Federated Women’s Clubs
This week the annual meeting of the
third district of the North Carolina Fed
erated Women’s Clubs was held in West
Jefferson, with such able leaders as Mrs.
J. Henry Highsmith, state president, and
Mrs. R. A. McLaughlin, second vice-presi
dent, as speakers on the program.
The theme of the program was war ser
vice and post-war planning and it was a
real inspiration to hear what the women’s
clubs are doing along this line. Women as
individuals have always been among the
most effective workers in whatever they
choose to accomplish, and when they are
organized, unusual results are almost al
ways obtained.
The General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, of which the local club is a member,
has an outstanding record of achievement.
Any woman, who is a member of a fed
rated woman’s club should be proud of the
service which her organization is render
ing locally as well as throughout the state
And nation.
The spirit of the organization, so aptly
expressed in the collect, is indeed worthy
of the consideration of any woman, or
group of women.
We pass it on to our readers here that
they may know what, club women strive
to stand for:
Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us
be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with fault-finding and
leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense and meet
each other face to f8*e without self-pity
and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and
always generous.
Teach us to put into action our better
impulses, straight-forward and unafraid.
Let us take time for all things; make us
grow calm, serene ahd gentle.
Grant that we may realize it is the little
things that create differences; that in the
big things of Iff^twe' are as one.
And may wersftivejtn .touch and to know
the great common wopaan’s heart of us all;
and O Lord God, let us not forget to be
kind. -
United War Fund Drive?
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Many people throughout the nation are
asking, “Just what is tfoe United War Fund
Drive?” It is the combination of seventeen
war agencies' united* iirto one big fund.
Wherever the Jag* and-If azis have marched
they have crushed under their heel those
whom it is our pljtr^tian duty to assist.
This we have done’. Agencies have been
formed to aid, them. And in the past we
have had a number at. drives for these
agencies. Now they j^e combined into one
fund, the United War Fund, and you may
give to them all through this fund.
This not only includes the USO, but the
following agencies: United Seaman's Ser
vice, War Prisoners Aid, Belgian War Re
lief Society, British War Relief Society,
French Relief Fund, Friends of Luxem
bourg, Greek War Relief Association, Nor
wegian. Relief, Polish War Relief, Queen
Wilhelmina Fund, Russian War Relief,
United China Relief, United Czechoslovak
Relief, United Yoguslav Relief Fund, Refu
of the drive for this county and the quota
has been set at $1,128.00. Surely it should
not be hard to raise when we consider citi
zens in occupied countries have given their
life’s blood, that our own American citizens
are, yes even some Alleghany men, are
prisoners of war or have given their lives
that the world might be safe for democracy.
Let’s all make a sacrifice to give to the
United War Fund Drive.
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Postwar Jobs
The question of what is going to be
come of war workers whWFtffe ‘War eftdsT
and production of war equipment stops is
one of the questions which Washington and
industry are trying to answer right now.
So far the solution has not been found.
Large industries, which know they can em
ploy an enormous number of men when
they are ready for all-out civilian produc
tion, don’t know what they can do about
those workers while they are installing
new equipment for peacetime manufactur
ing.
Unless some answer is found, there is
bound to be a period of six months . or a
year of widespread unemployment.
At present there is enough, money sav
ed by the people of this country, in war
bonds and in savings banks, to almost
guarantee a major buying spree and peAod
of prosperity after the war. But if those
savings have to be spent to support fami
lies temporarily unemployed, enough will
be used up to explode all our dreams of
new cars, new homgs or new anything.
One plan which*has been given some
consideration has been to compel industry
to give war workers a e-months’ vacation
with pay during that transition period.
But such a solution would indirectly cost
the consumer billions of dollars and would
force smaller companies into bankruptcy.
With all the brilliant minds which are
working on this problem, it would seem
that they could arrive at some better ans
wer than government or industry hand
outs.
Keep The Record Clean
The people of the United States have .
become so used to enjoying railroad trans
portation that is practically free of acci
dents to passengers, that they are shocked
when a train wreck does occur.
It is true that the number of passenger
fatalities this year will exceed those of any
year for the past twenty years, although
the fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger
miles are very little more than they were
in 1940, 1926 and 1925, and less than they
were in 1922 and some of the earlier years.
