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Let’s go after them!
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VOLUME 54, NO. 41
$1.00 a Year In Alleghany County
SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA
51.50 a Year Out of County
THURSDAY,, JULY 1, IMS
Quiet July 4 Is
Expected Here;
Stores To Close
Tourists’ Places Report In*
creased Reservations; No
Celebrations
Alleghany county, like the rest
of the nation, will celebrate the
167th anniversary off thg declara
tion of American independence in
a quieter way than usual and by
staying at home in most cases.
As July 4 falls on Sunday, Mon
day will be observed as the holi
day'with stores, business houses,
city and county offices being
closed, as will the bank. The
Sparta post office will observe
the usual holiday hours, being
open long enough to distribute
the mail.
The lack of gasoline will pre
vent the usual trip to the beach,
with fishing, backyard picnics and
swimming in the nearby river be
ing substituted! for the longer
excursion.
Tennis and golf on nearby
courses and courts are also ex
pected to be popular diversions.
Local tourist places report in
creased reservations for the holi
day, Greystone Inn, at Roaring
Gap, being booked to capacity by
vacationists from all over the
eastern United! States.
Lt. Hugh Boyer
Is Visitor Here
Early In Week
Dr. and Mrs. H. K, Boyer, who
are spending some time at Four
6aks, had a surprise visit Tues
day from their grandson, Lt.
Hugh Boyer, of Amarillo, Tex
as, Mrs, Boyer and their four
months’ old son, Jack.
“It was a happy sufprise, and 1
had the pleasure 'of Christening
my Rttle ^eat^aMaon''. Dr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dend Atwood ftnd
won, Jerrol. Mrs. J. F. Atwood,
fEm. S9gar Make and daughter.
Christine, vttteS Mrs. Berman
Atwood and- little son, Barry K..
at King, last week. Little Barry
- hM .been quite sick, but last re
^ be ia sorofe better.
Mrs. J, M. Williams, who has
been an invalid for some time,
was carried to the home of bar
son, Roacoe Williams, Sparta, to
stay for a while.
NEW SHIPMENT OF ^
FEED WHEAT ABRTVES
| V A new shipment of feed wheat
has been received at the AAA
bins in Sparta, and la now on
* sale at $1.16 per bushel, secretary
Arthur Gam hill, of the AAA, said
here this week.
dr dr
fkJkaty<m&*uf. Witk
WAR BONDS
So long a* • soldier can eat
equipment the Army will do
right. Food k either ••beene.’1
••chow."
mil
Allies Pound Europe;
Slav, Greek Patriots
Arise To Fight Nazis
BOMBARDIER CHAMP
Cadet James E. Rice, of Se
attle, Wash,, pictured after he
was named “Best Student
Bombardier in the U. S. Army
Air Force?-” He won his title
h y outscoring competitors
from seven other bombardier
schools. He is stationed at the
Midland Army Air Field, Tex
as. • '
No Reduction In
A, B, Or C Coupons
For Motorists Now
OPA Believes Mon Can Be
Brought Ip Shortage Area
;V> Mvjite*
~ Pf**4 Admits*
tTMtarmmSm M. Brown said
■flat wecSTtSA no reduction in the
mtoe of A* B or C gasoline cbu
pona is “now contemplated”
“R pi flue hope of the Office of
(fee Administration that suffi
cient gasoline can be brought into
the Northeastern shortage area to
make any further reduction in
civilian use unWfeeessary," Brown
said He added, however, that ie
duction of coupon values would
be neteasary if all the gasoline
that it' is possible to transport
'less than enougb to meet
The Ijafcilaum, administration
laid week allotted 328,000 barrels
of gasoline a day to the East
Coast for July, August and Sep
tember, an increase of 3,000 bar
rels above the allowance for
June. The increase, however, will
bh offset by added demands for
gasoline for hauling farm crepe
to markets and other commercial
transportation.
