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Drive Safely You May Save A Life VOLUME 21, NO. 21 $2.50 a Year in Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949 $3.00 a Year Out of County ASHE COUNTY IS . . . Leading Livestock and Dairy County in North Carolina. Population: 32,664 PUBLISHED EVERY THUKSDA1 SUPERIOR COURT OPENS MONDAY T T ,TT " " " " " " " » " m w X H W w Rain Damages County’s Farm Crops Over $500,000 Hav. Oats, Corn And Bean Crops Are Hardest Hit Tomatoes And Other Garden Crops Cut By More Than Two Weeks Of Rain H. D. Quesser.brrrv. county agent. said yesterday that a ten tative survey reveals that the farm cp'ps of Ashe county have already Ixen damaged more than ShOO.lHK'.OO by the rains which have fallen intermittently for the past 18 days. Hardest hit appear to be the hav and oats crops which will I be cut fr. m one-fourth to one ^aird by the wet weather. Much the hav was cut and harvested before the rains started; but there was much other that was i on the ground farmers have had | little opportunity of saving. Much of the alfalfa is falling, down ar.d will smother out the' stand, it is revealed. The continuous rains have prac-1 t • el.ruinated the late crop of hear.- as the last two weeks has been the planting period for these ar.d the wet weather has made ;. - impossible in most cast - The errn crop is estimated to be off at 1- ast one-fourth already due to the fact that much of it has fallen down during this rain T->ba>co planted in low lands has been water-damaged. Garden ci >ps have also been dan. egtd r.ot only by the rains.; but hv insects during the wet, weather. y , • ;i-.e erosion damage to (C .r.tinued on page 4) Sfwlric School I lore NYxl l liurs. Cooking. Freezing And Laun dry W ork Will Be 1 >emonslrated The re ole of this section will have ar. opportunity to attend an el-.': cal demonstration school t , be i in \V---t Jefferson, next Tr.ursciav. Julv 23 at 2:30 at the \y .1 Electric C .••npany when M -- F.-telle Dovle. home econo-' m ,-t w■ .11 be in charge. Miss Doyle, whose headquarters; ar" :r. Paioigh. sne.nds her entire t.mv -trying the General Electric, dealer Her demonstration here! Thursday will not only in-' Mice cooking, freezing, but hiuncirying as well. | The public is cordially invited ( t . attend. In addition to the value . f the ciemonstration. a number j of prizes are to be given away. Full cietails are announced else where in this paper today. Miss Doyle has a wide and di versif.ed background of experi ence .r. the home demonstration field, having previously worked with state home demonstration j and home economist leaders. Mh Doyle enthusiastically commented that: “The housewife would be amazed if she knew and real.zed the time saving, ef fortless use and convenience of j the new 1949 Genera! Electric home appliances.” Winchester To Be Here Today % -_ The North Carolina Veterans Commission will have the district service officer. Jack C. Winches-] ter. at the courthouse today from 11:00 a. m.. to 4:00 p. m., with the Ashe county service officer. Mr. Winchester will be here to assist Leonard Shepherd, county service officer, with claims for pension, compensation, on - job training. education, dental claims, hospitalization, out/ - patient treatment, national service life insurance and review of dis charge. The office of Mr. Shepherd is in the jury room on the second floor of the courthouse. Telephone Company Is Asking For Increase In Rate Petition Filed July IS; In crease To Start When Dials Are Installed W. S. Fieddinsfield. District Manager. Central Telephone Com pany. announced that an applica tion was filed July lii. \v;th the Utilities Commission at Raleigh for approval of a sehedule of dial rates for West Jefferson and Jef ferson. to become effective on the first billing date following the conversion of the existing service to dial automatic opera tion. Mr. Beidingfield said, "New central office quarters have been made available; new outside plant has been rebu.lt and new d.a! at; tomatie equipment has been en gineered and contracted for pro duction and installation. We have planned that the new dial system will be completely installed and in operation about September 15 of this year." (Continued on page 4) Brotherhood I s Organized Here By Baptist Men John Wilkins Ilk-ded Presi dent: <) her Officers Named \i Meeting; Wednesday Ti:-.