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THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1948
Local Merchants Now Ready For Christmas Business
Walter Blevins,
Alleghany Man,
Dies In Service
Mtt Death In New Caledonian
Hospital.' Had Been Over
seas For 11 Months
T-5 Cpl. Walter Woodrow Blev
ins, an Alleghany youth, died in
foreign service, November 22, ac
cording to a report received by
his mother, Mrs. Rosa Blevins, of
Sparta.
Cpl. Blevins had been in a hos
pital in New Caledonia for some
time, receiving treatment. The
cause of his death was not re
vealed in the message sent by the
War Department.
He entered the service in'
March, 1042, and had been serv
ing overseas for the past eleven
Surviving are his mother, of
Sparta; his father, Vance Blevins,
of Bel Air, Md., four sisters, Mrs.
Reid Hudson and Mrs. Lee Hud
son, of Ennice and Allene and
Wanda, of Sparta; and two broth
ers, Charlie, of Sparta and Pvt
Gene Blevins, now stationed in
Texas.
New Auto Tags
Are On Sale Now
Motorists Are Urged To Buy
Theirs Early; No Exten
sion Of Time
North Carolina’s new 1944 au
tomobile license plates are now
on sale and car owners are urged
to purchase theirs as early as
possible.
These tags are not being handl
ed locally so car owners may pur
chase theirs from the nearest of
fice, the Carolina Motor Club in
North Wilkesboro or from the
motor vehicle department in Ba
in ordering -by mall, money
orders should be used instead of
checks, it was explained.
State Highway Patrolman W.
C. Thomas pointed out that all
motorists must have their tags on
or before January 1 or be subject
to fine.
In order to save tin, there will
be only one tag issued this year
instead of two and this tag is to
be placed on the rear of the car.
Sheriff Moxley
Captures Still
Another still has been added to
the long list of those captured by
Sheriff Moxley and his me®,
when a small outfit with only a
small quantity of moonshine was
chopped down Sunday afternoon
in the Hooker community and
Bert Edwards was taken into
custody as operator.
Edwards gave bond to appear
at the next term of court for vio
la lation of the prohibition laws.
■ Assisting Sheriff Moxley in the
capture \yas Deputy Glenn Rich
ardson.
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WAR BONDS
Sick Bay
In this war our wounded fighting
men have a greater chance for re
covery than in any previous con
flict because of. the. medical aids
and services that have been devel
oped by the War and Navy Depart
ments.
One of these aids is the Hospital
Transport Plane service that has
been bringing our wounded back
I Your Increased and continued pur.
..! chase of War Bonds is required
to help the Treasury Department
finance this hospital transport serv
ice. “Back the attack with War
••■da.” (/. S. I rKumrt Dturtmtm
Wallace, Willkie Discuss World Affairs
Vice President Henry A. Wallace congratulates Wendell
Willkie, (left), after the latter’s speech before the 12th an
nual New York Herald-Tribune forum in New York. They
spoke on related subjects. Willkie discussed “The Next Step
Toward the World We Want” Wallace chose “The World
We Want”
Push Germans Back
In Italy; Japs Again
Hit In New Guinea
Russians Give Up Rail Junc
tion But Kill Thousands
Of Germans
In spite of severe winter
weather in Europe the Allies are
making gains this week, and the
Japanese have been forced to give
ground in ffew Guinea.
General Montgomery’s Eighth
Army shattered the eastern an
chor Of the Germans* v “Winter
line” across Italy yesterday, cap
turing the whole Sangro ridge
and driving the enemy out of the
Sangro River that extended at
least IS miles inland from the
sea.
Climaxing 48 hours of continu
ous, bitter fighting, the veteran
Eighth Army drove forward in a
smashing advance which threat
ened to turn the' flank of the
enemy’s entire defense system be
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Over War Bond
Quota For Nov.
’ Alton Thompson, chairman for
bond sales for Alleghany county
announced today that Alleghany
exceeded her November bond
quota of $8400.00 by $2,675. The
total sales now stand at $11,075.