Figures show that the chances of the
average passenger being killed in a train
wreck are on a ratio of but one chance in
four million. This means, even at the death
rate this year, the average passenger can
look forward to traveling in safety 370,000,
000 miles—a journey which would require
constant travel for about 1200 years.
If one could be as safe from accidental
death at home or in recreation as on the
train, untold grief and suffering would be
averted.
The New York Times points out editori
ally that just to keep a sense'of proportion,
it is well to remember that seven bad rail
road crashes since 1940 have cost 175 lives;
whereas in the singlevyear of 1941 automo
bile accidents killed 40,000 people in the
United States.
Initiative Saves Lives
It is a matter of record that, medical
service for American armed forces is un
equaled throughout the world, and fatali
ties among our wounded are unbelievably
low.
The foundation for such a service was
an independent American medical system
< and a privately supported and operated
American Red Cross. This combination was
ready to give medical care which could not
have been secured in any other way.
The blood plasma service of the Ameri
can Red Cross will go down in history as
one of the most remarkable life- saving
activites ever recorded. Without it, count
less thousands of American soldiers and
sailors would never return home.
One of the things to be proud of about
American medical service and Red Cross
service is that it is a testimonial to the
superiority of private initiative and enter
prise in science and relief work, as con
trasted 'with the ideals of the totalitarian
state in controlling and dominating the
lives of citizens.
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T. Carpenter, and nine children,
Clay, Sparta; John Mac, Castel
ton, Md.; Basil, Lancaster, Pa.;
Paul and Gene, Independence,
Va.; Howard, U. S. army, now
stationed at Camp Shenango, Pa.;
Mrs. Clyde Edwards, Glade Val
ley; Mrs. Ellis Jarvis, Sugar
Grove, Va; and Mrs. John Cleary,
Coatsville, Pa. Also three sisters,
Mrs. George Nelson, Mangum,
Okla.; Mrs. Mazie 'Wagoner, Buf
falo,Wyo. and Mrs. Verdle Hines,
Stratford, N. C. and 26 grand
children and three great grand
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cJIYIaFen survive.
Pall bearers were: C. C. Cas
tevens, Wayne Blevins, D i c k
Doughton, Hersel Edwards, Olin
Carpenter and Bufus Reeves.
Flower girls were: Mrs. Georgia
Dillard, Mexie Phipps, Jo Ann
Phippis, Anna Lee Carpenter,
Viola Carpenter, Kathleen Car
penter, Imogen* Carpenter, Bessie
Edwards, Frances Edwards, Jen
nie Hines, Thelma Gray Hines,
Rose Reynolds, Reba Blevins, Bet
ty Edwards, Eula Mae Reeves,
Wava Lee Jarvis, Lorene Jarvis,
Lura Jarvis and Mrs. Lou Tol
bert.
Cherry Ub H. D.
Club H*|d Meet
The Cherry Lane* home demon
stration club met at the home of
Mrs. G. P. Crutchfield October
6th. Miss Frances Capel, assisted
by Miss Rose E. Bryan, gave a
very interesting demonstration on
canning meats, with a pressure
cooker and used steak and pork
chops as an example.
The following members were
present: Mrs. R. L. Hanks, Mrs.
Emma Smith, Mrs. Roscoe Smith,
Mrs. Earn Hanks, Mrs. Alfred
Caudle, Mrs. Worth Smith and
Mrs. Crutchfield.
Next meeting is to be held at
the home of Mrs. Earn Hanks
November third.
Mrs. Nan Edwards and Mrs.
N. C. Shepherd, of Scottville,
are guests this week of Mrs. A.
F. Reeves and daughters.
Whitehead News
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Richardson, Sunday, were: Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Tedder, Mr. and
Mrs. Smith Nichols, Mr. Quincy
Tedder, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs.
Ruth Tedder Moore and daugh
ter, Mr .and Mrs. Ross Richard
son and family, Mrs. Mary Pet
ty and Mrs. Nannie Ham.
Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Ham, Sunday,
were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Evans
and Mrs. Evans’ niece; Mr. Al
len Evans, Mrs. Mary Petty and
daughter, Grace, Miss Ruby An
derson, Mrs. Stella Joines, Mrs.
Beal Poole and son, Ralph, and
Mr. Talmadge Andrews,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Evans re
turned to their home in Mary
land, after spending some time
with Mr. Evans’ father, Mr. Al
len Evans, and relatives else
where.
dinner guests oi mr. ana Mrs.
