I Following Alleghany
I This column is devoted to news of men serving their
country. Such news is solicited from parents and
friends of these men. “Revenge Pearl Harbor.”
Ma. Jimmy AtwttSd, of the Ma
'rine Aviation Detachment, Na
~Val Air Technical Training Cen
■ ter, of Norman,' Oklahoma, has
: recently been proraotddi to 'his
'present rank. He enlisted at Co
lumbia, S. C., went fjrpm there
Diego, Calif., and theri
joined aviation. He was.transfer
: red to his present station to take
six-months’ course q£4rainihg,
•twa of which have been complet
ft-S Benjamin Caudill, Jr., wh#
Entered the Navy Septepbey
^943, writes his mother, Mrs. ^L.
•t Richardson, that the Navy is
j5ne. He is stationed at Bainbridge,
^Maryland.
Mrs. £SvnKSes. Sf
re received news that
Mir. and
^Sparta, have
■their son, Oder Joines, has been
g9
Indies,
aprwmoted to the ra:
is in the British
•'Sind has been for more than a
:SMMr. He enlisted two years ago,
vatndis a postal clerk in the service.
Orvil Gene Murray (Buster),
'^ssot <oS Mr .and Mrs. R. L. Murray,
"'•whs admitted to the hospital at
Sam Houston, Texas, recent
ly, according to-a message re
•^eived by his faihily this week.
"The message stated that he was
sum* seriously injured.
2*3vate Murray has beeh Tft
Pacific theater for the past
-** nxuiths. , (
Xpl. Harvey Murray, son of Mr.
=*nd Jibs. R. L. Murray, is home
Surlough. He is now station
aft Camp Butner, rf. C.
Pvt. Robert B. Sturgill, accom
panied by his wife and son, Lar
ry, of Ellicott City, Md., are vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Sturgill, Piney Creek. Pri
vate Sturgill is stationed in At
lanta, Ga.
Pfc. Roy Douglas is spending
his furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Douglas.
Pfc. Fred Crouse, grandson of
Mrs. Mary Crouse writes from
somewhere in North Africa that
he is well, and writes that he
hopes to see his family soon.
Pfc. Jesse Me Poe, wno is serv
ing overseas .arrived Saturday to
spend a furlough with his fa
ther, W. E. Poe. Those visiting
him, Sunday, were: Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Reeves and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Burfham, Mr. and
Mrs. Bays Poe and son, Mrs.
Gwyn Reeves and children, Mrs.
A. A. Jennings, Mrs. Flora Lun
dy, Misses Eva and Louise Mar
tin; Nell and Nannie Blevins,
Anna Lundy, Virginia and Edna
Smith, Norene Burcham and
Irene Reeves, Ose Poe, Will Mar
tin, Woodroe Reeves, Clinton
Burcham and Johnnie Anders.
Lt. (jg) John H. Estep, who
has been stationed in Norfolk,
Va., for some time, has written
relatives that he has been trans
ferred to another base of opera
tions, which was not announced.
Lt. Estep was formerly a teacher
in Sparta school.
Galax, R-l News
Of -
Guests of Mrs. Rosa Blevins,
' ^Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs. Clea
%as ^Jodiiran, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
JHfcevins, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
JBfteadns and daughters, Virginia,
XSmite -Rose and Nellie Shaw.
S*Vt~T-almadge Poe, who is sta
'Vj—rtrl In Tnn-, was called here
■i sreweditty >on 'account of the death
Ms 'brother, Glen Poe.
3Srs< Cora Poe, Mrs. Luther
' >^n*fch, Mrs. Recie Blevins and
1 jMughter, Miss Nannie Blevins,
'visiting Mrs. Ruth Reeves,
^TStawSay.
®r. and Mrs. Walter Waddell
^children spent a while, Sat
t
urday night with Mrs. Rosa Blev
ins.
Miss Norene Burcham spent
Saturday night with Misses Nell
and Nannie Blevins.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kirby have
received word that their son,
Pvt. Jessie L. Kirby, is ill in a
Maryland hospital.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and sympathy shown to
us during the illnes and death of
our dear husband and father; also
for the beautiful flowers.
Mrs. J. W. Mooney and
Children.
