day. April IS. when recreational
areas and fishing waters will
be available to the public.
These areas are Rocky Knob
and Smart View in Virginia:
Bluff. Cumberland Knob and
Crabtree Meadows in North
Carolina. Picnic sites are avail
aide at all of these locations.
Rocky Knob and Bluff also offer
trailer and camping accommo
dations. 1
"Please cooperate with your
Parkway officials in helping to
make your visit pleasant, a clean
dk"irk way is a beautiful Parkway.
Always use the trash cans in
the picnic areas and at the var
ious overlooks. Remember, when
you see the beautiful flowers
and various shrill's to leave them
for others to enjoy. The many
overlooks along the Parkway af
ford magnifieient views of North
Carolina scenery,” one supervis
or said.
Fishing regulations for Park
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Initiation Held
By Legion Post
Legionnaires To Sponsor
Youth For Boy’s State
At Chapel Hill
Ten new members were initia
ted into the American Legion.
Ashe Post 171, at the meeting
held Saturday night at the com
munity building. Larry Colvard.
district vice-commander, nan
‘J^'mgc of the initiation service i
® ithers taking part in the ini-j
tiatior, service were Bradley |
Goodman, second vice-command-1
er: Leonard Shepherd, first vice
commander: Joe Garvey. post
commander: James Capps, ser
g'-ant-at-arms and Rev. J. W.
Luki, chaplain.
Those initiated were W. H
Barker. J. H. Blevins. Donald A.
Blevins. Leonard W. Bare. Sam
Davis. Alvin Dancy. James Owen.
F. M Stafford Smith. Quincy
Turner and Harold Vineyard.
During the business meeting
Commander Hoyle Stringer sta
ted a memorial service would be
held on Memorial Day at the
courthouse and that definite
plans would be announced at the
May meeting of the post. He al
so po.ntfd, out that the popt
Aould again sponsor a boy for
Uie Boy's State that would be
held at Chapel Hill. This boy is
to be named at an early date.
P. G. Wright, post adjutant,
stated that a movie projector
with sound had been ordered
and would be used at future
meetings of the post.
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Aslu* Baptists To
Have Schools For
Deacons, Apr. 18
Rev J. C. Pipes And Dr. E.
L. Spivey To Assisi
With Groups
The annual deacons’ school of
the Ashe Baptist Association will
be held April 18-22. The associa
tion is divided into four groups
and meetings will be held in the
groups each night at 7:20.
Group I will be led bv Rev.
J. C. Pipes. Asheville, and will
meet Mon. night—Three Forks;
Tuesday night - - Warrensvillo;
Wednesday — Valley Home;
Thursday — Baptist Home; Fri
day — West Jefferson.
Group II will be lead by Hr.
E. I,. Spivev. of Charlotte and
will meet Monday —- Healing
Springs; Tuesday — Sabbath
Home; Wednesday — Pleasant
Home; Thursday — Little Hel
ton: Friday' — West Jefferson.
Group III will be led by Rev.
N. B. Phillips of Hendersonville
and will meet Monday — Buffa
lo: Tuesday — Orion: Wednes
day — Bald Mountain: Thurs
day — Smethport; Friday —
West Jefferson.
Grotio IV will be led by Rev.
Earl Pearson, of North Wilkos
boro and will meet Monday —
Old Fields: Tuesday — Laurel
Knob; Wednesday — Mount
Olive: Thursday — Liberty
Grove: Friday — West Jefferson.
On Friday night a mass meet
ing of all deacons of the associa
tion will be held at the First
[Baptist church. West Jefferson.
Mr. M. A. Huggins, State Secre
tary of the North Carolina Bap
tist Convention, will be the
speaker.
Blue Ridge Parkway Areas To Open For Season Friday
Thousands of tourists are expected in this section when the Parkway areas officially j
open for the season on Friday. Fishermen a e also expected to he actively engaged in
their favorite sport _
HioJi Cost Of Death Puts
Fatalities In Luxury Class
1 Raleigh—Not only is the price
of milk. eggs, and meat high
these days, but even the cost of
a fatal automobile accident has
reached the luxury class, accord
ing to Major Samuel I,. Gaynor,
assistant director of the Highway
Safety Division of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles, which
is conducting the current safety
campaign in North Carolina.
