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AND STAR-TIMES- i CONSOLIDATED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1941) —ALLEGHANY COUNTY’S ONLY NEWSPAPER. NEWS-BTAft-TMH :Jm dedicated to covering the’ News and to the promotion of progrea* tor all of the people in Sparta and Alle ghany county. SPARTA. NORTH CAROLINA $2.00 a Year Out of County THURSDAY. NOV. 25. 194$ 1 Red Cross Board To Hold Meeting Friday, Dec. 10 Officers Will Be Named; Bet. B. L. Berry Is Present f, County Chairman r ——— Plans were made Friday night at a meeting of the Alleghany Red Cross executive board, for the annual Red Cross meeting to be held in the community build ing, Friday night, December 10, at 8 o’clock, where an election will be held to elect executive of ficers for the coming year. Rev. R. L. Berry, present chair man of the Red Cross for Alle ghany, has handed in. his resig nation. Rev. Mr. Berry has serv ed as the Alleghany chairman for the past seven years. Appointed as a nominating committee were Mrs. Dalton War ren, R. E. Black and Floyd Crouse. Miss Mary Phillips, Red Cross field director from Alexandria, Va., and Rev. John S. Jordan, of "West Jefferson, are expected to *be present for the meeting. In addition to the election of executive officers, any other matters pertaining to the Red Cross will be taken up at the meeting, Rev. Mr. Berry announc ed The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting.' School Faculty Lost To Pupils Much Interest In Basketball Game Played Here Yester day Afternoon Several members of the Spar ta high school faculty donned uniforms Wednesday afternoon for a basketball game with the high school girls' team, before an excited group of spectators, the faculty losing by a score of 24-41. -Playing on the faculty team . mere: guards: B. F. McCsjpn, Miss EdnaEdwards and -Mis* Minnie Lou Edwards; forwards: C. R. Roe, Rev. R. L. Berry and ^Miss Eula Kennedy. Substitutes "were Mrs. Flora Dutton and Mrs. Joe Howell. The Sparta high school girls defeated the Glade Valley high school girls, Tuesday night, 39-6. Smith scored 20 points, Carico 15 and Burgiss 4 for Sparta. Also playing Tuesday night were the Sparta All-Stars and the Independence Ali-Stars, Sparta winning 21-13. SCHEDULE FOR H. D. CLUBS IS ANNOUNCED Miss Frances Capel, home dem onstration agent, anounced the fallowing schedule far the week of December 2: The Zion H. D. club will meet December .2 at 2 p. m., at the home of Mrs. George CaudilL The Elk Creek club will meet December 3 at 2 p. m., at the ,home of Mrs. R. L. Landreth. Christmas parties will be held at the two club meetings when members will exchange inexpen sive gifts. On December 4 at 2 p. m., die ladies of the Wolf Branch com munity are invited to meet at the school house for die purpose of organizing a home demonstra tion club there. - CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EDITION NEXT WEEK la eo-ope ration with the merchants, this paper will pub lish the annual Christmas shopping edition next week, December 2. At this time, the public will be reminded of the many ad vantages of trading at home and will be offered a wide se lection of Christmas gifts in the advertisements of the mer chants. The edition will contain a large number of Christmas features as well as the regular features and will be of inter est to everyone. Merchants are with the as early i to have tb as Americans Gaining In Pacific; Berlin Is Shattered By Bombs MAKES RECORD Pfc. Colonel C. Brown has recently qualified as a marks man in a marksmanship con test at Stinson Field, Texas, where he is now stationed. Pfc. Brown is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown, of Pin ey Creek. He entered the Ar my Air Corps in November, 1942. 42 County Men Are Placed In 1-A By Local Board Five Are Grouped In 4-F; A List Of Classifications Is Published g-m. . The local board announced classifications of men for mili tary service this week, when 42 men were placed In 1-A. Five men were placed in 4-P. In 1-A are: Welter R. Max well,-Emerson E. Wilson, Wffli am C. Thompson, Roscoe C. Col lins, Bradie J. Crouse, Robert E. Dixon, John E. Bryant, John D. Higgins, Clay W. Roberts, John F. Myers, Harry H. Choate, Palm er S. Walls, Irwin W. Roberts, Leo S. Roberts, Reid E. Fender, Johnny o. Long, John R.' Ed (Continued on Page 4) Plan To Start School Lunches Plans for the opening of the lunch room in Sparta high school are being held up because of the failure to secure a supervisor for the project, C. R. Roe, principal, announced this week. "It is hoped that the lunch room will be in operation soon,” he stated. ' However there will be no definite plans made until after the Thanksgiving holidays. . According to reports, every thing is in readiness for the pro gram to proceed when the serv ices of a supervisor can .be se cured. “We are doing everything we can to get the program started as soon aa possible,” Mr. Roe stated. Russians Are Fdirflid To Make Slight Withdrawals In North Ukraine ■ ■ The U. S. Marines came to the front this week in definite gains made in the central Pacific. In Europe, Berlin received the heaviest bombing of the war and the Canadians put a stop to heavy German attack in Italy. Success of the first :fAmerican offensive of the war in the cen tral Pacific