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D & P PIPE WORKS
'SAM PORTER, Manager
Hfc vtCLpaying top prices for clean Ivy and Laurel burls.
New Factory Building, Sparta, N. C.
Now is the time to realize on
YOUR BURLS
USED CARS
CALL ok WRITE:
Porter,
ANT MODEL THAT IS CLEAN. ALSO INTERESTED
IN USED TRUCKS OR PICK-UPS.
Mr. And Mrs. G. R. Wagoner
Celebrate Golden Wedding
Last Sunday, October 10, Mr.
and Mrs. G. R. Wagoner celebra
ted their golden wedding anni
versary at their home on Route
2, Mouth of Wilson, Va.
All of their nine children were
present except Mrs. Hayden
Goodman, of West Jefferson, who
was unable to attend.
The children brought lunch
along, and at noon, » dinner was
served picnic style from a table
arranged on the lawn.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner received
several nice and useful gifts,
along with many congratulations
and best wishes.
Those present were: Mt. and
A£rs. C. H. Edwards and daugh
ter, Irene, of Sparta; I. W. Wag
oner, Ehnice; Mrs. Davis Os
borne and children, Stratford;
Mrs. Clyde Goodman and Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Rufty, Catawba;
Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Billings and
children, Winston-Salem; Mr.
and Mrs. Roscoe Wagoner and
children, Galax; Mr .and Mrs.
Bruce Wagoner and son, David
Lee, High Point; Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Wagoner, Asheville; and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Lyons, of Bel Air,
Md.
Stratford News
(Mrs. Thelma Mabe)
(Stall Correspondent)
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Petty were Mr. and Mrs.
Posie Irwin and a friend of Win
ston-Salem, Mr. Brantley Fender
and daughters, Claribel and Bet
ty Jean.'
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Richardson at Furches,
Sunday, were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Richardson, Mrs. J. G. Joines
and Mrs. S. Jane Sanders.
Mrs. G. B. Church visited rel
atives at Laurel Spimgs, Sunday.
Miss Madge Fender, Scottville,
was a week end guest of Miss
Beulah Estep, here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sturgill
and daughter, Geraldine, of
Crumpler, visited relatives here,
Sunday.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. B.
Richardson, Sunday, were Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Douglas and fam
ily, of Sparta, Mrs. L. C. Joines
and son, Alva.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Atwood and
sons, Bobby and Don, and J. B.
Atwood, were visiting relatives
at Twin Oaks, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Blevins
and daughter, Ruth, of Galax,
visited Mrs. Blevins’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Mabe, Sunday.
Those visiting Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Joines, Sunday, were: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Choate, Mrs. Joe
Choate, Elmer Joines and daugh
ter, Mona Faye.
Officer Homer Smith returned
to Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday,
after spending a few days with
his family, here.
Mrs. . Virginia Richardson,
teacher at Stratford school, an
nounces that there will be a boxj
supper at the school house' Sat- j
urday night, October 23, at eight j
o’clock. Proceeds will be used
for the benefit of the school. Fur
ther particulars will be announc
ed next week.
Visitors at J. E. Irwin’s, Sun
day, were: Misses Carrie, Doro
thy and Wilma^ Burchett, and
Mrs. Emmett Hines and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Halsey
had as guests, Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Halsey and family,
Mrs. Johnnie Toliver, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Anderson and chil
dren, and Miss Cleo Pruitt.
There will be a Holiness
preaching service at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ander
son, Saturday night at eight o’
clock, with the Rev. Mr. Steve
Anderson, of Wilkes county, do
ing the preaching. Everybody is
invited.
Misses Dorothy and Mary Lee
Richardson, of Furches, spent
Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs.
I. B. Richardson.
W. M. S. HOLDS AN
INTERESTING MEETING
The Baptist Woman’s Mission
ary Society met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. A. O'. Joines, with
the theme, “The Written Bible.”
The program chairman, Mrs.
W. O. Hooper, discussed “The
Missionary Word”, Mrs. Ben G.
Reeves, “The Bible Transla
tions”, Mrs. T. R. Burgiss, “Bible
Distribution”, Mrs. R. L. Hicker
son, “Witnesses Use of the
Word”, Mrs. C. A. Reeves, ‘To
day’s Demand for the Bible."