In the East, the value of ^cou
pon* has been reduced more than
50 per cent since the beginning of
rationing and in the Northeastern
shortage area all nonessentud
driving has been forbidden. B.
and C. coupons in Northeastern
states have been cut from four to
three and then to two and one
half gallons.
Japs In Pacific Lashed Again
By U. S. Air Forces; Bus- ,
sians Are Active
The allied forces continue to
pound the Axis from the air this
week while Europe has quivered
under a severe case of invasion
Jitters.
Great fleets of British bombers
battered the Rhineland industrial
city of Cologne and the U-boat
center of Hamburg yesterday to
hit a new high in the devastation
heaped upon Germany’s war ma
chine in a single month although
June still has two nights to go.
Observers said the raid on
Cologne was comparable with the
previous heaviest attack on the
Ruhr in which more than 2,000
tons of bombs were dropped.
Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch’s Ju
goslav patriot army has started
an offensive on three fronts and
Greek guerrillas are battling
strong forces of German troops
in apparent belief that the allied
aerial attacks in the Eastern Med
iterranean foretell an early in
vasion, it was revealed.
The Jugoslav government re
ceived information from Mikhail
ovitch’s headquarters that the pa
triots were in action against eight
German divisions, including two
made up of special Nazi storm
troopers.
Russian airmen, continuing
their steady pounding of German
rail centers and supply depots in
the pivotal sector around Orel, at
tacked that important junction
Monday night for the third time
in a week, Moscow announced
yesterday.
'■‘ A special Soviet announcement,
broadcast by
aheqd «< the
communigte,
fire* «nd explosions in Onel and
went on.to blast etjemy ammuni
tion dumps at Karachev, 40 mite*
to the west.
A daring night bombing attack
a small group of light Japan
ese naval vessels caught on file
move in the central Solomon is
lands was reported by the navy
yesterday along with punishing
new raids on enemy island in
stallations in both the North soul
South Pacific \ ,
The raids included six attacks
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Men Classified
By Draft Board
7“
At a meeting of Selective Serv
ice Beard No. 1 on June 29, the
following classifications were
made: •< •
■p 1-A—Gwyn C. Pollard, Con F.
Parsons; 2-A—Gwyn E. Blevins,
Samuel C. , Evans, James L.
Joines, Richard A. Bumgardner,
Paul E. Crouse, Lester Combs; 2
C—Boyd D. Roberts; 3-A—Arthur
Gambill, Thomas R. Greene; 4-A
—Travers L. McBride; 4-A-H—
Kilby Reeves; P—Donald L. Dan
cy, Bert O. Evans.
|he Moscow radio
at least 11 hie
Their Object Is More Eggs
The Flag Of The Free, Long May It Wave!
This July 4, lei us au renew our resolution to keep it flying, by keeping on buying —
MORE WAR BONDS!
Conference For
Young People Is
Well Attended
Rev. R. L. Berry Is Head
Counselor For Boys; Miss
Greer Presides
Miss Virginia Greer, new presi
dent of the Young People in
Winston-Salem Presbytery, is
presiding at the senior young peo
ple’s:, annual conference which is
being held at Glade Valley High
School and continues through Ju
ly 3.
Rev. R. L. Berry, of Sparta, is
head counselor for the boys.
A total of 86 delegates have al
^ whjchat'tfc*
recent Cbn
People ttp
- . in the Wins
ton-Sslem Presbytery.
Rev. P. J. Garrison is director.
The conference faculty includes
Rev: G. Raymond Wotneldorf,
Who is teaching a course in mis- ]
skmt; Mrs. Raymond Womeldorf!
will teach the gospel of Luke;
MjaaRebecca Knight, of States
vifiNraS ttypmih a course on: “Teh*
ernaile as a Type of Christ”; Rev.