00, Mr. Thompson stated.
“The December quota has nol
yet been received but we feel
sure that we will go over the
top on bond sales just as Alle
ghany always goes over”, Chair
man Thompson v stated.
He also pointed out that we
must not forget to buy bonds
while we are doing our Christ
mas shopping and that bonds
make an ideal gift for any per
son at Christmas time.
Yellow Jackets
Defeat Mt. Airy
By Score Of 47-7
Final Game Of Season Well
Attended By Local Foot
ball Fans ..jfi
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Sparta High’s Yellow Jackets
marched to an easy 47-7 victory
over the Mount Airy Reserves
Thanksgiving Day before an en
thusiastic group of fans, thus get
ting revenge from their recent
defeat at the hSnds of the Granite
Bears.
Scoring in every quarter, the
Yellow Jackets relied almost en
tirely on straight football to score
one touchdown in the first period,
two touchdowns and two extra
points in the second period, a
touchdown in the third quarter
and two touchdowns in the final
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Plan Eye Clinic
For December 9
Tentative plans have been made
by the County Welfare Health
Department for an eye clinic to
be held in the community build
ing on Thursday, December 9,
with Dr. V. Rex Sink, of Wins
ton-Salem, in charge.
Only those having appointments
can be examined, Miss Ola Col
lins, county health nurse, ex
plained. Any individual needing
an eye examination is urged to
write or call in person for an
appointment immediately.
Motorists Urged By OPA
To Take Care Of All Tires
The truek tire shortage becomes
more critical daily, OPA officials
point out and truck tire inven
tories are extremely low. Today,
many essential truck operators
have certificates but are unable
to find tires, it was explained.
With the armed forces taking
a large percentage of the entire
production of truck tires, parti
cularly in the larger sizes, there
is no hope of relief in the near
future. > ./.,?.•
Truck tires in the hands of op
erators today must not be abus
ed”, OPA officials said. ‘They
must be removed in time to be
recapped before the corfi body is
damaged. Loads and speeds must
be reduced. If the local office
finds that tireaVbaye been delib
erately worn beyond the point at
recapping, replacements will be
is tire abuse”, it
was Dointed out.
"When you submit a tire appli
cation to the local OPA office
your previous applications will be
checked. This will reveal wheth
er or not the operator is taking
care of his tires by recapping.
This ratio should not be any less
than one recap to every new
tire. The average on this in the
Charlotte district, under which
the local board serves, is one
new tire to 1.25 recaps,” an of
ficial said.
At the present die demand for
trupk tires exceeds production
by 200,000 tires per month. Thus
truck operators at this county
can readily understand why all
applications will be carefully
screened^and 'only the most es
sential tM»edf given consideration,
Farm Leaders
Meet And Make
Program Plans
Demonstration Group Elects
Committeemen; Meeting
Is Well Attended
“I am well pleased with the
progress that is being made by
the demonstration farmers in Al
leghany county,” W. B. Collins,
farm management supervisor, told
Alleghany farmers at a meeting
of the demonstration farmers last
week.
Fifty six farmers were present
for the meeting, the purpose of
which was to elect a committee to
handle the demonstration farm
program in the county which is
being conducted through the co
operation of the North Carolina
Extension Service and the Tenn
essee Valley Authority for the
purpose of determining the value
and best use of different forms
of fertilizer being produced by
the TV A.
Elected to serve on the county
committee were: D. C. Duncan,
chairman; G. C. Collins and D.
M. Edwards.
The following township com
mittees wei'e elected:
Gap Civil—J. R. Gambill, chair
man; Cabell M. Wilson and Char
lie Edwards.
Prather’s Creek — D. J. Jones,
chairman; C. G. Mitchell and J.
H. Waddell.
Piney Creek — W. C. Brown,
chairman; Fred Osborne and Guy
Perry.
Cranberry—M. E. Reeves chair
man; W. W. Warden and Charlie
Roberts.