The scripture was read by Mrs.
A. O. Joines; in the absence of
the president, Mrs. Burgiss pre
sided, ami Mrs. Hickerson read
the secretary’s minutes.
At the business session, the
Wilkes boro District meeting was
announced to be held at Lenoir,
on September 28th. '
Mrs. Glenn Richardson and
Mrs. Joines, hostesses, served re
freshments to the members and
three visitors present
Wolf Branch News
Miss Annie Marie Joines spent
Saturday night with Miss Wilma
Crouse.
Mr. Quincy Tedder, of Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. Ruth Moore and
daughter, of Kentucky, are vis
iting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Shore vis
ited relatives here,-- Sunday.
Among those who visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie Crouse, Sunday, were: Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Holloway, Mrs.
Tom Joines, of Galax, Va., Miss
es Ruth and Leora Crouse and
Myrtle Evans. •.>*■«**»*»*«
Mrs. Dallas Fender, who is em
ployed at Roanoke, Va., is spend
ing a few days with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Kyle Nichols.
Misses Ruth and Edith Crouse
spent Saturday night with Miss
es Madge and Mabel Wyatt.
Mrs. Ellen Nichols, who has
been ill, is improving.
Pine Swamp News
Ruth Evans Correspondent
Elder W. Q. Higgins was the
dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. A. R. Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Holloway,.
Mr. and Mrs. Cary Brown and
sons, Dwight and Keith, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Caudill in
Winston-Salem, Sunday.
Miss Annie Marie Joines spent
Saturday night with Miss Wilma
Crouse.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly Crouse Sunday were Elders
Walter Evans and A. C. Wooten,
Misses Ruth Evans, Virginia and
Dorothy Wagoner and Bert Hollo
way.
Misses Ruth and Edith Crouse
spent Saturday night with Misses
Madge and Mabel Wyatt.
“Aunt” Nancy Jane Holloway
shows no improvement from a
recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Platt Waddell and
daughter, Lou Reid, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Waddell, Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Andrews, who has
been very DI for the past two
weeks, is improving slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Clate Davis spent
one night last week with Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Wagoner.
Mrs. Sadie Billings spent Sun
day evening with Misses Leora
and Ruth Crouse.
Miss Myrtle Evans spent Sun
day evening with Miss Doris Bill
ings.
Topia News
Mrs. Lucy Bell, of Crumpler,
spent last Thursday night with
Mrs. Lillie Williams and Mrs.
Mattie Phipps. Mrs. Phipp^ is
improving from an illness.
Miss Lorene Moxley spent
Saturday night with. Miss Irene
Blevins.
Miss Mary Fields, of West Jef
ferson .spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Fields.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Douglas,
of Mt. Zion, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs Oscar E. Moxley.
Mrs. Della Ward, Crumpler,
and Mrs. Reba Bartley and two
children, Piney Creek, were din
ner guests of Mrs. Myrtle Toli
ver, Sunday. In the afternoon,
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Bartley vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pugh.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the good peo
ple of this community fen- their
noble assistance during a recent
sickness of my husband, J. R. Mc
Leod. May God bless you all.
Mrs. J. R. McLeod, Stratford,
N. C.
BUY MORE WAR
BONDS FOB VICTORY
Pie Su[
Great Success
The sum of $95.00 was raised
at the pie supper at Wolfe Branch
school Saturday night October. 9,
Mrs. Johnny Dale Gambill, prin
cipal, announced today.
The cake for the prettiest girl
was won by Miss Nova McBride
and brought $46.99. The can of
pickles for the ugliest man went
to Porter Collins and brought
$15.46.
The money wil lbe used to buy
chairs for the primary students
and to buy paint for the house
both inside and out Mrs. Gam
bill stated.
“We appreciate very much the
splendid cooperation of the par
ents and the people of the com
munity in making the pie supper
a success,” Mrs. Gambill said.
MRS. J. H. HIGHSMITH
SPOKE TO WOMEN
(Continued from Page 5)
youth of the community. t
At the close of the program,
Mrs. Anderson spoke briefly on
“Looking Ahead” and mentioned
many of the changes that can be
expected after peace comes. She
ended by urging that all club
women make the most of their
opportunities to help build a bet
ter world in which to live.