is assured, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced triumphantly yesterday. Already the 27th division has captured Makin atoll. The cap ture of Tarawa, where the Ma rines have consolidated their po sitions, is certain. Amphibious forces cracked the beach defens es of both places last Saturday. The situation on Abemama atoll, 80 miles south of Tarawa, was reported well in hand. The Marines’ landing there was an nounced only yesterday. An excellent bomber field with in striking distance of stronf Japanese bases in the Marshall islands to the nprth will become available .with the capture of Ta rawa. Fighting on Tarawa was believed to be confined to Betio island, which has air base facili ties. The enemy^w*>j-atrongly en trenched on Betfbflit^the south western tail of Tarawa aitoll. The island is a sand waste less than | two miles long and about a thou sand yards wide. The marines were making good progress on Betio, where it was indicated they had landed on the western end of the islet and had pushed the Nipponese back to the eastern portion. Charging before a back-drop of - (Continued on Page 4) Slight Increases In Price Ceilings On Canned Goods New Prices Will Go Into Ef fect Today; Changes Are Small The third revision of communi ty price ceilings for Ashe and other counties in this part of the State will go into effect Thanks giving Day, bringing slight in creases in the prices of certain groceries—primarily canned veg etables and fruits—and small de creases in the case of some other items. Local Office of Price Adminis tration authorities said in releas ing the new schedules that price increases will probably outnum ber price slashes, but pointed out that in each case the change will be small—about one or two cents* Some brands of butter will be reduced one cent a pound, from 82 to 51 cents in Class 1 and 2 stores, but at least one brand will be raised one cent Banana prices are to- remain stationary at 13 cents a pound for Group 1 and 2 stores. Prices on some brands of cheese will come (Continued on Page 4) 14 Billio^ Goal Is Set For 4th War Loan Drive In Jan.) Washington — The Fourth War Loan Drive, with a goal of $14, 000,000,000, will begin January 18 and run until February IS, Secre tary Morgenthau announced. The three previous drives raised more than $50,000,000,00(1, and each exceeded its goal. The Treasury head said State war financing committees have been strengthened and expanded, and millions of volunteer sales men will carry the campaign to every individual investor in homes and plaints throughout the nation. 1 Major emphasis will be placed on the $5,500,000,000 quota for in dividuals. During the period from January 18 to February 1 only sales to individuals, will be re ported to the Treasury. Sales to other non-banking investors will be included in the reports begin ning February 1. Morgenthau explained that this arrangement will not preclude the acceptance of subscriptions other non-banldng investors any time. Securities to be offered will dude series F, F and Q bonds, series C notes, St( per. bonds of 1968-70, *tt per bonds of 1986-50 and eithths per cent certificates of debtedness. Commercial banks will be lowed to make a limited in’ ment of their time deposits the 2Y* and SH per cent A formula will be ann later. Banks were'not permit to subscribe in the last drive, though' they participated in first two. The First War Loan Drive" in December, 1948, with a goal of $9,000,000,000, faised $12,947, 000; the with a ber, 1943, goal, $18,948,0 in April, l! ,000 goal, in a $15,000,1 _•\ Plenty To Be Thankful For HARVEST AAA Community Committeemen To Be Named Soon Schedule Is Given; Farmers Are Urged To Take Part In Election Beginning December 1, elec tions are to be held to elect com munity commiteemen for the AAA for the coming year, it was announced today. Elections will also be held for delegates to at tend the county convention for the purpose of electing the County AAA Committeemen, made up of three members and two alternates^ A representative from the AAA office will be present to conduct the meetings ej^d ejections. tices at a later date from ; the AAA office telling the exact vot ing place in each community. Following is a schedule of the meetings to be held: Wednesday, December 1, 10:30 (Continued on Page 4) Hunting Season Is Opened Today Sportsmen Are Urged To Take Care In The Pre vention Of Forest Fires In the-United Wi Mb week, with r $1,340.00, Chnir Alleghany sportsmen, for tunate enough to have ammuni tion, will probably celebrate by hunting today as the season opens for qUaiL grouse and rabbits. Dick "wwirtfy, who is county game warden, said that rabbits Could be bought and sold on any market in the state, this year, during the season of November 25 to February 10. The season on grouse is from November' 25 tq January 1, and on quaiil, Noverqb*r 25 to Febru ary 10. “There is a fine for sell ing or buying grouse or quail in this county,” an official said. “If the dry weather continues through the hunting season, I. would like to urge that everyone be careful about forest fifes* as this would cause much loss to game, as well aa valuable proper ty,” ha said. Over 6,000 Turkeys Sold In County For Around. $23,478.00 Sparta To Meet Mt. Airy Here This Afternoon Local Football Team