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>• VOLUME 53, NO. 6 The Alleghany News AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941)—ALL EGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. $1.00 a Year in Alleghany County SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA $1.50 a Year Out of County SPARTA NEEDS NOW . . . * an industrial plant, a mo dern hotel, a federal post office building and a civic club. Let’s go after them! THURSDAY, OCT. 9,1M1 Education Board Appoints Gentry As Truant Officer For County School System Group Also Hears Requests From Patrons Regarding Bus Routes At a meeting of the board of education on Monday, R. D. Gen try, of Sparta, was appointed to serve as truant officer for the Al leghany school system. Explaining that there has long been a definite need for an at tendance officer in Alleghany county, Superintendent W. C. Thompson said that the superin tendent of public welfare, Miss Lillie Ervin, could no longer be expected to serve in that capacity. The establishment of the new position together with the ap poinment of Mr. Gentry, was giv en the full approval of both the boards of education and county commissioners. County school teachers will first determine the number of ab sences, after which time they will be turned in to the superinten dent’s office. If there is evidence of an unlawful excuse, the mat ter will be turned over to Mr. Gentry, who will conduct an in vestigation. Other Business The maxiumum penalty for keeping children between the ages of 7 to 14 out of school is a fine of $50 or 30 days in prison. The parents or the guardian of a child are held responsible. Beside appointing a truant of ficer, members of the board heard requests from several patrons re garding the adjustment of bus routes. The board passed favor ably on all requests and author ized Superintendent Thompson to take up the matter with state of ficials. Routine business matters com prised the remainder of the meet ing. T. A. Leeper - Boned At Elkin District Engineer For r State Highway Died Of Heart - Attack Sunday A brief funeral service was held Tuesday morning a 10 o’clock at the A. A. Cathey residence in El kin for Thomas Alexander Leep er, 43, district engineer of the State Highway and Public Works commission, with headquarters at Elkin for the last eight years or longer. . Mr. Leeper died of a heart at tack Sunday night at his home in Elkin. Monday at 2 p. m. services were held in the First Baptist church of Elkin, of which Mr. Leeper was a member. The body was brought to Belmont Monday afternoon to the Cathey home in South Point section where a sec ond service was held Tuesday morning. Interment was in the Green • wood cemetery. Mr. Leeper was very well known around Sparta, where as highway engineer he supervised construction work on many coun ty roads. He had many friends —-..throughout the county. * .Among those from Sparta and the state prison camp who attend ed- the funeral Tuesday were Don Shores, J. R. Hawthorne, Ross Ricjiardson, J. B. Osborne, Oscar Richardson, Clark Higgins, W. F. Hoppers, Kyle Edwards, Don Duncan, Sam Billings, Paul Hig gins, Arthur Gambill, Wayne . Hoppers, Bob Maines, A. C. Mc . ' Lilian, Eugene Edwards, Reid , Hampton, T. Reeves, Lee Caudill, Jack Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moxley, A. C. McMillan, Dr. and ' Mrs. J. L. Doughton. s Warns Against Killing De er v -County Game Warden Dick Gentry yesterday warned that it is a violation of the law to hunt, kill or in any way disturb the ? deer in Alleghany county and that ' violators will be subject to a fine of not more than $50. " - Mr. Gentry said that there is no season for hunting deer in this county, “We don’t have an un usually large herd of deer up here," He pointed out, “and we are anxious to keep what-we have.” Unprotected woodland 27 times more burn , and 21 times as much damage as protected forests in the United'States during 1840, reports the U. S. Forest Service. To Hold Training School For CCC Enrollees Soon Much Vocational Instruction Is Given At Laurel Sp’gs CCC Camp. The officers of CCC Co. 3420, Laurel Springs, were notified this week that a full time school is to be conducted at Fort Jackson, S. C., for the purpose of training enrollees of this CCC district as shipfitter’s helpers, and were ad vised to select five enrollees front the Laurel Springs camp as ap plicants for this training school. This school is to be conducted in cooperation with the South Caro lina Department of Trades and In dustrial Education and will last for a period of six weeks, begin ning sometime this month. Each year various schools of this nature are held for the pur pose of training CCC youth in oc cupations and trades, and with the National Defense Program de manding much skilled and semi skilled labor it is expected that several more schools will be held within the near future. These schools are, of course, a part of the CCC training program, in con nection with the National Defense Program, and each enrollee’s ex pense is paid by the government. Raymond J. Kiddoo, camp edu cational adviser at the Laurel Springs camp, also' announced that beginning with this week