-th. :',h ■■■'< of the S .th \va oryani/.ed at the W. J-fl : ■ Baptist church !an Wed: rsduy night w -on J> \Vi!k ns \\ a~ elected pi- -.dent by the HO men be rs pres -at. ()ther off a ' :elected were th t blowing \nee-presidents: mem hershto. John Weaver: program J V Caudill. Jr.: activities. (Isle McMillan; secretary - trea-.u . Carl Colvard: choister. I)». :giit McCJra ty a..d pianist. Clark Houek. The purpose of this irgau.za’ :,.n is to enlbt n-.-'-n in the complete church program. Rev. Rexford Campbell, pastor of the church, -aid. The first object of the group is t ■ make plans for the coming re vival. which will start early in August. Attending Bov's State This W eek A. B. Hurt, .superintendent of schools is attending the Boys’ State of Virginia, at Christians bur«. where he is one of the in structors and directors. He has helped with this annual event for the past several summers. ASSISTANT AGENT Dana F. Tugman. now sis taut county aijent. as Dana Turman Is New A s s i s 1 a n I Count\ Ajjcnl Will Assist Primarily Willi Livestock And Tobacco In ('minty Dana F T [gm.ar; ifa.- b. . n nan. \v:I! w- rk \v::h II 0. Q.u harry, agent and C K. Gardner. Mr. T i.ar.’.- work will In pri marily with livestock and tobacco proer iri:. it was .umounced. A native of Watauga. the new a--..-tant is a graduate of State Coileye. win ta- hr mawifd a *lw field of at anal husbandry. While :n school he was a me i.i-i r of the Ar. a a! Ira, i-tr\ Club. F. F. A. Club, student hr nor couni i. see ret ary of the Ay. Clul and a member of the meats judging team which represented N. C. (Continued on page 4; 10 Hold Le«doii P Homo Dedication A number of local people are expected to attend the dedication of '.lie American Legion Home in Lenoir Saturday. Among the speakers will be Congressman Robert L. Doughton and Chief Justice of the United States. Fred M. Vinson, who will deliver the main address. The legion home cost $2(10,000 and is one of the finest in this section of the State. Local Cattle Breeders Are To Use Proven Holsteins Ashe County Breeders’ Asso ciation announced today that se men from the desirably proved sire, Huff Sir Maude Wayne — a registered Holstein of the southeastern Artificial Breeding Association — will be available to all customers and dairymen in the county. This fine big Holstein, whose laughters’ records show that he is proved to be an outstanding transmitter of production and ac ■eptable type, has an American Tndex on an 8 dam - daughter comparison of 13.160 pounds of milk, 3.80 per cent test, and 500 vounds butterfat, based on 2X milking, 305 day Mature Equi valent. "Huffie’s” daughters are hard working heifers — that kind that continues to fjll the farmers’ cans with generous quantities of high testing milk. Of all the proved sires of the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association that the Ashe County Breeders’ Association is using, it ;s believed that "Huffie will raise the already fine average of the bulls in the stud, of which every sire is proved great! The Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association is supplying semen from the high indexed proved sires to dairymen in Vir ginia, North Carolina. Georgia, and Florida, and to customers of the Indiana Artificial Breeding Association at Carmel. Indiana, who also serve Tennessee. With semen from such desir ably proved bulls being used by Ashe County Breeders Associa tion. the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association’s objective (Continued on page 4) School CJiihlreu Must Have Series Of Immunizations State Law Prohibits Children From Entering Sch«x>l I'ntil Vaccinated Mrs. Yvonne Owen, county nurse, stated this week that all children that plan to enter school this fail for the first time who have not been immunized for whooping cough, smallpox and diptheria, should have this series of immunizations com pleted before school starts. The county nurse pointed out that a North Carolina State lavs prohibits children enrolling foi school until the sera's of immun izations are complete. "Childern entering school this year for the first time will be expected to present to th'1 teach er a certificate of immunization for whooping cough, smallpox and diptheria," Mrs. Owen said. She further added that the re quired immunizations and certi ficate may be obtained from the pr.\ all phvsvian or fr.an the In ••;d health department. Tin el nie hours at the health da par! me r.t ire 1-1:110 - 12:f>0 a. m., on Wcdnesdav and Saturday morning. Health a id in it ms also advise that children sl.oulil be mint.a vd against typhoid before they enter school. Mrs. Owen stated 9lomcromin* Al N;illi;m\s (jvck vice. This will a!