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AND STAR-TIMES— (CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER.
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VOLUME 54, NO. 33
91.90 a Year in Alleghany County
SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA
91.50 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY, MAY 9, IMS
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Miss Hampton
Is Named Home
Agent In County
Will Begin Work At Once; Is
Experienced In Home
Demonstration Work
Miss Rubie Hampton, of Lin
ville, has accepted the appoint
ment as Alleghany county’s Home
Demonstration agent, assuming
her duties here this week.
Miss Hampton graduated from
Milligan College, Tenn., and has
a B. S. degree from Woman’s Col
lege, tfhivemity of North Caroli
na, Greensboro, end has had eight
years' CXperiCTCe in home econ
omics work. She wiU.-mrve as
nutrition chairman in Aueghany
county's Civilian Defense work*
and plans to meet the following
Demonstration cluhs this week:
May 4, at 2:00 o’clock, at Mi*
Nora Wagoner’s home.
May 5, Roaring Gap, Mrs. John
Choate; May 0, Sparta, Commun
ity Building; May 7, Elk Creek,
„ Gam bill’s Store. On Wednesday,
May 12, New Hope club, at Mrs.
E. S. Mitchell’s home, 2:00 o’clock
p. m.; Friday, May 14, Bledsoe
Creek club, Mrs. Oral Choate, 2
p. m.; Saturday, May 15, Blevins
Cross Roads, 1:30 p. m., Mrs.
Carlie Evans.
Miss Hampton and County
Agent R. E. Black plan to sched
ule neighborhood 4-H Club meet
ings in the immediate future.
They will help the 370 boys and
girls of the county who have
signed the Victory pledge for
food’production.
The county has been without a
regular home demonstration
agent since Miss Margaret Law
V horns resigned early in the year
the WAAC. Miss Ro*
Elwood Bryan, home agent-, at
large in the state, has been Car
rying on the work.
Many On Perfect
Attendance Roll
List From Sparta School In*
dudes Pupils From All
Grades
A large number of students of
the Sparta high school made per
fect attendance records for the
year. Their names and grades
are printed below:
First grade—Anna Sue Combs,
Dewey Hoppers.
Second grade—Billy Edwards,
Harold Edwards, Harold Hash,
Dorothy Edwards, Betty Jean Ed
wards, Billy Teague.
Third grac —Edith Mae Hamp
ton, Marjorie. Truitt, Zane Grey
Mcknight, Ju lior McCann, Rob
ert Lee Tbdd.
Fourth graf - R. C. Teague,
Lorraine Bill <, Emma Lee
MSftdheLl, Sail} .^^hillips,' Sara
Ann Hickerson, «narles Higgins,
Tommie Moxley, ~'f. T. Buckner,
Ralph Edwards, Anna Lee An
drews, Delano Choate, Thelma
Lyons, Elizabeth Larue, Lewis
Hampton, Alva Joines, Joe Mc
Millan, John Frank Norman.
Fifth grade—Dorothy Andrews,
Ida Maude Black, Annie Marie
Billings, Sue Edwards, Ruth Dut
ton, Rufus Jordan, P. K. Jordan,
Irene Combs.
Sixth grade—Gelene Andrews,
Irene Cox, Paul Edwards, Tommy
Pugh, Edward Rizoti, Jr., Dean
Joines, Grace Crouse, Betty Jean
Fender, Virginia Van Crouse,
Irene Larue, Imogene Caioenter,
Lorene Wagner, Nellie Atwood.
Seventh grade—Madge Wyatt,
George Gentry, Wade Naylor,
Evelyn Joines. Andrew McKnight,
Opal Nichols.
(Continued on Page 4)
Office Of Water
Dept. Is Moved
The office of the town water
and sewerage department has
been moved from the lower floor
of the courthouse to the upper
floor, in the office formerly oc
cupied by the draft board.
Mr. Lee Woodruff, who Is in
charge of collections for the w»
department, and who form
stayed in the office two half
a week, is now employed
*a store, end residents
their water fees to him
Hitler’s Young Cannon Fodder
receiving
of the Hitler youth organization are shown
orders as they report lor duty with the luft
waffe. Terrific casualties suffered by the German armies
Call for replacement by the 15-16-year-oldS and men in re
served and vital positions.
Hundreds Of School
Children Vaccinated
By Co. Health Dept.
