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ASHE COUNTY IS . .. Leading Livestock and Dairy County in North Carolina. Population: 22,664 VOLUME 21. NO. 19 _ $2.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C.THURSDAY, JULY. 7. 1949 $3.00 a Year Out of County PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA] COUNTY HAS SCHOOL BUILDING PROBLEMS Over 50,000 Visit Parkway In This Area On July 4 Bissest Crowd On Record Sees S e c n i e Beauty Sunday And Monday Both Big Days: Picnic Grounds Are Filled The i Till of the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway in this area and the cool mountain air attracted what was believed by officials : i be a record crowd over the Ju [v 4 holiday week end. Officials said there were more than HU’oO cars on the Parkway in this area, with Bluff Park bo rn.: the center of attraction. It was a. s • pointed out that there was average of five people to .Ke lt ear. bringing the total visi more than 50.000. grounds were filled to r, both days while many - in nearby hotels, and i Pic: ()f Pa: '.fraction along the h was her lered m ier greenery. en cu! :i; .r.-. wa- the ■■h a. n a - beaut mu. views mountain air iv. d bv those o til 0,1 we re X exe -- l.cia. said, from more titan -- states anted among the visit rs. eidents were reported jn r.rty and traffic was hand suallc well jay officials ’ io ' ■ n-o.eh of time .ireci... i3 and « aswerlng s along the Parkway. Former (loiinty Man Promoted Charles B. Weaver Is Named Manager Of Charlotte VA Office Charles B. Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Weaver, of Lansing, has been named manager of the VA office in Charlotte and begins his new duties this week. Mr. Weaver, who has been as sistant manager of the Winston Salem VA office since 1946. is now in charge of the Charlotte office which houses the loan guar anty d.vision and the chief at torney'? office of the regional VA office. A veteran of the army in World War II. Mr. Weaver has been with the regional office fsince February 1945. He attend ed Lees McRae Junior College, Duke University and Appalachian (Continued on page 4) Presbytery T o Meet On July 12 The Presbytery of Winston - Salem will convene in West Jef ferson for its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 12, it was announ ced this week. The meeting will be held at the West Jefferson Presbyterian church. Plans were announced this week that the Women of Church of the West Jefferson Presbyter ian church have made plans to serve lunch to the men attending the Presbytery meeting. Mrs. Girtman, 67, Buried Wednesday The funeral service for Mrs. Ada Girtman. 67, Laurel Springs, was held yesterday morning at eleven o'clock at the Transou Me thodist church, with interment in the TYansou cemetery. Rev. Grace Jones officiated. Mrs. Girtman, who was the wife of G. W. Girtman, died Monday afternoon at her home at Laurel Springs from hearl trouble. She is survived by her hus band and the following children: W. F. McGrady, fconald, Alfred and Howard Girtman; Mrs. Pearl Bare and Mrs. Bell Little. 1 Officers Of Rotary Club Are To Be Installed Tonight; J. V. Caudill Is President ROTARY PRESIDENT J. V. C'audiM. new prescient >f .leffei sons Rotary Club. ')! o S!h‘( p S o I (1 In Second Lamb Pool Held Tiirs. Top Price Of Twenty - Six Cftius Per Paid For Choice Grade **' I!. D. Quessenberry. cour.t\ agent. announced yesterday that a high bid of 26 cent- per pound for choice lambs was made by N’cw York Butchers, over Swift and Company, in the second lamb oi.ol that was held at the West Jefferson Livestock Market. Tuesday. A total of 918 sheep were sold in the second pool, bringing $13. 381.48 for 76.152 pounds. In the choice grade, bringing ' 26 cents per pound, were 398 lambs, weighing 36.139 pounds, for a total amount of $9396.14. Good Iambs. 421, weighing 33, 722 pounds, brought 24c per pound, selling for $8,093.28. Sev enty - one medium lambs, sell j :ng at 2- 1-2 c per pound, sold for $995.89. Two common lambs sold for $37.40. selling at 17c per pound. Three good ewes sold at 6 l-2c 1 per pound, bringing $26.65, while six medium ewes sold for $26.36. They sold at 4c per pound. One good ram was sold for $5.76. In the two lamb pools held 'h:s season, 1263 head were sold for $26,444.91. Agent Quessenberry said that the third Iamb pool of the season would be held the last of this month or the first part of Aug ust. Definite plans on the third pool will be announced later, he pointed out. Safe And Sane July 4th Is Observed In County Ashe county observed a quiet afe and sane July 4 with no ac hdents of serious nature report 'd. Picnicing, ball games and )ther outings were among the fa vorite pastimes. This was in quiet contrast to nuch of the rest of the nation, .vhere the final death toll of 818, by far the highest for any holi lay period in history, was re ported for the week end observ ance of July 4. The National Safety Council ■ailed the appalling holiday car nage “a disgrace to a civilized na ion.” From 6 p. m.. Friday to mid night Monday, a United Press tabulation showed that: 321 persons were killed in traf fic. 278 drowned. \~d of heat prostration. 