>" in- the open ;ng m : v i'i> of tin revival that .1 begin on that dav. In the af !• I'liimn some former pa-tor of church will pro,nit. hot del :t:11 arrangements have not been made yet. Special music will li< urnished. All the churches on the charge ire especially invited to attend tncl the public is also invited. it X ' Cr. . k Mo Sunday. July . .1 this week. Hi V. J. r S\\ !o Hold Funeral For Paid W. Hash The military tur.eral for Pvt. Paul W. Rash. Creston. Ashe ■ounty war hero, who was kil l’d in action in the southwest ’aeifie on August 5. 11)44. will lie held Sunday afternoon, two ’’clock at the home. Military rites will be conduct ed by Ashe Post 171 of the Amor can Legion at the graveside in he family cemetery. The body will arrive in West Jefferson tomorrow morning. Rash is survived by his par nts. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rash. Creston; three brothers and sis ters. Mrs. Stacy Starnesi Mrs. Jewel Eldreth and Sam Rash. LOCAL PEOPLE GO TO FURNITURE MARKET G. O. Burgess. George Burgess, Woodrow Burgess and Mrs. Haz >1 Burgess Barbour attended the rurniture market in High Point this week where manufacturers are featuring their new lines. New Shoe Store Will Open Friday Radford and Dale Baldwin will open the National Shoe Store on Friday, in the Haire building across from the theatre. It was announced that the new store would feature National Dip lomat shoes for men and Dixie Girl shoes for misses and women. This is West Jefferson’s first store to handle shoes exclusively. Santa Claus Comes Early In N. Y. ¥ You really are seeing Santa and the North Pole. An enterprising group has constructed a storv-hook village on White Face Mountain near Saranac, N. Y., where Santa and his merry men will make toys and receive Christmas requests by mail. (1 i r 1 Drowns In II caver (1 r e e k Saturday N i j* h t: liodv Recovered Monday \rw Lions* Liu!) llrads To Sprak Al Kolar\ Mori Don UlurVmi *n Am:1 Rev. Pex fora C'I), ll To be Prevent At Meeting Dun Blackburn and Rex ford Campbell, nil cers-eleet nf the new West Jeffers ■ n Louis Club \’I speak. at the meeting of the Jel'ftrsons Rotary Club at 1'.* meeting tonight at ’lit' community Iding. Mr. Campbell will speak on fellowship and Mr. Blackburn will give a few of the facts about the Lions Club. Todd Gentry is chairman of the club’s fellow ship committee. "11:"h 1 iehts nf Soap Box Der bies” were presented to members of the Jefferson? R<>;an Club and their guests. Junior Rotar.ans. at the meeting held last Thursday (Continued on page 1) Mrs. Mrlvrr Is Buried Tuesday Mrs. Ethel Chadwick Mclver. I wife of Staton Melver was buried Tuesday afternoon at North ! Wilkesboro. She died there on Monday morning following a week of critical illness. 1 In addition to her husband she is survived by two small daugh ters, Betty Nash and Jenet Chad wick. Mr. and Mrs. Mclver for merly lived in West Jefferson where both of them had. many '"riends. who were sadded by the lews of her death. Continuous Rains Mad Caused 1'he Stream To Rise l or Above Normal T :e i! »o«l :u,-rs ■ t North Bea • • : Cr< ■!-' el a men :h.- ide of Ar ne K .'.-n i t daughter of Mr. i1 ; Mr<. 1 ’an. I!oti n. Sat onlay : ght ■ lit -he was t!iowm■ ! while atteniotmg to ei'os.s the tret .it on a foot bridge. 1 iiiri.a 1 was held yo-dc i a\ at the M 1! ('.••- Mi t'; "> I St ch'iiv ! and I ‘it'll! foil i weil u t he (I ray - leal evineti rv Khlers Ed Davis and K: aids Tack-. r • >tfie.a! ■<i i Mrs. t. o. M iler and one luv liter. Dalton Roten survive. The body win ;.ed Monday morning about a mile and i had from where siie aoparently was swept in while attempting to cross the swollen stream. She left home late Saturday afternoon to spend the week end with an aunt and made and had to cross the ereek ui making the trip. She was not m s.-ed by her parents until it became time for her to return home Sunday after tContinued on page 4 ) W ill Hold A i r Show Julv .*> I | Inclement weather for the sec ond. week in succession forced the postponing of the air show for B.mne last Sundav. | Parties in charge of the event state the show has now been put i off until Sunday, Ju!