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REDMEN RESPOND
Many Indians have joined
the armed forces, others are
working on farms and in war
plants.
Report $57 From
Crippled Children
Easter Seal Sale
Several Schools Have Not
Reported. Are Urged To
Do So Now
The Alleghany county schools
have turned in $57.86 from the
sale of Easter seals for crippled
children. This campaign was
Conducted through the school
teachers and the school children
throughout the county. One-half
of the proceeds from the sale will
be retained in the county for the
aid of our crippled children.
Some of the schools have not
yet turned in their reports. Be
low are listed the amounts re
ceived from the schools so far:
Sparta, $18.82; Whitehead, 2.27;
New Hope, 1.10; Prather’s Creek
(Continued on Page 8)
Many Other Important Activi
ties Are Carried On, Quart
erly Report Shows
During the first three months
of 1943, hundreds of Alleghany
county children were immunized
against communicable diseases by
lira health -department, which al
so rendered other valuable aid
toward making the couAty a
healthier place in which to live.
The report from the health de
partment for, the first quarter of
the year, which gives a picture of
some of the varied activities of
the health department, is given
here:
“The first three months of the
present year made a splendid be
ginning by not having any com
municable diseases) reported.
During these three months, elev
en were immunized against small
pox and one-hundred and fifteen
completed the necessary typhoid
vaccination. We are also happy
to say that our venereal disease
problem is becoming less, and
while this may be partly due to
lack of transportation facilities,
we feel that a great deal pf it is
the result of: the searching out of
the cases in the past, and a bet
ter understanding of the people
of a preventive measure.
“During the last week of school,
small pox immunization clinics
were conducted in the schools.
During this period, 268 children
were vaccinated. The splendid
(Continued on Page 8)
SERVICES ANNOUNCED
Elder W. H. Handy will preach
at Pine Fork Baptist church on
May 9, at 8:30, ewt. The public
is invited to attend.
There will also be a church
council meeting at Little Pine
church at 11:00 o’clock Saturday
morning, May 8, with Rev. W. H.
Handy in charge.
Fruit And Vegetable Juice
Point Value Reduced Again
Washington — Dried or dehy
drated soups come off the ration
list, most fruit and tomato juices
got lower point values and sever
al other changes in processed
fruit-vegetable rationing went
into effect Sunday morning.
The changes were announced
by the office of price administra
tion. Removal of dry soup* from
the ration list was decided on so
late that OPA already had dis
tributed sample charts showing
a one point per package value foi;
dry soups in packages up to four
ounces. These will have te be
bed from' alarm
wholesale stocks
increased 80 per
due to a spust
nd much of the
agar of spoiling
due to warm weather. In the
tall, these soups are expected to
be rationed again.
The cuts in juice points, also
due to slow sales, affect all pop
ular fruit juices and tomato juic
es, except pineapple juice, which
went up from 13 to 17 points on
the popular No, 2% size can. Oth
er can sices of pineapple juice re
mained unchanged. ■
Grape juice came down from A
to 2 points for a pint and from 8
to 3 for a quart. Grapfruit and
other citrus juices were trimmed
in the No. 2 giae can from 4 to 3
Stats and ta the 48 ounce can
>m 9 to 4 points. Tomato juice
was reduced in the No, 2 can
stae from 12 to 6 poirits and ta
the 48 ounqe jri«r fr°m **
11 points. In connection with
(Continued on Page 9)
Special Drive On
War Bonds Will
End Saturday
Sales Continue Good Toward
Purchase Of Ambulance;
May Quota Is $5,209
Interest in the Second War
Loan Drive continues, as it draws
to a close on Saturday, May 8.
Alleghany county’s quota of $50,
200 was reached early last week,
and purchases continue steadily
on the accumulation of funds for
the buying of ambulances for the
armed forces. Though exact fig
ures were not available on Wed
nesday afternoon, unofficial re
ports show the totals running up.
Members of the Sparta Wom
an’s Club have been making a
canvass of the town, in addition
to purchases made through the
regular channels.
While the second war loan
drive is closing, there is a con
tinued need for buying bonds,
Chairman Alton Thompson ex
plained. It was announced that
the county’s E bond quota for the
month of May was $5,209.