L. V. Richardson, Sunday, were:
Mr. and Mrs. Mack C. Edwards
and Mrs. W. M. Edwards.
Rev. and Mrs. Mack Tedder
were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Joines.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Richardson during the week end
were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Pugh and son, Bryan, of Wilkes
boro; Mrs. Mae Woodruff, of
Yadkinville; Mr. and Mrs. Her
sel Edwards and Norma Fender,
of Glade Valley, Mrs. Paul Rich
ardson and Elsie Wagoner, Spar
ta, and Mrs. Earl Richardson and
son, Kenneth, of Piney Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Irvin, of
Bel Air, Md., are visiting at the
home of Eddie Hoppers. Mrs.
Irvin’s mother will return with
them to their home in Maryland
to spend the winter.
Mrs. Bill Williams and baby
daughter, visited relatives in
Sparta, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Douglas are
vjsiting .relatives here. Mr. Doug
las is employed in defense work
in Baltimore, Md. *
Miss Hazel Van Dyke and Miss
Beulah Fields spent Saturday in
West Jefferson, shopping.
Mr. George C. Perry and John
Dancy Maines made a business
trip to Galax, Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen Wingler, Miss Doris
Wingler, Mrs. Perry Newcomer
and son, Lafry, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Carson Wingler, at Scott
ville, Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Perry and daugh
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Piney Creek News
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
Grade Two: Mrs. John Os
borne, who has been ill this fall,
has recovered and is now teach
ing her second grade. During
her absence, Mrs. Jim McKnight
substituted for her and did a
good piece of work. The honor
roll for this grade is Betty Hal
sey, Carlene Delp.
Grade Three: The third grade,
with Mrs. Kathleen Maxwell as
teacher, has organized a little
glee club. They are learning
some pretty fall songs.
Honor roll: Alma Delp, Carol
Sue Kennedy, Paul Reeves, Jim
my Brown, Grace Blevins, Melba
Fitzgerald, Edna Jones, Maxine
Triplett, Jimmy Byeriy, Ruby
Loggins, Ella Ruth Hampton,
Elaine Kennedy.
Grade Four: Honor roll: J. C.
Brown, Jimmy Baldwin, Edna
Musgrove, Patsy Jo Weaver, Em
ma Jean Warden, Marie Wooten.
Grade Five; The fifth grade
has organized a Story Tellers’
Club, which meets each Friday
afternoon. Miss Jean McMillan
is teacher. Honor roll: Marie
Brown, Edna Gibson.
Grade Seven: The seventh
grade, under the leadership of
Mrs. Parryrae Busic, has organ
ized a Happy Time Club, with
Arnold Delp as president. Lar
ry Paisley is vice-president, with
Louise Brown as secretary-treas
urer and Betty Farmer as pro
gram chairman.
High School: The eighth grade
is studying North Carolina. They
are collecting and assembling
material for a play.
The ninth grade is observing
Better English Week. The
twelfth grade gave sqne of the
most interesting chapel programs
of the year recently. It was
written and directed * by Miss
Gertrude Graybeal, the story of
the play depicted some happen
ings of the present war. The boys
and girls did their parts well and
made the act yerjr real to the
audience. The agriculture boys
are painting their building and
doing a fine job. Each day the
building grows whiter.
PLANS ANNOUNCED
FOE WAR FUND DRIVE
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own war prisoners,” Dr. Burgiss
continued. “Let those who have
bought war bonds not be con
tent to stop there—the National
War Fund is Just as important,
and serves a humanitarian pur
pose besides,” Dr. Burgiss point
ed out
The national appeal for $125,
000,000 is large, but still short of
the huge sum asked in the Unit
ed War Chest Drive of 1918, for
the American people were asked
for and donated $170,000,000 in
the campaign of twenty-five
years ago.
Alleghany county now has
more than 400 boys 1» the serv
ice; some in training in all parts
of the United States, some fight
ing on the battle fronts and still
others prisoners of war. Our
county has been asked to raise
tire year, Dr. Burgiss stated.
Dr. Burgiss also announced 'that
three clubs have been organized
in connection with the drive.