\ ill. but that weather permitting, it will definitely he held on that date. The Meyers Air Circus had a pre vious engagement for the week end of July 24. this necessitat ing the two week postponement. New Classification Set Up For Coble Dairy Milkshed Raleigh — Agriculture Com missioner L. Y. Ballentine has announced an official classifica tion plan for grade A milk pur chased from 700 producers by .ne Coble Dairy of Lexington. The schedule, effective imme diately. affects dairy farmers in this and 13 other Piedmont and Northwestern counties. The Co ble milkshed is one of the State’s largest. Under the classification law, the utilization of milk becomes the basis upon which producers are paid by processors and dis tributors. The latter, however, are free to name their own prices for the various classification groupings, as the law gives the commission no authority in this respect. Briefly, the schedule announ ced yesterday establishes three classes of milk based on ultimate use. Class 1 includes inter - plant sales, or "transfer milk." as well as most fluid milk and cream sales. Class II covers cultured skim milk or plain buttermilk when not accounted for as a cream by product under Class I. Class III includes an grade milk not accounted for in the | other two classes, or what is known in the trade as "manufac turing milk." Commissioner Ballontine acted under provision of the State Milk Audit Law enacted in 1941 in setting up the classification plan. Under the law, it is illegal for a processod or distributor to sell milk in a higher classification than that in which it was pur (Continued on page 4) Jutl^e Sink Will Preside; Calendar Inelndes 4 I)avs Divorce Cases And Several l>n Motion Calendar To Be Heard On Monday The July term of Superior court for the trial of criminal cases in Ashe county is scheduled to open on Monday morning with Judge Moyle Sink Of Greensboro, pre siding. In addition to a number of other civil eases and divorces, the cases of T. C. Bowie Jr. et al against the town of West Jeffer son in the matter of taxes are ex pected to be trii d. On the motion calendar for Monday are the following eases: Bruce Cox vs. Atlantic Company; Ralph Parsons vs. Coca Cola Bot tling Company of Asheville; Verna Price vs. Bertha Price; J. C. Stump and wife vs. P. D. Scott and wife; George Bard vs. Prank Walsh; Helen Graves vs. Ruth J. Choate, Tuesday’s calendar includes the following: T. L. Moretz and wife vs. Lee Miller et al. Edward Os borne, guardian vs. Gvvyn Gra ham and Joseph Robinson, ad ministrators; John Brooks et al vs, Hampton Blevins et al; Vaughn Bowlin et al vs. H. K Mdler et al. The only case calendared for Wednesday is that ot Edward Os borne, administrator vs. Norfolk and Western. On Thursday the two cases of T. C. Bowie, Jr., et al vs. the town of West Jefferson to recover taxes under the revaluation program are scheduled. Other cases on the calendar include that of Nora Hurley vs. T. N. Blevins; Oscar Phipps vs. Do,a Bare; Richard McGuire vs. Prank Houck; Caro lina Engineers vs. G C. L\all and wife, Mollie Lyall. W.J.ItoivulTo 0|m*ii On Sunday Rev. R. W. Mcl'ulley To Assist Pastor: Public Invited To Attend Rev. 11 >vt We , i. pastor of the West Jeffers in Methodist church announced this week that plans j were now bc.ng completed for the rev.vat which will open on I Sunday with Rev. R. W. Mo I CuKcy assisting with the preach* 1 ins*. "Mr. MeCu’lev. who is pastor of Mt Tabor Methodist church in Winston - Salem Is widely known for his evangelistic work and we feel fortunate in securing him," Mr. Wood said, j The service will be held each evening through Friday and the j public is cordially invited to at tend. Mr. Wood announced that there vdould be specjul music and that Mr. Charles Gordon I would lead the singing. | Thursday evening has been designated as a youth service and all of the young people are re quested to attend and sit in a body, it was announced. V. IS. 11iirl. Jr. Is Added To REA Gwyn B. Price, chairman of the State Rural Electrification, Authority, announced this week the appointment of A. B. Hurt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hurt. Nathan's Crock, as senior telephone engineer with the Au thority. This appointment was made so as to help put the REA in a position to help in the establish ments of co-operative telephone systems in North Carolina, just as soon as an expected federal aid plan is passed, Chairman Price stated. Donald Weaver, Raleigh, was added to the staff with Hurt in anticipation of early federal loans for rural co-op telphone systems.
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