Navy Officer Is
To Come Here
For Three Days
Will Take Applications For
Various Branches Of The
U. S. Navy
In an effort to save men and
women of Alleghany county and
vicinity much time and trouble in
making application for the Navy
or the WAVES, Recruiter James
B. Meacham of tSe Winston-Sa
lem Navy Recruiting Station will
open a' temporary recruiting sta
tion in Sparta on Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday, May 10, 11,
and 12 and will remain there for
three days to interview persons
interested in any branch of the
Navy.
Recruiter Meacham will main
tain his office in the Post Office
building, and his hours will be
from 8:00 a. m. until 6:00 p. m.
All quotas have been lifted for
Navy enlistments, and an unlim
ited number of 17-year-blds,
WAVES, and Seabees may be en
listed immediately. Also, men
between the ages of 38 and 50
may qualify for enlistment with
any rating for which they are el
igible.
Navy trade schools have been
opened wide to the 17-year-old
youngsters, in order that a large
group of young potential petty
officers will be available soon.
Never before in the history of
the Navy have opportunities for
the younger men been so great,
and a nation-wide drive has been
inauguarated to obtain thousands
of youngsters for the training
schools.
There are 55 different Navy
trades from which the youngsters
may choose, and they range from
medical training to carpentry.
An effort is being made to place
the youngsters in the fields they
prefer, on the theory that they
will do better work in the type
of trade they like best.
Finals Are Held
For Little Pine
Interesting Commencement
Program Carried Out By
Pupib
Closing exercises of Little Pine
school were held at ten o’clock
on the morning of April 26. The
program consisted of a class song
and class parts by the members
of the 7th grade graduating class.
Those participating were Wanda
Jean Wilson, salutatorian, Tracy
Bottomley, poem; Wretha Mur
phy and Lawrence Johnson, class
history. Audine Smith was val
edictorian. The two other mem
bers of the class Were Clyde Ed
wards, president, and Jack Hig
gins.
Fter the graduation exercises,
Isom W. Wagoner, local rural
jrnall carrier, addressed the class,
using as his subjacit, **Devotidn to
Duty.”
Besides the seven who received
jwwenth grade promotion oerti
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Nazi Tank Destroyer Against Nazis
A German tank destroyer, equipped with 75-mm. gun
and dual controls for operating forward or backward,. cap
tured in a battle with the 10th panzer division in Tunisia, is
shown above. The U. S. star was painted on the tank destroy
er which was then used against the enemy.
Allies Go Forward
In Africa; Pacific
Victory Announced)
—
Germans Admit Russians Put
ting Up Terrific Fight;
Allies Shell Bab»
The allied forces met with
increased success this week, in
A&ioa, the American and Frenerf
troops‘moved on toward the big
naval base of Bizerte and south
east toward Tunis.
The Nazi retreat east of Mateur
continues, and the Americans
are mopping up axis soldiers, ap
parently in large number, who
were by-passed and then pocket
ed between the Pefpa position
and Mateur when the U. S.
troops plunged in a lightning, 14
mile advance into the strategic
rail center, reports reveal.
German guns to the northeast
of the town are pouring occasion
al shells into Mateur.
Part of the American forces
pursued the retreating Nazis
toward Ferryville, power center
of the Bizerte naval base, 10
miles northeast of Mateur.
The allies have delivered their
heaviest raid, made daringly by
daylight, on Babo, Dutch New
[Guinea, the high command an
nounced yesterday.
Six Japanese float planes at
tempted to intercept the raiders
over the Aroe islands and two
of the enemy were shot down.
Babo is in the Maccluer Gulf
in northwestern Dutch New Gui
nea, some 1,200 miles west of the
allied base of Port Moresby. De
spite the hazards of the flight, all
allied bombers got home. ,
The navy yesterday revealed
triumphant thrusts in widely
scattered areas of the Pacific, in
cluding American occupation of
i another group of islands in tse
another group of islands in the
North Pacific, and the sinking by
American submarines of two Jap
(Continued On Page Four)
AGAIN MAYOR
Honorable Floyd Crouse,
who was again elected as
mayor of Sparta in a quiet
election here this week.
To Defer Action
On Ninth Month
Term Of School
No Official List Of Teachers
Announced By Board At
Meeting On Monday
At the meeting of the Alle
ghany county Board of Education
on Monday, it was decided to
withhold action upon the nine
months’ school term until the
different school districts in the
county had been given an oppor
tunity to make a thorough invest
igation of the wishes of patrons
(Continued on Page 8)
Broughton Orders A 35-Mihj,
Speed Limit Beginning Today
Raleigh — Governor Brough
ton exercised his emergency war
power* this week to decree, with
the approval of the Council of
State, a 35-mile speed limit in
North Carolina.