a new quarterly series of vocational and academic classes will start. The vocational classes this •quar ter, although reduced in number by the absence of two foremen instructors, will include such classes as automobile mechanics, ’’scksmithing, cMpmffe’ c°°fcr ing and baking, forestry; grading,, soil preparation, livestock (swine) raising, CCC administration, bee keeping, photography and wood working, while the academic clas sy ^ ^ange from classes in il literacy to various high school classes, including a course in general office practice. Other classes may be added to the list, according to the desires and de mands of the enrollees. Three Selectees Rejected Thurs. Of the 11 Alleghany county sel ectees who were slated to be in ducted into the United States ar my last Thursday, one did not make the trip and three were re jected at the induction center. ' Clyde Paul Kennedy’s induc tion was postponed for 60 days, draft officials reported. Frank Claude Atwood, Robert Lee Johnson and Delbert Edward Walker failed to pass the physical examination at Fort Bragg. The draft board was notified this week that Alleghany county will not be expected to send a contingent of men this month. A quota for next month is expected within the next week or 10 days, however. Teacher—And what lessen do we learn from the busy bee? Smart Boy—Not to be stung. Germans Said To Be Moving Rapidly On Toward Moscow The mightiest battle in the world's history is now being waged on two fronts 'by the Ger mans in their relentless drive to beat Russian resistance and reach Moscow. According to Geman releases yesterday, one Nazi army is with in 125 miles of the Red capital and another one 220 miles south of it Berlin.—German forces pressing eastward in a massiVe seven-day old defensive have flanked the rich Soviet industrial Donets ba sin by occupying the ports of Mariupol and Ossipanko, two thirds of the way across the north shore of the Sea of Azov, auth oritative sources announced yes terday. -l :■ Mariupol, 125 miles oast of the Dnieper river and 100 miles west of the Don river city of Rostov, and Ossipenko, 40 miles south west of Mariupol, wore described by the Germans af the most lm portant Russian AaIw and coal ports on the Sea of Azov. They declared that by flank ing the Donets basin, the Nazi forces had made “virtually inde fensible” this wealthy industrial area upon which Russia depends for much of her war supplies. In its report the Soviet com mand for the first time stated the exact areas of this heavy German pincers action, reporting particu larly heavy fighting in the reg ion of Vyazma, 150 miles west of Moscow, and Bryansk on the Des na river some 200 miles to the southwest. The towns are about 140 miles apart. Far behind the Germ; the south, the commi Odessa’s defenders in battle routed four Rumanian infantry Infantry regiment of the German division. lines in said, In the north Soviet (Continued a i&islfeai Action From jLouis-IVova Battle Here’s a bit of action from last week’s fight in which Joe Louis successfully defended his heavyweight boxing cham pionship for the nineteenth time by scoring a T. K. O. over Lou Nova after 2 minutes and 59 second of the sixth round. Louis has been classified as 1-A under the selective service act and is slated to enter army life. Strip Cropping Proves Big Help In Soil Conservation Three Winners Of Sweepstakes Prizes Named Lonnie Edwards, Mrs. Rizotti and Moxley Win Grand Fair Awards. According t& an announcement yesterday by officials of the coun ty fair association, Lonnie Ed wards, Mrs. Ed Rizotti and Mrs. T. S. Moxley have been declared winners of the three sweepstakes prizes offered to thoSfe persons who capped the most premiums in designated departments at the re cent fair here. For winning the most points in the first five departments, Mr. Edwards received a Chattanooga plow donated by the Farmers’ Hardware and Implement com pany. His score was 35 points. T. S. Moxley was runner-up, with 26 points. Mrs. Ed Rizotti, with a score of 28 in the next four departments, is to receive a free permanent at the Alleghany Beauty shop. Run ners-up in this competition were Miss Bertrice Absher, with 18 points, and Mrs. Gwyn Truitt, with 17. Scoring 22 points in depart ments nine and 10, Mrs. T. S. Moxley is to receive a permanent at Sally’s Beauty shop. Mrs. A. O. Joines was second high, with 21 points, and Mrs. Ed Dobyns, with 20. FIVE ARE ACCEPTED AS CCC ENROLLEES Five Alleghany county young men were accepted as enrollees at the CCC camp camp at Laurel Springs last week, according to Miss Lillie Ervin, superintendent of public welfare. All were white. The new enrollees were Kelly Clifton Anderson, of Sparta; Paul Jones Blevins, of Laurel Springs; Raleigh V. Caudill, of Whitehead; Earl Halsey and Ralph Pratt, of Piney Creek. By STATON McIVER, New River Soil Conserva tion District Whenever row crops are plant ed on steep-hillsides some soil is going to be lost by erosion. It is better not to grow row crops on steep land unless it is absolutely necessary. When it is necessary, row crops should be grown with all caution and care to prevent er osion from occurring. The best method of doing this is to