Following the program, the
group adjourned to the communi
ty building where a turkey din
ner was served from beautifully
appointed tables. Here, commit
tee reports were heard.
After a report from the place
committee, the group accepted
the invitation from Morganton
for next year.
The attendance prize, war
stamps, was won by the Conover
club with the Statesville Junior
Service League, coming second.
During the meeting, expres
sions of regret over not being
able to attend, from Mrs. Micou
Browne, chairman of Juniors;
Mrs. Charles Cowles, past dis
trict president; Mrs. Clarence
Beasley, past chairman of dis
tricts, and others, were read.
Music for both the program
and the luncheon was under the
direction of Miss Lorene Perkins,
of the West Jefferson high school,
who used two separate groups of
students in patriotic numbers
that were well received. !
Mrs. Levern Johnson was gen
eral chairman of arrangements
for the meeting and the luncheon
and had as her assistant, Mrs.
Jennings Rader.
Miss Ila Osborne, of Raleigh,
has been visiting relatives here
for a few days.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ALLEGHANY COUNTY
Z. L. Rutherford, Administrator
of A. M. Rutherford, Deceased,
Petitioner
VS.
Roy Rutherford, et al.
Respondents.
The respondents, Izetta Bot
tomley and husband, John Bot
tomry, Max J. Rutherford, R. C.
Rutherford, Marie Rutherford,
and Mickey Rutherford will take
notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Alleghany
County, North Carolina, to sell
land to create assets to pay the
debts of the estate of A. M. Ruth
erford; and further take notice
that they are required to appear
at the office of the Clerk of Su
perior Court of said County with
in 10 days after the 13th day of
November, 1943 and answer or
demur to the Petition in said ac
tion or the Petitioner will apply
to the court for relief demand
ed in said Petition.
This October 13, 1943.
S. O. GAMBILL, Clerk
of the Superior Court of
Alleghany County.
10-14-4Tpd.
AUCTION SALE
I will sell at auction, October 16, my household and
kitchen furniture, consisting of; 1 kitchen range, 1 heat
er, kitchen cabinet, 1 old-time safe, t dining table, 2
■mall tables, 1 rocking chair, 1 dresser, 1 bedroom set
and mattress.
Some wearing apparel and a lot of canned goods of
all types, including canned meats and other things toe
numerous to mention.
Sale begins at 1:00 o’clock, fast time, at the home
place on Bledsoe Creek, near Carl Douglas’ home.
Blevins Cross Roads Near
Ennice, Oct. 9
Mrs. Gwyn Truitt was hostess
to the Blevins Cross Roads Home
Demonstration club, October 9 at
her home near Ennice.
The demonstration which was
led by Miss Frances Capel, new
home agent, was on canning meat.
Other meat recipes were also dis
cussed. Miss Anna Rowe was also
a guest of the club, giving some
useful and helpful suggestions.
She urged that everyone try to
increase their attendance at the
club meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth East
erling gave a splendid talk on
'“Education” and Mrs. Truitt gave
a talk on “War Work.”
Delicious refreshments were
served to 14 members and one
visitor, Mrs. H. C. Evans.
The next meeting will be in the
Kp
by Ml«Tc«pel *nd
club that each member be pres
ent and each bring a new mem
ber The club poet-has written
u»e following poem which is to
be taken as an invitation to join:
"We ration our gas, our sugar *!
and tea -
But with our club meeting, it’s
different, 'you see.
No ration on that, then why
stay away?
So come out and be with us,
just part of the day.
"Along with our work and Bed
Cross, too
: We can all do something, and
that "air means you.
We are just plain neighbors ip
our neighborly way,
We give a hearty welcome "to
you- on dub day.
“Now if you don’t believe what
Tm telling is true
Come to Blevins Cross Roads
club, 2nd Saturday at two!”
Auction Sale
I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON
Saturday, October 23
At my home place, six. miles northeast of Sparta, on
Route 2, the following:
17 head of sheep.
3 cows, milking (2 to freshen in
the spring).
2 brood- sews.
TERMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON DAY OF SALET
Land will be for private salev and interested persons are
asked to come and look over the place before the day of
the above sale.
M.
Sparta, N. C.
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