“Since the National Safety
Council has estimated the unit
'cost of a traffic fatality at $18,
! 200 on the basis of wage loss
medical expense, overhead cost
' of insurance and property dam
age. the human body has become
a valuable piece of machinery,”
Major Gavnor said in explaining
the campaign's simian: "You
Life Is In Your Hands."
The purpose of the current
drive is to make everyone who
walks or drives aware of his per
sona! responsibility’ for traffic
safety. "If nothing else," Major
Gavnor said, "we'll consider the
campaign a success if we can im
press upon the individual the
fact that accidents are some
thing depending one-tenth on
fate and nine-tenths on human
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faulty. If you’re in an accident
the chances are good that a part
of the carelessness or disregard
for traffic regulat'ons is yours,"
he added.
Every person exposed to traf
'ic r.as too much at stake — the
518.200 material loss and the in
calculable distress of his loved
t' :yj. the fact that ac
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are definitely preventable, ac
cruing to Major Gaynor.
"Last year persons died.,
in this country as a result of traf-1
accidents alone,” Major Gay-j
nor said. “A total of 734 died
and 7.490 were injured last year
right here in North Carolina, so
it can be fatal to take an imper
sonal. it-can’t - happen - to - me
attitude in the matter of traffic
I safety, he concluded.
Business Census
Is To Be Taken
In This County!
_
General Census Will Be Tak
en Later, Officials j
Announced
Statesville — (Special) Pre- j
liminary arrangements for
launching the nation-wide Cen
sus of Business in this District,
which includes Ashe county and
11 other counties in this area,
are underway this week, accord
ing to Harry B. Moore. District
Supervisor of the Bureau of the
Census which is located in the
City Ilall. Statesville.
The Business Census, not to be
confustd with the general popu
lation census to be taken later,
is scheduled to begin early in
April, according to the latest
word from Washington, Mr.
Moore stated. Approximated 4,
aOO census takers in 1100 district
offices throughout the United
states will report on the 19411
business operations of an esti
mated .'1,000,000 retail, wholesale
and service trade establishments
in the country.
Information on sales volumes,
payrolls, principal merchandise
'ines and other basic items about
the country's distributive sys
tem will be collected for the
first time in nearly a decade.
The most recent business census
was conducted in 1940. covering
activities in 1939.
As a result of the new census,
authoritative information on the
number of trade and service es
tablishments, classified by kinds
if business groups, together with
summary sales statistics, will be
come available for the entire na
1 - Manufacture, wholesalers,
retailers and other business men
County Streams
Are Well Stoeked
With I^iirge Trout
Fish, Averaging From 7 To 11
Inches In Length. Produc
ed At Roaring Gap
Roland Koontz, Ashe Fish and
Game Protector, announced this
week that 2700 trout, averaging
from seven to eleven inches in
length, have been released in
seven Ashe county creeks and
the New River.
These fish were produced at
the State Fish Hatchery at Roar
ing Gap. The fish were released
through the cooperation of the
members of the Ashe Fish and
Game Club and interested fisher
men in the county.
The following creeks were
; stocked with the trout in this
i program: Piney Branch, Cran
I berry, Helton, Obids, Big Laurel,
; Three Top and Big Horse and
! the North Fork New River.
The Wildlife Resources Com
I mission pointed out that the
j cooperative efforts of all those
interested in the State's fish and
! game resources will be required
I to bring about better fishing,
I the favorite outdoor recreation
of so many Americans, Koontz
stated.
interested in moving goods into
final consumption without delay,
will have a complete picture of
the effects of population and in
come changes which have taker,
place since pre-war years.
The district offices in States
ville will be responsible for cen
sus work in the following coun
ties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe,
Caldwell, Catawba, Davie. Ire
dell. Surry. Watauga, Wikes,
and Yadkin.
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