Sidney R Crane, of North Wilkes
bo*er will lead a discussion course
on "How the Young People of
Yfita# Can Face Their Problems
Witte th4>iwing Christ”; Miss
Margaret' Wyatt, director of re
ligious education at Pint Pres
byterian Church, is teaching a
course on "Methods and Materials
for Worship," She is also head
counselor' for girls, assisted by
Mrs. L. N. CSshkm.
Bill Summers mid Ralph Rich
ie, Union Theological Seminary
studeftteb^aee leading the vesper
service*, While Rev. Marion G.
Brad well, of the Reynolda Pres
byterian Church, ..is to lead the
consecrational service on Friday
night .
Miss Clara Pou of the Reynolda
Church, is the director of recrea
tion add pianist for the confer
ence.
Alleghany Men
Invited To Ashe
Sportmen’s Club
Meeting To Be Held At Com
munity Boil ding. All
Sportsmen Invited
West Jefferson —(Special) —
Plans are now being made to
hold an organization meeting of
i all interested sportsmen of Ashe
| county at the community build
ing on Friday at eight o’clock,
When a supper will be served.
At this time, tentative plans
will be made to organize a fish
and game club for the county and
everyone interested is urged to
attend.
Hort Doughton and other mem
bers of the Alleghany Sports
men’s Club, have been invited to
attend the meeting on Friday to
ie organization of the
I pointed out by leaden in
t that the organiza
ciub to thjs county
the group
closely wi th
Four)
Alleghany Is Again
Over Top In Sales Of
War Bonds For June
Mrs. R. R. King9 59,
Passes At Boone
Wife Of A|legfaany Health
Officer Was Buried On
Mauday
’ Margurine 'vSS jUeacotiHI
Klhg. S», Wife of Or. Robert R.
King, district health officer and
former mWcmuy, died at the
home at Boone, Sunday moxhing
at 11 o’clock. *
Mrs. King was a native of Bel
ghim, where she was bom Au
gust 19, 1883, but had made her
home in thit section fdr many
years. *
Survivors include the hUSband;
two daughters, Mrs. E. Fbjjd King,
Jr., of Winston-Salem arid Mrs.
D. J. Cobb of Bebhont; four sons,
R. R. King Jr., of Wtnstoh-Salem,
John T. King of the aoiiy. sta
tioned in California, and Albert
W. King ahd George R. King,
both of Boone.
Funeral services were cohduct
ed at • o'clock Monday anmeon
at the Presbyterian Churih at
Boone, interment «lf id Boone
cemetery. ^ \
-i. .. * ■
Eye Qmic On
Thursday, July 8
The eye clinic, sponsored the
county health and welfare de
partments, is to be held July #.
Letter* have been written to
these hi the county known to be
in need of this service, Mias Ola
Collins, county nurse, said this
week, making definite appoint
ments for the clinic.
It is again requested that only
those having appointments come
to this clinic, due to the limited
number the specialist is able ta
examine in one day.
End Of Fiscal Year Shows
Sales Of $140,000; Buying
Continues
Again Alleghany county has
gone over the top on its quota of
War Bonds for the month of June,
exceeding it by|2,125.00, Chair'
man Alton Thompson s^jdtberq
«e*«May*V;
The quota of >5.400 was rewUHl
last Friday, with additional
purchases building the total up to
>7,525 at the end of the month.
Northwestern Bank alone over
sold the quota by >100, with Spar
ta post office having sales of
025.
At the end of the fiscal year,
July 1, Alleghany citizens have
bought a total of >140,000 in
bonds, consistently meeting each
month’s quota and in most cases
far surpassing it.
Continued buying of bonds and
stamps is urged by Mr. Thompson.
“It is our best means of assuring
our fighting men that we are be
hind them in their unselfish de
votion to duty on the battle fronts
of the world, supplying them with
weapons, medical care, and sus
tenance for their families at
home,”, he stated.
Mr. A. O. Joines, who has been
appointed by state bond officials
to an important post in the coun
ty, attended a meeting in States
ville today, at which plans are be
ing formulated for augmenting
sales of bonds and stamps in the
county!) Governor Melville J.