18 were killed in airplane acci dents. 131 died in miscellaneous acci dents. The sweltering heat wave which has gripped most of the nation was believed a major factor in the tragic death toll, especially in the unprecedented number of drownings. But Ned H. Dearborn, presi dent of the National Safety Coun cil, said that most of the traf fic deaths “were due directly or indirectly to cheating on traffic rules and to poor sportsmanship that the nation would not tolerate for a moment in a ball game or other athletic events where life and death are not involved.” “It is shameful and disgrace ful.” he said. Millions of Americans return (Continued on page 8) Committee Chairmen Are Named; Plans For Year To Be Outlined Officers for the new year will be installed tonight at the meet ing of the Jeffersons Rotary Club at the community building. Jake Caudill will succeed Dean McMil lan a.- pri -id! nt of the dale Other officers to he installed are Bruce Barter, vie. president: Harvey Pavia, secretary - pea - j ttrer anil. Jim Graham, sergeant - j at -arms. Club d'rectors are. in nddit’on :<• the president. Dean McMiilnn. Bruce Porter. Jim Graham. Mil lard Graybeal. Tom Sears ami L. B. Tyson. Jason B. Deaton is Rotary Gov ernor for the 2G0th district of which the Inca: dub is a member ■; d Percy Hodgson is the new president of Rotary International. Committee.', appointed by the J - .dent aid dub ilirectors, w be mourned at the meeting to i ..ghi. in audit on jo .- uric of the (Continued on page h) i. o m m issioners Alee! Friday To Consider 15im Tax Rale Expected To TV Set At Special Meeting After Studying: Budget A special meeting (if t*~e A ■'he County C' rr.missioners will lie '.elf! un Friday when the propos ed budget will be studied in con ■idcratiun of tin tax rate which is expected to lie set at this time. The regular m< eting was held m Tuesday, but due to the fact that the Chairman. Wade E. Van-, noy. had been called out of the State for a funeral no action was taki n by the other members on the proposed budget, as compiled by E. W. Smith, auditor and C. S. Neal, county accountant. When the budget is accepted and approved, the tax rate for the coming year will be set, offi cials announced. In addition to Chairman Van nay, other members of the board or commissioners are V. C. Lil ia rd and John Houck. Dr. Arlie Plummer Is Seriously 111 J Dr. Arlie Plummer. Rawlins,! Wyoming, remains critically ill. having suffered a stroke a few davs ago. Mrs. R. E. L. Plummer, who flew there on Sunday is with her son. Dr. Plummer has many friends and relatives in this area who will regret to learn of his illness. Interest In Registered Guernseys Growing In County More and more farmers in this county are becoming interested in pure-bred register ed Guernsey cows. Tbe above Guernsey be mgs to Norman I)u.all. West Jefferson. UUMiO 15 u she Is I Brans Sold < hi Lora! M a r l Prices flange From $1.(>5 To .''2.05: Average From S1.75 To SUM) Per Bushel Officials of the Farmers' Bran and Vegetable Market r- ported yisterday that around 18.01)0 bushels of beans had beer: sold since the opening on June 20. Prices range from $1.85 to $2.05 per bushel with the average run ning from $1.75 to $1.90. it was pointed out. As far as it could be learned, these prices are slightly higher (Continued on page 8) To Compile List Of Unpaid Taxes Mrs. Elizabeth V. Miller. Ashe county tax collector, announced this week all taxpayers who have not paid 1948 taxes should do so at once, as the advertising list of unpaid taxes will be compiled soon. She pointed out that by paying taxes now. taxpayers would avoid additional penalty and advertising cosio. The penal ty is now four per cent and will be increased one-half per cent each month until paid, the tax collector stated. Farmers Urged To Save Beans H. D. Quessenberry, county agent, again reminded far mers that there appeared to be » new threat to the bean crop in Ashe county through a new type of deadly insects, the leaf hopper and thrip. He explained that the leaf hopper attacks the leaf, chief ly of pole beans and thrip the bloom. The latter is a small, ?reen flying insect, hard to discover, he continued. He said that through experi ment it had been proven that hree percent DDT dust will kill both types of these pests but should be used immediate ly since they do their damage quickly. He pointed out that this could be used with the regular rotonone dust or sep arately. "These insects could do great damage to our crop of beans unless they are stop ped,” he concluded. g' 1 ird Outlines Possibilities And Problems Of Dairvmen At Animal (Guernsey Meeting jCwicrnsrv Salt11 ' AUracts M a 11 v A l T ** s t Farm ; Many Ashe County Dairymen Purchase Fine Animals: Several From County I With in'erest and attendance topping previous records the I Sixth Annual Ashe County Guern | ey saie heid at tits State Test