The new speed limit will be
come effective at noon today and
will apply to trucks as well as to
passenger automobiles.
In proclaiming the lowered
speed limit, Governor Broughton
and the Council of State compil
ed with requests of the Office of
Defense Transportation to bring
the North Carolina speed laws
Into conformity with a wartime
federal limit on speed. The State
limit now ft «0 miles an hour.
by the
but it
came in proclamation number
two. The first proclamation
deal with labor law chan
ommended by State Labe
missioner Forrest H. Shuford,
will be acted upon by the Coun
cil of State today. The labor
changes were discussed this week,
but Governor Broughton said no
definite action was taken.
Shuford has recommended five
changes: (1) that girls between
16 and 18 be permitted to work
on government contracts until
10 p, m. instead of 9 p. m.; (2)
that the labor commissioner be
authorized to issue special per
mits tor girls to work until mid
night when
effort; (8) Oust
miasioner be
army and navyi
Are To Observe
This Closing For
Sithiirier Months
Employes Will Be Given Am
Opportunity To Work In
Victory Gardens
Beginning next Wednesday,
May 12, Sparta stores will be
closed in the afternoons, the half
holiday to continue through May,
June;' Jhly and August.
The closing agreement is being
observed to permit store employ*
ees to cultivate their Victory Gar
dens and to have time for recre
ation-; and personal business.
Fimas who will' observe the
custom- this slimmer are Smith*
ey’s Store, Belk’s Department
Store, Cash &• Carry, Jay Hardin's
Store, Kay’s Five and Ten, West
ern Auto Associate Store, Sparta
Supply company and perhaps oth*
ers, it was announced.
This custom has been observed
in most of the towns of Western
North Carolina for several years,
and has been found to be no
handicap, as customers soon learn
to plan their trips to town on the
open days, or on the mornings be*
fore closing.
Leading merchants point out
that while they are anxious to
serve the needs of the customers,
they also want to give their em
ployees a little free time and ex
plained that as soon as the pub
lic becomes accustomed to the
idea, this should be no handicap
to 'anyone.
Town Officers
Are Re-elected
To Continue Program»Of
. _ Town Improvement;
Voting Is Light
Mayor R. F. Crouse and the
five incumbent members of the
town council were re-elected for
a term of four years on Tuesday.
There was no opposing ticket and
the vote was light.
Re-election of the officers of
the town government insures a
continuation of the progressive
program carried out by these of
ficers over a period of yean.
During their tenure of office the
town has acquired a new water
system, improved lighting sys
tem, re-organization of the fire
department on a more efficient
plan, and many other improve
ments.
Aldermen elected with Mayor
Crouse are D. C. Duncan, Dr. C.
A. Thompson, J. M. Wagoner, J.
A, Hardin and D. <F. Sturdivant
Men Classified
By Local Board
; ■ ■ ■ ■
Several Are Placed In Class
2-A; Names Are An
nounced
At .-a 'meeting last week, Se
lective Service Board No. l'classi
fied the following men:
Class 2-A—Bert Moxley,' Hugh
Ruftyy Wilmer Sheets, Robert A.
Berry, Sewell B. McCann, Joseph
M. Royal, Donald L. Dancy, Bert
Evans, BVeddie Bowlin, Clayton
H. Bennett; 3-B—Howard Ellis;
2-C—John F, Myers, Newell King,
Alexander Woodruff, Earl Jar
vis, Clive Stoker, Edward K.
Robertson, Porter Thompkins,
Caudill, Jesse L. Cox, Johnny G.
Charles W. Proffitt.
Class 3-A—Ed M. Jarrell, Clay
W. Roberts; 3-B—Wade Key; 3-C
Lyttle 15, Petty, Rufus C. Gil
liam, Raymond Watson, Lester
H. Woodruff, Mack Waddell, Con
leyCaudill, Robert Anders, Theo
dore Spicer, Calvin Wyatt, Dent
Joines, Carlie Murphy, William
Wyatt, Carper Osborne, Chester
Smith, William Burchette, Co
lumbus Higgins, John Grubb,
Paul Woodruff, William Carpen
ter Alfred Caudle, Walter Hig
gins, Claude Brown, Howard
Joines.