Broughton will address the meet
ing.
Announcement of the program
launched at this meeting will be
made when plans are completed.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Communion services will be
held at Mount Carmel church on
Sunday night, July 4th.
Gov. Broughton Insists That
All Idlers Must Find Jobs
Raleigh — Asserting that his
“work-or-fight” proclamation was
“no idle gesture," Governor
Broughton last night said that he
would use every power at his
comand to support the mayors,
sheriffs and public officials in
their effort to insist upon idlers
going to work.
The Governor, speaking from
the mansion over a State-wide
radio hookup, recalled that his
proclamation a week ago had
asked that Monday be set aside
as a day of dedication throughout
the State. He asked that ■
cation pi committees be
"plan to the end1 that every
bodied person . . . shall
led for active
"... I Urged that every
committee and chairman to
Carolina plan thoroughly tor the
meeting that is to be held on Mon
day, that you search out those
places where idlers hang out,
whether it be in smoke shops,
poolrooms, beer joints, loafing
places of any kind, and find out
why it is that they are not at
work,” the Governor said.
“And if they still stubbornly
refuse to work in this hour of na
tional danger, 1 want to say to
you that with'whatever power l
may be vested in by virtue of
legislative action I intend to sup*
port the mayors and sheriffs and:
public officials in their effort to
upftn these idlers going to
critical
in
its
Hew Series Of
Typhoid Shots |
To Begin Friday
'H
—
Will Arrange Clinics For
Other Communities Of
County Later
The first in a series of, two
schedules for immunization
against typhoid will be held on
Friday, July 2, with the second:
>n July 9.
The schedule will include
Miles, Elk Spur church, at 10:30;
Roaring Gap Post Office, 11:30;
Cherry Lane Post office, 1:30;
Rich Hill School, 2:30; Saddle
Mountain church, 3:00; Glade Val
ley Post office, 3:30.
On July 7 and 14, at the Lon
Reeves home (Tolliver) at 11:30.
Schedules to follow, dates for
which will be announced later,
are: Edwards’ Cross Roads, Eu
nice; Edmonds, Barrett, Todd’S
Store, Hooker, Furches, Laurel
Springs, Pleasant Grove church.
Citron, Whitehead, Pine Swamp
and Wolf Branch. „ ;
Miss Ola Collins, county nurse,
said if any community not listed
has as many as 20 individuals in
terested in the immunization of
fered, the health department sfill
be glad to cooperate in arranging
a clinic in the community, due to
present transportation difficul
ties.
Clinics for Sparta and vicinity
are held each Saturday and Tues
day from 9:00 until 5:00, at the
health office in the Community
Building.
Ashe Bean Mart
To Open Monday;
Plenty Of Buyers
New BuiUtfakg Is Complete*;
Everything In Beadinen
For Opening < j
o’clock, when locally grown
beans, a vital war crop, will be
sold at auction to the high ait
bidder.
The newly constructed build
ing, located on Railroad Avenue
just back of the railway Italian
has been completed and every
thing is now in readiness far fha
opening, officials announced to
day. w. G. Vannoy is president
and J. E. Roland, secretary and
treasurer of the market, which la
the first of its kind to be opened
in the county.
A fall set of buyers will ba
present including some represent
ing the government and grower*
can be assured of getting a goad
price for their beans, treasurer
Roland, pointed out
"We believe this will be a real
service to the people of tills sec
tion, as it offers them a beam
market and we will appreciate the
cooperation and patronage of all,*
Mr. Roland declared.
Representatives of the market
ing division of the Extension Da
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Ration Reminder
^est Jefferson —(S|
TOje Farmers' Bean aftd
table mart will be dfttcUdly open
ed here Monday afternoon at four
COFFEE
30. Stamp Ha ll, goad far ana
July 1 and expiree July XL
GASOLINE