arrange the field in contour strips, leaving the draws in grass, and planting one part of the field in a row crop at a time, thus leaving the other pair. m grass to catch any soil washing down the slope from the cultivated strip. This type of cultivation will re duce the soil loss tremendously over that which would have been lost if the field had been row cropped entirely each year. Contour strips are easy to lay off and are easy to cultivate for the simple reason that all opera tions are on the level line around the slope of the hill. Teams and manpower do not have to work up and down hill but instead work around or crosswise to the slope. Strips may be laid off any where from 50 feet to 150 feet in width, depending on the soil type, degree of erosion, slope, and size of the field. Using a three-year strip rota tion of the first year corn follow ed by small grain; the second year small grain with grass and clover interplanted; and the third year grass and clover; the field would be divided into approximately in to approximately equal width bands around the hill. The first year, starting at the top of the hill, corn would be planted in ev ery third strip. Each succeeding year the com would be moved down hill one strip. Small grain would always follow directly be hind the corn crop and the grass planted in the small grain would always be left the second year undisturbed. In this manner each section of land would be cropped in a complete three-year cycle of (1) corn, (2 small grain, (3) grass and clover. By following this cropping pattern there would al ways be a contour strip of two year old grass and clover for hay (Continued on Page Four) Dogwood Is In Blooqi In Fall T When the dogwood was chosen as state flower, there were a num ber of persons who disapproved of the choice on the grounds that the dogwood only blooms in the spring of the year, and then only for a short time. That may be true in most sec tions of the state. But try making Mrs. Sal lie Shepherd, of Scott ville, believe it! On her farm in the aforemen tioned community there is a dog wood tree in full blossom. It has been blooming for several weeks and shows no signs of shedding its blossomy as long as the wea ther remains yntrm As if that imM enough, there is also alt apple tree on her fann loaded down with fruit on one School Teachers To Hold Meeting Saturday A. M. Plans for NCEA Unit to Be Discussed; Speaker Will Address Group. HALSEY TO PRESIDE Another countywide teachers’ meeting is scheduled to be held at the Sparta high school Satur day morning at 10 o’clock, Super intendent W. C. Thompson an nounced yesterday. L. K. Halsey, principal of the Piney Creek schools and presi dent of the local North Carolina Education association unit, will preside at the meeting. An outside speaker, probably someone from a neighboring town, will address the teachers, cording to Chas. R. Roe, prin cipal of the Sparta schools. At this second meeting of the current school year the work of the NCEA will be discussed, a campaign for membership begun, and other business pertaining to the county unit taken up. An elec tion of officers for the units in this district will be held later, it was stated. All teachers in the county school system are urged to at tend this important meeting, Mr. Thompson declared. Money Allotted To REA Co-opTo Buy Power Co. Allotment of $316,000 Made In Washington Yesterday. Sale Not Complete. The REA yesterday allotted the Blue Ridge Electric Membership corporation $316,000 for the pur. pose of buying the property of the Northwest Carolina Utilities in Blowing Rock, West Jefferson, Warrensville, Lansing, Sparta and Roaring Gap, it was announced here yesterday. When this paper went to press Thursday, no information was available as to how and when the proposed purchase will be termi nated. For the past several months, the REA. co-op has had a sales option to buy the Northwestern proper ties at a minimum amount of $170,000. To make the purchase, the REA had to line up as many new customers as would be tak en over by the purchase. A $100, 000 improvement program has also been planned. Due to the OPM priorities on copper and other metals, it had been thought possible that the sale would not be completed this fall. Only One New TB Case Found Of the 38 persons examined here last Monday by Dr. William H. Roper, of the state sanitorium, only two active cases of tuber culosis were found and these cases had already been diagnosed, Miss Ola Collins, county health nurse, announced yesterday. One new active childhood case was discovered, however, and one inactive childhood type. There were 4 arrested pre-diagnosed cas es and one diagnosis of bronchice tosis. All those who attended the clinic were given Fluoroscopic ex aminations. Free literature concerning the prevention and treatment of TB is available at the county health department offices here. More Alleghany County Fair * Prize-Winners Announced Listed below are the remain der of the prize-winners at the Alleghany agricultural fair, held on September 26-27, and at which approximately $350. in cash mer chandise was awarded as prizes. DEPT. VII—Gratae & Grasses Best 10 ears white com —1st, JCenneth