Whitehead — G. M. Edwards,
chairman; Lonnie Edwards and
R. J. Wagoner.
Cherry Lane — J. C. McCann,
chairman; T. R. Green and De
Witt T. Bryan.
Glade Creek — jfc G, Harris,
chairman; K. E. Edwards and
Fred Handy.
2 New Members
Are To Serve On
Local OPA Board
Richardson And Wagoner Re
place Edwards And Wad
dell Oh Board
The new members will replace
John Mac Edwards, who has
served on the board for the past
two years, and Wayne Waddell,
who has been a member for the
past .year.
It was also announced that
Reid’s Service Station, located on
Main street in the building for
merly known as the Colvard Ser
vice Station No. 2, has been ap
pointed an official tire inspection
station. The station is under the
management of Reid Hampton.
An announcement was also
made of the resignation of Mr.
C. R. Roe, of the Western Auto
Associate Store, as a tire inspec
tor. Due to lack of time, Mr.
Roe was unable to continue his
duties in this capacity but it is
likely that he will resume them
when school closes in the spring.
Public Urged To
Mail All Packages
Before Dec. 10
Postal authorities are urging
that all gift packages, not al
ready sent, be mailed not later
than Dec. 10, if the senders ex
pect them to be dsHvered before
Glenn Richardson and B. F.
Wagoner have been appointed
members, of the Alleghany coun
ty ration board-to replace two
members who have resigned, it
was announced this week.
Landreth Brothers In Service
Cpl. Basil Landreth, (left), who is now stationed at Fos
ter Field, Texas, as a Link Training Instructor, volunteered
|for service in April, 1942. Cpl. Landreth was a member of
the Piney Creek high school graduating class of ’37. T.-Sgt.
'James Maynard Landreth, (right), who is stationed some
where in India, has been overseas since February. A gradu
ate of Piney Creek high school and Johnson City Business
College, Johnson City, Tenn., he volunteered for the Army
Air Corps in 1940. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Landreth, of Stratford.
Roosevelt, Chiang,
Churchill Meet In
Cairo For Parley
S. H. Patrolman
R. Griggs Goes
Mooresville
Has Served As State Highway
Patrolman Oi Alleghany
For Past Two Years
Patrolman Richard Griggs left
for Mooresville Wednesday, where |
he has been transferred by thei
State Highway Department. To!
date, no one has been appointed
to fill the vacancy out it is under
stood that Patrolman W. C. Tho
mas, of Ashe county, will take
over the duties of patrolman for
both Ashe and Alleghany coun
ties.
Patrolman Griggs has been in
Alleghany county for the past two
I years and has made an excellent
record here. He is a native of
Ashe county and has many
friends in this section, who regret
I to see him leave. His transfer is
in the nature of a promotion,
however.
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SCHOOLS ARE SELLING
T. B. XMAS SEALS NOW
Miss Clyde Fields, county sup-]
erintendent, announced today that
11 2,0 0 0 Tuberculosis Christmas
i seals were being sold throughout
I Alleghany county, having been
i distributed this week through the
schools of the county, The public
• is asked to cooperate with the
I schools in the seal sale.
Expected To Meet With Stalin
In Iran For Further
, Conference
Cairo President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Jphurchill and
President Chiang' Kai-shek have
held a historic five-day confer
ence, have bound their nations
in an agreement to beat Japan
into unconditional surrender and
to'strip her of all her imperial
istic gains of the last half cen
tury, and have left for unan
nounced destinations.
In Washington it was assumed
that an even more important
meeting, particularly on the Eu
ropean phases of the war, would
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Alleghany Men
To Enter Army
Pour Alleghany county men
will leave next week for service
in the U. S. Army at Camp Croft,
S. C., after spending their fur
loughs granted after induction.
Those to leave are: Durwood
Rector, Wade V. Miles, Wilmer
Matthew Pruitt and Eugene Pru
itt.
The following list of classifica
tions of men for military service
were announced this week by the
local board:
1- A: Kenneth O. Bedsaul, War
ren Rector and Mack E. Caudill.