Farm on Friday was or.e of the I most successful of its kind ever 'held in this area. Visitors and buyers registered keen interest throughout the sale when 30 animals were auctioned off to the highest bidders. I Harry Hamilton, well kr. iwn I auctioneer, was in charge of the I selling and R. A. McLaughlin, of Coble's read the pedigrees. R. E. j Clack, H. D. Quessenberry and j lamas Graham assisted with the . oidding and recording. The sale, which is sponsored mnually by the Ashe County j Guernsey Breeders’ Association. ! and the extension division has animals consigned from some of the best herds in the State. At the sale on Friday, the (Continued on page H) Compares This Section With Others Recently Visited In United States he problems and possibilities of the continuous development of ‘he dairy industry in this section by Dr. Dsan Colvard. head of Animal Husbandry at State Col lege. at the annual dairy meeting held at Shatlev Springs last Thi rsJay evening. The meeting, held on the eve of the Guernsey sale, which took place on Fridav at the State Test Farm, was wide'.v attended by Rotarians. Ashe county dairymen and many others from elsewhere with animals consigned in the sale. Dairy companies purchasing milk in this area als > had repre sentatives there. The speaker, presented by H D. Quessenberry, wh ) was in charge of the pre-gram told of his recent visit t > New York State. Wisconsin and other dairying states and the problems he en countered there. He brought out the fact that there had been and would be good and bad years as far as the profit side of the industry goes. He also stated that the most suc cessful farmers did not jump: (Continued on page 8) Waitkus Assailant Anil Friend i ' Ruth Ann Steinhagen (left), 19-year-old stenographer, admitted she shot Eddie Waitkus, first baseman of the Phillies, in a Chicago hotel room to “satisfy an urge”; and Estelle Gregor (right), Jackson Heights, New York, show girl, told of a three-year friendship with the ballplayer, saying whenever they were playing in the same town I they’d have dinner together and perhaps see a show. M a n y Appeared Before Board At Meeting Monday Slate Funds Are Not To Be Released Until Projects Are Approved Ashe county, along with many others in this State, is confront ed with school building problems, because of the overcrowded and unsafe conditions of many of the buildings. But according to reports from State officials, there will probab ly be little or no State funds available for buildings in time to complete them for the coming school term. At a meeting of the county board of education on Monday, the problems and possible solu tions were discussed, when rep resentatives of a number of school districts of the county were present. It was revealed, h •wever, that State funds for building will only be release'! when projects are approved and these are to be carefully considered in the light of present, as wall as future needs. Applications for proposed buildings must be made in order that they nught be surveyed by State school officials, it was pointed out. It was also explained ..at the p ans must be both feas A. B. Kurt, superintendent of schools, said that every effort would be made to secure some of the funds as si on as they are re leased. because of the critical needs in this county. The board of education had planned to meet with the county commissioners to discuss some of the possibilities: but due to the absence of the chairman, Wade E. Vannoy. this meeting was post poned. Legion Post To Install Officers Leonard Shepherd. Command er: P. G. Wright. Adju tant. Finance Officer Leonard H. Shepherd will be installed as post commander of Ashe County Post 171 of the American Legicn at the meeting to be held Saturday night at the community building. Other officers to be installed at the meeting to serve with Com mander - elect Shepherd are P. G. Wright, veteran post adjutant and finance officer; James T. Capps, first vice-commander: Bradlev Goodman, second vice (Continued on page 8) Service Offiee Moved This Week Leonard Shepherd, full-time Ashe county service officer, an nounced yesterday that the office is now located in the jury room at the courthouse. It was for merly located at the town hall .n West Jefferson. Veterans in need of service by this office are asked to contact Mr. Shepherd at the courthouse between 8:30 a. m.. and 4:00 p. m. Men Caught For Blasting Creek James W. Miller, of Iredell county and Lawrence Houston Hollar, Jr., also of Iredell coun ty, were arrested Tuesday after noon by R. H. Koontz. district fish and game protector, and Wal ter Edmisten. supervisor of dis trict 7 for the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, for dynamiting fish in Buffalo Creek below Smethport. They were tried before Justice of the Peace. Dave Burkett, and bound over to Superior Court under bond of $500 each. Mr. Koontz calls attention to the fact that it is unlawful to use explosives to kill fish.
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