Fender; 2nd, C. L. Hash. Best 10 ears yellow corn—1st, G. R. Hendri?; 2nd, Fred Hamp ton. Best 5 stalks field com—1st, C. G. Andrews; 2nd, C. L. Hash. Best 5 stalks ensilage com—1st, C. L. Hash; 2nd, Fred Osborne. Best 10 ears pop corn—1st, Anr drew Jennings; fed, R- D- Rich ardson. Best gallon rye^-lst, Olin Car penter. No other entries. Best gallon oats—1st, C. G. Ani drews. No other entries. Best bunch of timothy—1st, C. L. Hash. No other entries. Best bunch of orchard grass— 1st, C. L. Hash. No other entries. Best bunch of red top—1st, C. L. Hash. No other entries. Best bunch of red clover—1st, C. L. Hash. No other entries. Best bunch of sapling clover— 1st, C. L. Hash. No other entries. Best bunch of soy beans (for Dairy Income Could Be Tripled In This Area, Leagans Says BALTIMORE BE£M Curious citizens in large num bers in Washington, D. C., and other cities along their route, turned out to see the duke and dutchess of Windsor as they passed through the U. S. on their way to Alberta, Canada. There they are spending some time on the duke’s Canadian ranch. They are shown after leaving Baltimore, Md. Early Seeding Is Important, Hooper Asserts Increased Yields And More Grazing In Winter Are Among Advantages. Early seeding is important for both small grain and winter le gumes, according £9 W. O. Hoop er, representative' of the depart ment of agriculture in the New River soil conservation district. Increased yields and more graz ing in the winter and early spring are among the advantages of planting small grain early, Mr. Hooper pointed out. Any excess acreage above the farm needs for grain, hay and grazing can be turned under to add organic mat ter to the soil. The earlier the grain is planted, the more growth there will be to turn under. Many farmers in the New River area are planting grain this (Continued on Page Four) AAA Elections Now Being Held County Agent Urges Farmers To Attend Meetings In Their Communities. Elections of county and com munity committeemen to serve 09 the 1942 agricultural conservation program were to begin Thursday of this week, County Agent R. E. Black announced. Any landlord, share cropper or tenant who has qualified for a payment under the 1941 program is eligible to vote, Mr. Black said. Farmers are urged to attend the meetings in their communities. The following is a schedule of remaining meetings: Friday, October 10—Whitehead, 1 p. m.; Sparta, 7 p. m. Saturday, October 11 — New Hope, 1 p. m.; Laurel Springs, 7 p. m. Dairy Field Specialist Makes Report After Two Months Study In County. DETAILS ARE GIVEN “With its natural blue grass pasture lands; watered by cool pure mountain streams free from wild onions, garlic and other off flavored weeds, and cool climate, this section is ideally adapted to the dairy industry and has almost unlimited possibilities for becom ing one of the greatest dairying sections in the south,” J. P. Lea gans, extension dairy specialist at State College who served as spe cial field representative in Alle ghany, Ashe and Watauga coun ties during the summer months, stated in a report covering his work here. He pointed out that this section has three good markets for the sale of milk and that the annual income to around 1,300 farmers from the sale of milk is approxi mately $620,000 and that by pro per development this figure could be increased to two million dol lars. Mr. Leagans, after working nearly two months, returned to Raleigh last month and another field representative was supposed to have already succeeded him here in the work. The state de partment has promised to furn ish a full-time representative, but no announcement has been made concerning such an appointment. Interested citizens are investigat ing now to determine what is causing the delay. In his recommendations, Mr. Leagans stated: “To insure continued success of the dairy industry in this section, it must be hwilt on a sound basis. By a sound basis is meant that high producing cows, more ade quate feeds of the proper kind, and proper housing of dairy cat tle must be provided. At this point, the economic situation as it relates to dairying must be tak en into consideration. It is pro bable that present price levels will not be maintained indefinite ly; therefore, it is imperative that (Continued on Page Four) II Take Exam For Post Office Job % ■..... ■■ 21 Persons Had Filed Appli cations for, Job As Postmaster. Eleven residents of the town of Sparta, having recently filed their applications for the job as postmaster hege, were given the civil service examination at North Wilkesboro, it was revealed this week. Twenty-one persons applied for the position, it was learned, but only 11 took the examination. They were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gambill, Silas Nich ols, Albert Richardson, Ralph Parker, John Osborne, Clytie Duncan, A. O. Joines, Clifford Toliver, Hugh Choate and Oder Joines. Their respective grades will be announced by the civil service commission in the near future, it was stated. Sam W. Brown, of Sparta, is now serving as acting postmaster here. Oder Joines is assistant post master. JOf G//H
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