Lost To Mount Airy Last Week In Good Game There i Sparta high school Yellow Jackets will have another chance at the strong.Mount Airy tet^». here this afternoon at 2:30 on the local field in the last game of the season. A large crowd is expected since most of the business houses will be closed for Thanksgiving. Mount Airy High Reserves de (Continued On Page Four) County Teachers To Meet Friday Alleghany county teachers will attend an informal get-together meeting at the community build ing in Sparta, Friday, December 3, at 7 o’clock, when dinner will be served by the Sparta Wo man’s club, B. F. McCann, pres ident of the Alleghany chapter of the NCEA, announced "this week. In addition to the teachers, a number of other people connect ed with the schools of the coun ty are expected to attend the meeting, which will be of a so cial as well as business nature. Approximately 85 teachers and guests are expected to attend. Much Interest I Many Are Shipped To Distant Points For Use On Thanksgiving Thousands of Alleghany tur keys will really do their bit in the war effort today as they grace the tables of army camps, while others will reign on the feast tables in homes all along the Atlantic seaboard. Unofficial estimates placed the number of these prige Thanks giving fowls bought and sent out of the county the past week end at around 6,020. The turkeys were shipped out by motor and rail to many distant points. These fowls averaged around 12 pounds in weight and brought an average of 32 Vt cents per pound. The total estimated in come realised by turkey growers of the county who placed theirs on the market last week end is estimated at $23,478.00. This was the highest price growers have (Continued on Page 4) Most Schools Taking Holidays Miss Clyde Fields, superin tendent of public schools, an nounced today that some schools in Alleghany county were taking two days for the Thanksgiving holidays, leaving them seven days for the Christmas holidays. Some schools are taking one day, while a few are'not giving any Thanks giving holidays and having the full nine days for Christmas, she pointed out a Auction Here "Above fa a scene from the successful United War Fund auction, sale held on the courthouse lawn, Satttrdax, Novem ber 13. In the center fa Roscoe Collins auctioning a prize thoroughbred Sussex rooster donated by Dr. P. L. Choate. At the extreme left is R. E. Black and his son, Bobby. Stand? tag in the background isOr. T. R. Burgiss, chairman of the Anve. A large crowd attended. (Staff Phot?}' ' A Big Christmas Shopping Season Is Planned Here Streets Are Te Be Decorated And Santa Will Make His Appearance Soon . —i' ■ -' - Sparta merchants met here this Week and made plans for the coming shopping season when every effort will be made to supply the needs of the buy ing public. * At the request of the WPB» the town will not have the beautiful street lights, this year, but will use evergreen decora tions. * The merchants also voted id sponsor the appearance of San ta Claus. The date for his ar rival Will be announced later and all children will be invited to see him. A merchants’ committee for the street decorations and Santa Claus is composed of Bill Sprin kle, Robert Allison, Alton Thomp son and Kern Wagoner, and this group will solicit necessary funds from the merchants. The Alleghany News will again issue its annual Christmas shop ping edition next week, Thurs day, Dec. 2, when hundreds of Christmas gift suggestions will be advertised by the merchants, marking the dfficial opening of the Christmas shopping season. Merchants pointed out that while there were some shortages in some types of merchandise, that there would be plenty ot substitutes in practical merchan dise. Many Interested In Jr. Red Cross Miss Edwards, Chairman. Urges That All Schools Turn In Reports Miss Minnie Lou Edwards, chairman of the Junior Bad $61.10 has been' imported from - - different schools in the county. Miss Edwards urged that all tho$e schools which had not turned in, their reports of the drive to do so as soon as possible. The following schools havo 'reported: Sparta elementary and high schools, $25.65;. Rich Hill, $2.16; Liberty Knob, 53c; Strat ford, $2.10; Whitehead, $6.50; Little Pine, $2.32; Glade Valley elementary, 50c; New Hope, 60c; Piney Creek elementary and high schools, $11.00; Laurel Springs; $4.10; Pine Swamp, $2.00 and Wolf Branch, 50c (colored); Glade Creek, $1.00 and Gap Civ il, $1.10. Miss Edwards urges the other schools in the county to report within the next few days as the drive ended November 15 and schools not reporting will not be eligible to receive the Junior Red Cross Journal. Buy War Bonds for Christ mas — The present with a fu ture. BONDS On Sunday morning as you sit la church and see the vacant places in the choir and wonder where the war has taken the young ; people from your community you thsy^fost vine services If circumstance pee f Chaplains and choral leaders mm tound on the larger ships'and me abroad in the Army canteen. Millions of hymnals have been dto , trlbuted to the men and women of all services and you may rest ee> .sured that a portion of the savings you are placing into War Benda to < used for their spiritual welfare, k . v. S. Treasury Dsfarmp*
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