2- A: Dewey G. Edwards, WU
liam H. Gibson and George F.
Fender.
3- D: Paul V. Rash.
OPA To Allow More Meat;
California Grapes Released
Washington — Price Adminis_
trator Chester Bbwles disclosed
Tuesday night that meat ration
point costs will be reduced to al
low civilians 30 per cent more
meat in December but butter ra
tion Values will be left unchanged
at 16 points a pound.
While announcing that most
beef cuts would be reduced two
or.three points, he warned that
meat supplies generally will be
smaller next Spring and in an
ticipation the Office of Price Ad
ministration may boost ration
points in January and February,
The December reductions are in
Une with OPA’s previously de
clared intention to liberalize rat
tion allowances for the Christmas
period. Complete point charts for
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this “
Control, acknowledging that its
efforts to control prices within
the State by ceilings on wine had
failed.
Object of the removal is to re
store a more nearly normal flow
of grapes into trade outside Cali
fornia, OPA said. Present restric
tion have created a shortage for
wineries and home users in other
States.
OPA also authorized increase*:
in packers' prices for California
and Arizona grapefruit to bring
them into line with Texas and
Florida grapefruit prices. The ac
tion is preliminary to issuance
soon of maximum price regula
tions for sales of citrus fruits at
packer and broker levels.
Bowles said
present high
still is i
Thousands Of
Gifts Are Now
Displayed Here
Everyone Is Invited To Shop
With Local Merchants;
Many Values Here
Hundreds of people are ex
pected here Saturday when the
Christmas shopping season for
Sparta and Alleghany county will
be officially opened.
A large assortment of practi
cal, as well as gift merchandise,
is now on sale here and the store
windows as well as interiors re
flect the gay Christmas spirit.
While the selection of gift mer*
chandise is varied, merchants
point out that jnany items cannot
be replaced and urge everyone
to shop early while stocks are
complete.
Today, The Alleghany Hews is
sues its annual Christmas shop
ping edition officially ushering
in the Christmas shopping season
here. Throughout this paper will
be found hundreds of advertised
values which are proof that Spar
ta is the place to shop.
Nation-wide surveys show that
this year, more than ever, peo
ple are turning to practical gifts.
Santa will visit the stores here
before Christmas and an an
nouncement of this will be made
later, through this paper.
Men Are Needed
At Va. Navy Yard
R. R. Wheatley Will Be Here
Dec. 8 And Dec. 15 For
Interviews
With damaged ships coming in
so that they can be repaired and
put into service again, mechanics
and carpenters are badly needed
in the Norfolk Navy Yard, LA
Carl D. Johnson told a News re
a°^epr'^eNative -froil the*Navy >
Yards would be in the court
house in Sparta, December t
and December 15 to interview
men interested in this work.
R. R. Wheatly, a mechanic, who
knows the needs there, is expect
ed to be the representative here.
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Increase Gas On
Some Coupons
Mrs. Robert Fleetwood, clerk
of the Alleghany county ration
board, announced this week that
when the “B-2” and “C-2” gas
coupon books are issued effec
tive December 1, these coupons
nationally will have a value of
five gallons of gasoline.
Other “B” and “C” coupons
still outstanding at that time will
retain their two and three gallon
value, as at present and are not
renewable until the expiration
date on the present book, Mrs.
Fleetwood further explained.
It was pointed out that this
does not mean that additional
mileage is to be allowed or that
the gasoline supply situation has
improved. It merely means that
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NEWS GIVING FREE
THEATRE TICKETS
Again The Allegheny Neva
la conducting a novel Christ
mas gift plan when domens at
free tickets to the Spartan
Theatre are to be given away
absolutely free.
In all of the
except those of
duets in The News today will
be found the names of Alle
ghany people. Read all of fee
advertisements carefully and
when yon discover your name
bring the advertisement In
Vfaleh it aw
fke of The N<
be given a ticket to the Spar