They are the “One Soldier club”,
the ‘Two-soldier club” and the
“Three soldier club”. A person
wishing to sponsor one soldier or
join the “One soldier club”, will
mail or bring a check for $3.00 to
Alton Thompson, treasurer. For
the ‘Two soldier club”, bring
$6.00 and for the “Three soldier
club”, $9.00.
“It is a small matter to you
but it is a matter of tremendous
importance to our boys and we
must not fail them,” Dr. Burgiss
said.
“The people of Alleghany will
have no trouble in raising the
comparatively small quota 1 as
signed to the county, and those
in charge of the drive anticipate
reaching the goal early in the
campaign. The fund means help
for our home county boys in uni
form all over the world, as well
as to suffering people every
where,” Chairman Burgiss said..
Mr. Roy English, of Winston
Salem, state official of the drive,
was a visitor here Tuesday, con
ferring with Dr. Burgiss upon
the launching of the program in
the county. R. M. Hanes, of
Winston-Salem, is active chair
man of the fund in the state.
ALLIED FORCES PUSH*
ON TOWARDS ROME
(Continued Irons Pane One)
The White House said Marshal
Badoglio had communicated It
aly’s declaration against her
former Axis partner to General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied
commander in th^' Mediterranean
theatre. /■
The Red army scored “impor
tant successes’ in some sectors
today in the great Battle of the
Dnieper, edged closer to the
White Russian citadel of Vitebsk
in the north and landed on the
Sea of Azov in the south, Moscow
announced tonight
After the Soviet daily opera
tional communique had announ
ced the Dnieper and Vitebsk
gains, the Moscow radio in a
broadcast recorded by the Soviet
monitor disclosed the Sea of Avoz
flanking move, saying the Rus
sians beat off three German
counterattacks to effect the land
ing at the southern end of the
long German eastern front de
fense line.
The landing was made by night,
Moscow said, near Yalta, 20 miles
southwest of Melitopol, where the
Nazis for several days have been
reporting big Russism, attacks.
Berlin was silent of this, Its
most noteworthy announcement
being a report that the Russians
had opened a new drive in an
area described only as “north of
Kiev.”
The latest addition to General
MacArthur’s aerial armory, the
Thunderbolt fighter, took the
spotlight over the week end when
four of them tackled 32 Japanese
fighters over Wewak, New Guin
ea, downing eight and possibly
This stirring action of eight , to
one odds was the feature df to
days communique which also re
Should Apply
For “A” Books
Stamps in the new “A” gas
books will become valid Novem
ber 9, the local rationing board
announced. Registration for the
books start at once.
The applications are available
at every post office in the coun
ty
“Be sure these applications are
filled out correctly and then mail
them to the local rationing board
office together with the tire in
spection record and the old “A”
book”, an official said.
TOBACCO GROWERS TO
VOTE ON QUOTAS
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gible voters is necessary to adopt
quotas. An eligible voter is any
owner, tenant or sharecropper
who shares in the 1943 Burley
tobacco crop. No farmer, wheth-^'
er an individual, partnership,
corporation, association or other
legal entity, will be entitled to
more than one vote, even though
such farmer may have been en
gaged in the production of Bur
ley tobacco in two or more com
munities, counties, or States, in
1943.
If quotas are approved by two
thirds or more voters, acreage
allotments for individual farms
for 1944 will be 20 per cent larg
er than they were in 1943. It is
recognized that many growers
will not be able to grow their full
tobacco allotments in 1944. Con
sequently, this adjustment in
farm acreage allotments permits
more flexibility in the tobacco
quota program by allowing those
growers who can, to increase
their plantings so as to attain the
desirable tobacco production nbxgi
year.
ii quotas are not approved by
two-thirds or more voters, no
farm acreage allotments will be
established for 1944 and Burley
tobacco may be produced without
any restrictions as to the number
of growers or the acreage grown.
If two-thirds of the voters ap
prove quotas, then quotas will be
effective on all Burley tobacdo
grown in the U. S. during the
quota period—3 years* or 1 year,
as the case may be—-and prices
will be supported at 90 per cent
of parity.
PLANS MADE BY
H. D. LEADERS, SAT.
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Miss Capel has announced her
schedule to include a meat can
ning demonstration at Turkey
Knob school house on October
18 at 2 o’clock; at Piney Creek
school, at two o’clock, on October
20, and Mrs. John Truitt's home
at Vox, at two o’clock.' Meat
demonstrations will be given at
these meetings, also.
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